Today we fished with Dave from Kansas and after such a great bite yesterday we were looking forward to more of the same today.

But as luck would have it the sea conditionings had changed and while the wind was still out of the northeast our north current had all but stopped.

All the same we set out our kites with live baits suspended from and the trap was set.

Today it took a lot more waiting and waiting for the bite but at last we did get that sailfish bite we were looking for and the fight was on.

Dave jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

After a good 15 min of a back and forth tug a war Dave got his first sailfish to the side of the boat. Captain Greg reached over and slid the sail into the boat for a quick measurement to have a replica trophy made of Dave’s sail a quick photo and back to sea he went to fight again another day.

Dave thanks again for spending the afternoon fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

Well they say that a picture speaks a thousand words so her are the pictures.

Today I don’t know if the stars lined up just right or if we had a horseshoe on the boat somewhere but everything we did just paid off in a big way.

All we did was fly 2 kites with 2 live goggle eyes (Live Bait) suspended from each kite and waited for the bite. And O yea the baits came.

We started out fishing with Lou from Akron Ohio, Ernie from Johns Creek Georgia and Pat from Omaha Nebraska.

Lou’s Sail

Ernie’s Sail

As we got back to the dock we had Jen from San Francisco, Jen from Denver, Chris from Phoenix Arizona, Lew from L.A. and Jay from Canada.

Jen’s Sail

Jen’s Sail

Chris, Lew or Jay’s Dolphin Fish Don’t recall who was who.

The whole gang checking it out

Thanks again to all of our LUCKY Anglers today and thanks again for taking the time to fish with us aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

Captain Taco  (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 or tacohookedup@aol.com

Today we had a shared charter with Donny and Bruce from Texas, Al and Allen from South Florida and Ernie from Georgia.

Today we went right to kite fishing and once again it paid off.

Al ended up landing a big sailfish while Allen caught a nice dolphin fish.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) Sea-4344

Today we had Tom, Ed, Phil and Dustin all from Conn.

As it turned out everyone had a late night the night before and we knew this was going to be a short trip. So out went the kites with the live baits suspended from them and the wait began. Than just like that a sailfish popped up and we were Hooked Up. Tom jumped in the chair and within 20 min we had caught the fish and back to the dock we went.

Guys sorry we couldn’t stay longer but all the same if we were only going to get a shot at one fish that was the one to catch.

Thanks again.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we took out Jeff, Ryan, Kyle, Kosta, Sean and Mike all from Boston and down here in South Florida to celebrate the upcoming wedding for Mike.

Truth being told fishing was slow today. We went fight to kite fishing and set out both kites with 2 live goggle eyes suspended from each kite.

Ok so the trap was set and the wait began. We waited and waited and yes waited.

Than just as we were picking up the lines to go try another spot a sailfish popped up and decided to make our day.

Within seconds of the fish showing up we were Hooked Up.

Mike jumped in the chair and the fight was on. I don’t know if they had a late night the night before or if Mike was just feeling a bit under the weather but after 10 min struggle with this monster sailfish Kosta jumped in the chair to give Mike a break.

10 min later we had this big sailfish to the side of the boat. We got a few pictures and than released him to fight again another day.

Mike best of luck and thanks again to all you guys for fishing with us.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we had Ralph and Sherrie from Montana out for a few hours of deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

Today we went right to kite fishing with 4 live baits suspended from our kites.

At first things started out kind of slow waiting for a bite but than all of a sudden out of nowhere a sailfish popped up and within seconds we were Hooked Up.

Ralf jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a good 15 min fight Ralf had his first sailfish to the side of the boat. We got a couple of quick photos and cut the leader off right next to the hook and watched him swim away in great shape.

We got the baits set right back out and BAM another bite this one turned out to be a nice dolphin fish.

Guy’s thanks again for fishing with us and hope you guys have a great time on your cruse to the Bahamas.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today was one of those days aboard the Hooked Up in which the weather was rough and rainy but somehow everything we tried just seem to produce fish.

