Shark Fishing Fort Lauderdale.

Today we went deep-sea fishing with Mike and his son Mike both out of Chicago.

We went out to 180 feet of water and set out both kites with live goggle eyes (Bait Fish) suspended from the kites..

Ok the trap was set and the wait was on.

Than out of nowhere we saw this nice dolphin fish jumping all over the surface with one of our hooks in him. Mike the son jumped in the chair and within min the dolphin fish was in the box and the skunk was out of the box.

Ok 1 down and we got the baits set right back out there and BAM another rod bent over and line was peeling off as if it had a fright train connected to. O God this one turned out to be a hammer head shark on 30 pound test with a 8 inch piece of #6 wire connected to our 60 pound test leader. The chances of landing this fish were slim to none.

This one was not coming to the boat quite as easy as the dolphin fish did. It turned out to be a gang a little lose a little back and forth tug a war for over 30 min BUT Mike hung in there and at last Mike had this big hammer head shark to the side of the boat.

Mike and Mike way to go and thanks for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

As we got back to the dock we had Troy and Sergio from Fort Lauderdale and Amy from Utah eager to give their luck a shot at some deep sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

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

The first bite we had turned out to be a nice Wahoo that bit through the leader as if it was made of butter. (RATS)

Ok baits right back out there and BAM here comes a sailfish BUT the second he grabbed the bait he came up jumping and spit the hook. (RATS AND DOUBLE RATS)

Ok set the baits right back out there and here comes another sail and this one had the hook in him so the fight was on. BUT this fish was going nuts jumping all over the place and ended up spitting the hook too.

Finally lady luck was on our side when Amy jumped in the chair and landed a nice dolphin fish.

To all my readers out there I want you guys to know that I don’t like writing about the big ones that got away and while we tend to catch 99% of the fish that bite our baits it is fishing and lets give the fish a little credit too they are fighting for their lives and they are trying to get away and I do pride myself on writing the good the bad and the ugly.

To all of our anglers today thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up and to the lucky fish that got away today CATCH U LATER!!

Guys sorry we did not get any photos today.

Shark Fishing Fort Lauderdale with some great shark fishing starting in mid December.

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

Dolphin Fishing off Fort Lauderdale

Today we set out on our fishing trip with Frank, Beth, Kennedy and Parker all from North Carolina.

Once again we went right to kite fishing with live baits in about 200 feet of water.

Once all the baits were set out and the trap was set it did not take long till our first bite.

We had a nice dolphin fish jump on our left long kite bait followed up right away with another dolphin at the same time on our right long kite bait.

It turned out to be a good day to be dolphin fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale and I want to once again thank all of our anglers for choosing to fish with us aboard the Hooked Up.

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

More Deep Sea Fishing of the coast of Fort Lauderdale

There is nothing I enjoy more than writing fishing reports about all the fish our angler caught off the coast of fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

But I do pride myself on writing what we caught and also on what we did not catch. I am sorry to say that today was just one of those days where fishing was just plain old slow.

We headed out fishing with Eric  from Texas and Tom from Fort Lauderdale and went right to kite fishing with live baits on the surface and dead baits down deep.

While Tom was able to land a nice dolphin fish for dinner that was the only fish we managed to get into the box today.

Tom and Eric thanks again for going deep-sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up and I promise we will make it up to you guys next time.

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

Fort Lauderdale Sail Fishing

Winter is here and the time is NOW to go sail fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

Today we had Chris and Frank from New Jersey out off the coast of Fort Lauderdale and sailfish was just the fish we were after.

We set out both kites in about 180 feet of water with 2 live goggle eyes (Live Baits) suspended from them. Ok so the trap was set and than all of a sudden BAM a sailfish showed up and within seconds we were Hooked Up.

Frank jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a good 20 min back and forth tug a war we finally had Frank’s sailfish next to the boat.

Soon after that Chris found himself doing battle with a nice dolphin fish. After a 5 min battle Chris had his dolphin in the box.

Frank and Chris thanks again for going sail fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

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

Today we had Jay and Ben both from Denver Colorado.

It was a tough day with the seas being every bit of 5 to 7 foot with a hard 25-knot wind out of the N.E.

With brilliant blue water you would have thought that the sailfish should have been snapping.

However that was not the case with a good 6 to 8 boats out there all flying their kites with live baits suspended from them and not a bit!

We just had no current to get the fish moving.

We were all talking on the radio trying to figure out how deep everyone was fishing to see if maybe the fish were coming through deeper or shallower. Ether way we all jockeyed around from 100 feet out to 180 and back again.

Finally we got the bite and it was a big sailfish. Ben jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

As Ben was doing battle we had another bite on our right long kite bait. We felt for sure we had hooked into a double header but the other fish turned out to be a 4-foot silky shark.

