Sail Fishing in South Florida

Well here we are on the last day of Jan and finally we had a cold front and this should mean (SAILFISH!!)

We headed out fishing with Jean, Marie, Nyan and Melissa all from Victoriaville, Quebec Canada.

We stopped by the live bait boat on our way out and picked up a bunch of goggle eyes (live bait) than headed right out to 150 feet of water and set out 2 kites with 2 live baits suspended from each kite.

It only took a couple of min before our first sailfish showed up rather I mean the first couple of sails and BAM just like that we were fighting 2 sails at the same time.

A good 25 min later we had both sails next to the boat and released. Within seconds Captain J.J. got all the baits back out on the kites and BAM again connected anther sailfish. Once again a good release and back to getting the baits back out there.

This went on and on we ended up seeing a total of 10 sailfish and caught 5 of them. Baring in mind we seen 10 but we got 5 bites and caught all 5.

Now that’s a good morning of deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of South Florida.

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

Sail Fishing in South Florida

Sail Fishing In Fort Lauderdale

Today we had Anthony from Mass.

We started out getting some live goggle eyes (live bait) from the live bait boat than we went right to it in about 150 feet of water. We set out 2 kites with 2 live baits suspended from each kite.

Ok the trap is set now we wait than all of a sudden out of nowhere 2 sailfish at the same time crashed our baits and BAM we were Hooked Up with a double header.

We only had one angler but that was fine Anthony spent some time on one fish than back to the other back and forth tug a war but at the end of it Anthony got both fish to the boat.

(WAY TO GO Anthony)

2 Sails with 1 angler that was pretty cool fishing!!

The only bad news was it was a bit on the rough side to say the least and we never got any pictures.

Anthony thanks again for fishing with us off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

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

Sail Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Deep Sea Fishing Ft Lauderdale

Today we had J.J. and Tom from Delray Florida, Paul, Joe, Joe, Mike and Mike from Conn.

We tried trolling the reef with no bites so than we trolled little feathers around a shipwreck and caught some small bonitos that we than dropped down on another ship wreck with the same results no bites (RATS).

Ok time for another plan we went tile fishing in about 400 feet of water and BAM FISH!! Ok now we were catching and things were looking up a bit for us.

We ended up catching a box full of tilefish more than enough for their fish fry.

Ok now it was time for big or bust.

We sent out our kites with live baits suspended from them along with a couple of big shark baits down deep.

The trap was set and the wait began! We waited and waited but I am sorry to say that today we just could not catch any big game fish.

Guys I am sorry the big game fishing was slow.

I don’t like writing fishing reports with no big fish hooked up but it is fishing and while we fish in our back yard everyday and we do know where and how to catch them some times you can’t always catch the big ones.

Mike thanks so much for bringing the gang down to fish with us aboard the Hooked Up and we are looking forward to doing it again next year.

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

Deep Sea Fishing Ft Lauderdale

Bottom Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Today we had our Friend Sean from Kentucky who brought along his good friend Steve also from Kentucky.

They were looking to do a little bottom fishing for some good eating fish to bring back home and than Captain Greg is going to bring them up to Lake Okeechobee for some bass fishing.

As it turned out the bottom fishing was red hot with us landing a box full of tilefish.

If you’ve never tried tilefish before I must say give it a try. It is one of my favorite fish to eat and I am not a big fish eater.

Next time any of you readers come fishing with us aboard the Hooked up ask us about the tile fishing and if the conditions are right we will do our best to get you hooked on these great eating bottom fish.

Also a quick note Greg, Sean and Steve had a great time fishing in Lake Okeechobee catching over 20 bass a day and some of them 5, 6 and even 7 pounder!!

Sean thanks again for coming down and we are looking forward to seeing you guys up in Kentucky this Nov.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ 9877) Sea-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

Bottom Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Kite Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Today we had Steve and Seth from Indiana, Paul and Andy from Minnesota, Tim from Ohio and Lea from New York.

Once again right to kite fishing we went and once again it paid off with Andy catching a nice sailfish.