We started the first of our 3 fishing trips today with Richard and Jess from Boca Raton Florida, Allison from Coconut Creek Florida, Aditya from Delray Florida and Toney also from Coconut Creek Florida.

We went right to fishing with live baits hopping to catch a sailfish of some dolphin fish. While we never found any good eating fish we did manage to catch a big shark and a monster barracuda.

As we got back to the dock we had Robert from New York and John from Miami Florida eager to give their luck a shot.

Once again, bearing in mind we had some crappy windy rainy weather, we went right to big game fishing with live baits set out there hopping for a quick bite.

And that was just what we got. It was a matter of minutes, after setting the baits out that we got Hooked Up with a big sailfish. Robert jumped in the chair and the fight was on. As Robert was fighting his fish another big sailfish jumped on the other line and now we were Hooked Up with a double header.

At first both fish were dancing all over the surface but once they settled down they both went down deep and the back and forth tug a war was on.

I will say that while both guys were doing battle one of them was well let’s just say not feeling so good. But all the same they hung in there with Robert’s fish being 81 inches and John’s being 80 inches it turned out to be a great catch.

Heres John feeling great but not feeling so good at the same time.

Holy cow what a blast and that was a wrap. Both guys had caught what they were looking for and we headed back to the dock.

Roberts Fish

Here is the E Mail Robert Sent us about his fishing trip aboard Hooked Up with his buddy John.

(October 16th, the water was rough that day with 8′ swells. John was chumming the waters with breakfast while the trap was being set. We hooked the first on with in 10 minuets and the second one was on before I got the first one halfway to the boat.  Two good friends setting side by side in the chairs fighting two very large fish for twenty minutes….. WOW!! it doesn’t get any better  than that.

That was it for the day.  John was soooo sick and the crew did such a great job we headed back early. 

I would be more than happy to write a review for you.

Robert Hayes)

Than as we were cleaning up the boat a third fishing trip came along with Timothy, ToFu, Alex, Anthony, Thanh and Thuan all from Dallas Texas.

I don’t know what it was about this rough weather that made everyone want to go fishing but off we went on our 3^rd trip of the day.

This time we went to trolling the reef hopping that if we kept the boat moving maybe these guys wouldn’t get seasick. It worked half way because 3 got sick 2 were just ok and one was having a ball.

We ended up catching a couple kingfish, 1 dolphin fish and a nice shark.

To all of our anglers today thanks for weathering the storm and no extra charge for the weight loss program (LOL)

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we had Catherine and Joe from Nashville Tenn. and Loren from Fort Lauderdale out for a few hours of deep sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

We headed out the inlet at Port Everglades when we noticed the birds diving all over the place inside the port. We set out a couple of little clark spoons just to see what all the commotion was about. Within seconds both rods bent over and we were hooked up. As it turned out the Spanish mackerels were everywhere and biting like mad dogs. We spent a good 30 min just doing circles around the port catching these mackerels one after another. What a blast catching them on light tackle.

Once we had had enough of catching Spanish mackerels we went into the ocean and went right to trolling the reef with bonito strips and ballyhoos.

Trolling the reef we ended up with 3 nice kingfish and 2 big skipjacks.

Loren, Catherine and Joe thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we set out deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up with Jussi, Anton, Jukka, Sara and Jan all from Helsinki, Finland.

We started out trolling the reef with 2 planner boards running about 45 feet down and 3 baits skipping across the surface. We started out trolling our way to the south about 3 miles with not so much as a bite. Ok so than we worked our way off shore and only managed to catch one little black fin tuna.

It was just one of those days where we just could not seem to get anything to bite.

To make matters even worse this was one of the nicest families I’ve meet in a long time. They just kept says that they were just happy being out in the boat and the more they said that the worse I felt.

Ok that was enough of that and I made a corporate decision. I called them all up on the fly bridge with me and told them about these little fish we could catch and then once we got back to the dock I could get this restaurant to cook them up for them.