Great no bites and now once we get the bite we get a shark on at the same time with these big waves crashing all around us.

But we just took things slow and within 15 min we had both fish to the side of the boat at the same time.

Way to hang in there guys!!

I tried to get both fish in the same picture frame but the best I could do was a not so nice picture of the sail in the water.

(I HAD TO GO BACK TO HANGING ON)

Guys you truly are Vikings. (LOL)

Thanks again Ben and Jay hope next time it is not quite as rough.

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

Ok today’s fishing story started about 17 years ago when this guy named Tim from Champion Illinois charter the Happy Day Today and I was the mate. He brought along his son Timmy and I had brought along my son Luis 4 years old at the time but believe it or not used to being out in the ocean fishing.

Well since than Tim has become more than a costumer hell more than a friend he is like family (God I hope he does not read this I’ll never hear the end of it)

As it turns out Timmy had just landed a great job down in Miami at some exclusive golf course and Tim had drove his son down to move into his new apartment.

So I told Tim that as a house-warming gift I would grab my son Luis and daughter Sam and him and his kid and we would spend a few hour fishing.

Needless to say we were in for a fun time as always.

We went right to kite fishing with 4 live baits suspended from the kites.

First bite turned out to be a little silky shark reeled in by Timmy. Ok skunk out of the box. Sam jumped on the second fish witch turned out to be a 6-foot hammerhead shark on a mono leader. How this shark did not bite through the leader is still a mystery but Luis grabbed the leader and ladies and gentlemen that is a catch.

Ok 2 down. Tim also reeled in next bite and this one was a great eating dolphin fish.

Than at last the bite we were waiting for a sailfish. Big Tim’s turn and the fight was on.

Ok no big deal just another sailfish right? Well not so fast unbeknownst to me my son decided it was time for Sam to not only wire in this sailfish but he also had her grab it by the bill and slid him into the boat for a quick photo.

And folks that’s a wrap.

What a ball thanks again to all my family for making just another fishing trip into memorable one.

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

Today we started out our day with a father and stepson team consisting of Matt from Maryland and his son Rick who now lives in Virginia.

We started out trolling off shore catching dolphin and a couple of Ocean attic Bonitos.

Than we switched up and did some kite fishing and once again the dolphin fish were biting like mad dogs and we pretty much caught them one after another.

We ended up with hell I don’t know how many dolphin but it was more than enough (LOL)

As we got back to the dock the boat next to us broke down and asked us to take out their trip. At first I was told the people were a bit disappointed when they found out they were not going on the boat they thought they were. BUT once they seen us unloading all the fish out of our boat they were just delighted.

So off we went with Kevin from Tucson Arizona, Anglo from Virginia, Amanda from West Palm Beach and Alex from Boca Raton.

We went right to kite fishing where all the dolphin were in our morning trip.

While we did catch a few dolphin the bite had slowed down and we only caught a few but we had a boatload of fun.

Thanks again to all of our anglers today for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of South Florida.

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

This morning we started out fishing with Jeff and Sara from Omaha and Terry from Denver Colorado and Rob and Melisa from Phoenix Arizona.

Once again fishing started out a bit on the slow side this morning however we did manage to catch some dolphin fish trolling off shore.

Once we got back to the dock we had Steven and Erica from Virginia eager to give their luck a shot at some deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

Once again we went trolling looking for these elusive dam dolphin fish that seem to be here now and than gone again.

BUT this time we found them and ended up catching more dolphins than we needed.

I sure wish we could some how break it up some to get 50% in the am trip and the other 50% in the afternoon trip but that’s just not the way it goes.

To all of our anglers today thanks sooooo much for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

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

What an action packed day fishing aboard the Hooked Up today.

We started out our morning trip fishing with Ken from Boston his close friend Bob from Margate Florida and Bobs friend Frank from Ontario Canada.

Today it was one of those days where every time we put a bait in the water a nice fish would come along and eat it. As a matter a fact we had a hard time getting all the baits in the water at the same time.

We were trying to set out our kites to suspend some live baits from them and while trying to get them out the dolphin fish were tearing us up. Don’t get me wrong I am not complaining I’m just saying.

Once we got all the baits suspended from the kites we got Hooked Up with our first sailfish of the day and Bob jumped in the chair and the fight was on. 15 min later we had him to the side of the boat. Soon there after another sail jumped on and now Ken jumped in the chair. 15 min later he had his sail next to the boat.

Talk about a couple of lucky guys we ended up with 2 sails 2 Ocean Attic Bonitos and a box full of Dolphin.

I’m going to let the pictures tell the rest of the stories about our fishing trip this morning.

O Yea I forgot 1 thing some of the guys docked next to us thought it would be funny to hang a bad luck banana on the back of the boat without us knowing as it turned out it was great luck so thanks Captain Steve!!