Sails are starting to show up better and better everyday and once we get a good cold front WATCH OUT they should be here stronger than ever.

Guys it was a ball fishing with you and out of all the boats out fishing this after noon you were the only one we heard of catching a sail this afternoon. Pretty work.

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

Kite Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Sail fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Today we set out fishing with Patrick, Dan, Tom and John all from Minnesota.

Once again trolling the reef was slow with Patrick landing a small bonito.

Ok time for plan B so out went the kites with live baits suspended from the kites and BAM Sailfish on the right long kite bait. Dan jumped in the chair and the fight was on. This turned out to be a good 25 min back and forth tug a war and at the end of the fight I sorry to say the sailfish was pretty much dead. Due to the long fight and the hook being down his throat he just did not make it

But all the same what a monster sail fish. Nice going Dan.

Quick side note guys we really do our best not to harm these fish but now and than one gets hooked bad and some of them do die however we do make sure the fish does not go to waste and we get the fish smoked and it does get eaten.

Thanks again to our friends from Minnesota for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

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

Sail Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Fun Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Today we had shared charter with Greg from Charlotte North Carolina and Dana and her son Zach from Pittsburg.

We started out with both kites flying with 4 live baits suspended from them. Ok the trap was set now all we needed was for a big hungry fish to come along!!

Than all of a sudden I seen a big sailfish all around our left long kite bait and BAM just like that we were Hooked Up.

Greg jumped in the chair and the fight was on. It started out as a back and forth tug a war but Greg hung in there and slowly we started gaining on the fish than after a good 20 min fight Greg caught this big sailfish.

Finally the skunk was out of the box and we were hopping another sail would pop up for us but after a good hour of waiting I decided it was time to make sure Zach caught a fish or 2.

So we slow trolled some feathers over a shipwreck and BAM now Zach was catching small bonitos.

Ok so now that we had these bonitos in our live well we decided to try one last trick we had up our sleeves.

J.J. put 3 trouble hooks in these great live baits while I slowly trolled them over a ledge just out side of our inlet.

It only took a few min when BAM the water splashed next to Zach’s bait, the rod bent over and line started peeling off the reel.

ZACH WAS HOOKED UP and the whole boat go excited for him and cheering him on. Zach did a great job and landed his first barracuda off the coast of Fort Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.

We got a couple quick photos and sent him back into the sea for Zach to come back next year and try to catch him again when he is a little bigger both the fish and Zach. (LOL)

Greg, Dana and especially Zach thanks so much 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

Fun Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

More Sail Fishing Off the Coast of Ft Lauderdale

Today we started out fishing with Danielle and Jay from Plant City Florida, Mike from Georgia, Kristina and another Jay from Palm Beach Florida.

Usually we like to start out trolling the reef because it can be fairly easy to catch a few kingfish and bonitos just to insure everyone catches some fish before we go after the big one. But lately the reef has just not been producing many fish so we have been going right to kite fishing with live baits suspended from the kites.

So that was just what we started out doing today kite fishing and BAM today it paid off for us with Daniele catching her first sailfish.

(Way to Go Danielle)

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

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

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Unreal Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Well finally we got the cold front we needed to get the sail fish moving down.

Today we had David and his son David along with Debra and Laura all from Michigan.

Truth being told David the son had given me a call looking for one of those $35 dollar per person over crowded drift boats. I had told him that the cheapest price was not always your best bang for the buck and I sort of talked him into fishing with us aboard a sport fishing boat without a bunch of others fishing right next to him and bettering his odds of catching fish.

As everyone showed up I pulled them all aside and told them how I had talked David into chartering a sport fish boat instead of a drift boat and I also had to let them know that the last few days fishing was a bit on the slow side but assured them that I was going to do everything I could to catch them fish.

As we headed out and motoring to the south J.J. was up on the fly bridge with me talking about what we could do to better our odds of catching. At the same time we were listening to all the other captains talking on the radio saying fishing was slow and it seemed nothing was biting.