Once again they were just fine with whatever we wanted to do. So in came the trolling gear and out came the chicken rigs.(Chicken rig has 5 hooks in a row with a lead at the bottom)

I went to one of my bottom spots that I had not fished on for a long time and the second the lead hit the bottom I knew I had made the right choice.

Not only were the snappers biting but they were all pretty big one too.

Happy ending to what started out to be a slow day of fishing.

To my new friends from Finland thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up. And I hope you guys had a great lunch. See you guys next year.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we had a short trip due to rainy weather but all the same we made the best of it.

We had Paul, Mitch, Dan, Ryan and Jamie all from Windsor Canada.

We went right to kite fishing with 3 live baits suspended from the kites along with one big shark bait also suspended from the kites. We also set a shark bait down about 150 feet down.

It it took a good 25 min of waiting when all of a sudden a hammer head shark showed up all over one of our shark bait and within seconds the line came tight and we were Hooked Up.

After a good 25 min of a back and forth tug a war we had this 5 foot hammerhead shark to the boat.

Unfortunately due to the rain we never did get any pictures.

Ok enough of the rain and we called it a day and turned this fishing trip into a short trip.

Guys thanks again and sorry about the weather but we will make it up to you on our next fishing trip.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 ob toll free @ (877) Sea-4344

Today we had DeAnna from San Diego California, Kenny from Simi Valley California and Ricky and Kathy from Westin Florida.

We went right to kite fishing with 2 live baits suspended from each kite.

Ok so the trap was set and now all we needed was for some big sea monster to come along and take a bite.

So we waited and waited and just as we were going to take in the lines and try something else BAM a big sailfish showed up and within seconds he had the bait in his mouth and was swimming away. Captain Greg locked up the reel as I went ahead with the boat and now we were Hooked Up.

DeAnna jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

It turned out to be a 25 min back and forth tug a war all the time this fish was dancing all over the surface.

DeAnna would gain a little line and the fish would just take it right back. But with a little coaching from Greg DeAnna hung in there and finally got this over 8 foot long monster sailfish to the boat.

(WAY TO GO GIRL)

Truth being told fishing was on the slow side today but if your going to catch one it might as well be a monster.

Thanks again to our anglers today for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Today we had Kim and Brain from Rode Island out for a few hours of fishing off the coast of South Florida aboard the Hooked Up.

As it turned out the seas were a bit on the rough side and we only ended up fishing for a short time BUT it didn’t take long for them to land a nice Wahoo and a big barracuda.

Kim and Brain thanks again for fishing with us aboard the hooked up and please e-mail us the pictures we would love to post them.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Here we are in the beginning of Oct and that means the sailfish should start showing up.

This morning we got a last min call from James and Holly from Texas and they were looking to do some big game fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale Florida.

Today I decided to take the day off and have my son Luis takes my place aboard the Hooked Up along with Captain J.J.

As it turned out I missed out on some good fishing.

So off they went J.J., Luis, James and Holly and they were going right after big sailfish.

Out went the 2 kites with 2 live baits suspended from each kite.

It only took a little while till BAM up popped this sailfish and just like that the fight was on.

James was in for a good 20 min back and forth tug a war. All the time this sail was putting on this great show dancing all over the surface. James would gain 5 inches and the sail would take all 5 back.

Finally James got his sailfish to the side of the boat. They got a couple quick photos and a measurement to have a replica trophy made of his catch and right back to the sea he went to fight again another day.

Luis and J.J. were as surprised as they could be when James said ok mission accomplished and back to the dock we went.

James and Holly thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

This was Luis’s first fishing trip since he got back from Kona Hawaii 2 days ago and it seems his luck just keeps following him around everywhere he goes.

I am writing this fishing report on the 9 of Oct and since this trip in the last 2 weeks he has caught 18 different spices of fish ranging from Pacific Blue Marlin to Atlantic Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Tarpon, snook 3 different kinds of snappers to sharks and the list goes on and on.

Nice going kid keep up the good work.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344