As we got back to the dock we had Jayson from Louisville Kentucky and Ryan from Road Island eager to give their luck a shot at some deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

Truth being told fishing had slowed quit a bit since this morning but the one fish that was biting real well were the silky sharks.

At one point we had 2 on at the same time and to end the trip we caught a monster silky shark.

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

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

Today we had a few of the guys from the Fire Stone Company and some of their guests out for a few hours of deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked up off the coast of South Florida.

We had Chris and Eric from Carmel Indiana Mark and Jim from Tampa Florida and Munroe from Rally North Carolina.

We started out trolling off shore looking for some good eating dolphin fish. While off shore trolling started out a bit on the slow side we had Jim on our side and it seemed as soon as he chummed the waters for us the fish just seemed to show up. Thanks Jim we never could have done it without you. (LOL)

Once we had a good box of dolphins we went into about 200 feet of water and set out our 2 kites with live baits suspended from them.

Ok so the trap was set and now all we needed was for some big sailfish to come along and take a bite. But all we kept catching were dolphins.

Than all of a sudden up popped this sailfish and before we knew it we were Hooked Up. Mark jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a good 15 to 20 min fight Mark had his sailfish next to the boat.

As it turned out we had a banner day with a box full of dolphin, a nice sailfish and 2 ocean attic bonitos.

Guy’s thanks again for a fun day on the water hope to fish you guys again soon.

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

Today we had Jeff and Sandy from Virginia and Dan from Indy out for a few hours of deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

Truth being told fishing was just plain slow today and while the water looked great we were just having a hell of a time finding any fish.

But at last we headed off shore and managed to get Sandy to reel in a nice dolphin fish and everyone went next door to a restaurant/bar and had a killer Dolphin lunch along with a few ice-cold beers.

I guess every fishing story has a silver lining.

Guy’s thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

I assume everyone a good time seeing we ended up staying out longer even though fishing was slow.

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

Today we had Mike from Concord New Hampshire, Brad and Bob from Burlington Vermont and Ted and Dale from Conn.

Today was kind of a special day for me because I got to fish with my son Luis and we were looking to kick some butt today.

Luis had rigged a bunch of killer trolling baits and he was really looking forward to tricking some sail fish into biting into some dead baits that Luis said would look as if they were alive while slow trolling them.

BUT no the old bull (me) said we are going to catch them with live baits suspended from the kites.

Truth being told here today it just seemed fishing was good all around us but we were having a hell of a time trying to get one behind the Hooked Up.

While we did manage to catch a nice dolphin fish I just could not seem to get in front of a sailfish.

Ok I gave up and decided to give Luis’s style a shot.

So in came the kites and out went all these teasers Luis had rigged along with some trolling ballyhoo and swimming mullets.

After about 20 min of slow trolling I be dammed here he came all over Luis’s teaser.

Luis just so happened to have a live bait hooked onto a spinner rod and ready to go. Once the live bait was thrown out in front of this sailfish he turned and lit up like a Christmas tree and was all over the bait.

Brad jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

We happen to hook this fish while slow trolling next to a ship and yep that was just where this hot fish was headed.

We came back on this fish just about as hard as the boat would back down with Brad reeling like a mad man the hole time.

Finally we got past the ship and from there Brad just worked his sail closer and closer to the boat. Than Luis with his 12-foot arms reached out and grabbed Brads Sail by the bill and he was in the boat.

Now I know this was a great catch but it seems all Luis wants to do any more is slow troll dead baits for these sails.

I know that 9 out of 10 times the old bull knows better than the young bull but god forbid the young bull is right just one time and I never hear the end of it. (LOL)

Mike and Mike thanks to both of you for allowing us to entertain your guests aboard the Hooked Up and I know it was rougher than hell so next time we will make it up to you guys with some great Florida weather.

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

Today we started out Nov fishing with Tim from Charlotte North Carolina, Pat from Syracuse New York, Kim from Liverpool California and last but not least Ray from San Francisco California.

We started out fishing in about 300 feet of water with our 2 kites and 4 live baits suspended from the kites.

While fishing started out a bit on the slow side but we had Ray on our side and once he started chumming the waters fishing turned around real quick for us with dolphin fish coming into the boat one after another.

All of a sudden we got a bite that was screaming line off the reel. We knew this was no dolphin fish and before we knew it a big sailfish started dancing all over the surface. Tim jumped in the chair and the fight was on. It was a tough fight but Tim hung in there and 20 min later we finally had Tim’s big sailfish to the side of the boat.

Captain J.J. reached over and slid him into the boat for a measurement and some great pictures and we watched him swim away in good shape to fight again another day.

Ray thanks so much we never could have done it without your help (LOL)

Guy’s thanks again for a fun day of fishing and we hope to see you guys again soon.

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