J.J. and I were looking at the sea conditionings with a hard north current and nice 4 foot swells coming out of the north and a cool 55 degrees we thought things could not have looked any better for sail fishing!!

Let me take a moment to say when we are kite fishing I drive the boat standing backwards looking at the kite baits at all times. J.J. suggested that since conditionings looked so good that today I might want to keep an eye forward looking for sail fish tailing down see and he would keep his eyes on the kite baits!

Just as the words came out of his mouth he yelled out look there a sail tailing right now!!! I looked but just could not seem to spot him so I yelled out as I was darting down the stairs put us on him I’ll toss a bait to him.

Sure enough J.J. put us just down sea from the sail and I got the bait right in front of him BUT he was hauling butt and just kept going.

Ok at least we knew we were in the right area now and out went the baits.

Once all 4 baits were set in the kites I kept looking forward and sure enough I seen 2 sails tailing down sea. I yelled down to J.J. here they come as he casted a live bait in front of them but once again they were moving fast and just kept going to the south. But wait they had to get by our kite baits and just like that we had 2 sails fighting over one of our baits. Then just like that they swim off (RATS).

Than all of a sudden one had gotten by us but still had to go by our kite baits and BAM we were Hooked Up.

Not only were we Hooked Up but also this was a monster sailfish. David jumped in the chair and the battle was on. After a good 20 min back and forth tug a war David finally got his 93-inch sailfish to the boat.

Both David’s looked up at me and said YEP this beats the heck out of a crowded drift boat and needless to say I was feeling good at this point!!

Once we got the baits set back out there BAM another sailfish no I mean 2 more sails and now we were fighting a double header.

25 min later we got these 2 next to the boat. We got a couple more pictures of these sails and watched them both swim away in good shape.

In total we seen 11 sailfish tailing and caught the 3 we got to bite.

David, David, Laura and Debra thanks for a very exciting fishing trip and remember the cheapest price is not always the best deal1 (LOL)

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

Unreal Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing

Today we took out Tom and his 2 sons Ryan and Jake from Wisconsin.

Today we knew fishing was going to be a struggle with no current what so ever and with a milky green colored water on the reef.

All the same we went right to trolling the reef looking for anything we could get to bite one of our baits.

Truth is fishing was just plain old slow today but we hung in there and kept trying different styles of fishing from slow trolling live baits to deep drops to trolling the reef with planner boards.

At last we did managed to catch one nice kingfish and a couple of small black fin tunas.

Tom, Ryan and Jake thanks again for spending a few hours fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing

Fishing Fort Lauderdale

Today we set out fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale with Paul from Main, Eric from Texas, Ivan from New York and Laura from St Louis.

We started out trolling the reef trying to catch a few kingfish or bonitos but all we ended up with was a black fin tuna landed by Eric.

Ok so in came the trolling gear and out went the kites. We were going for hero or zero.

Soon after setting all the live baits out here came our day saver when this big sailfish swim by and just like that BAM things turned around for us. Paul jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

After a good 20 min of a back and forth tug a war at last Paul got his sailfish to the side of the boat.

Nice going Paul.

To all of our anglers today; thanks for fishing with us aboard the Hooked up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

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

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More Great Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Today we fished with D.J. and Abby from Fort Lauderdale and Lisa, Abby and Annie from Chicago Il.

We went right to kite fishing for sailfish, sharks Mahi Mahi or anything we could get to take a bite.

As it turned out we waited and waited with no bites at all.

Than all at once we saw a big very big hammerhead shark coming in on one of our shark baits that was suspended off the kite. And just like that we were Hooked Up. As we started fighting this 300-pound plus shark another hammerhead swam up and ate one of our sailfish baits that was also suspended from our kites.

Like they say fishing is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of panic and chaos.

We ended up catching this 300 hundred pounder to the side of the boat and managed to get 2 out of the 3 hooks out of him and watched him swim away in great shape and our second shark finally managed to work his way through the leader and also swim away in good shape.

Guy’s thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

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

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Fort Lauderdale Fishing aboard Hooked Up

Today we fished with one of our regular customers/friends Brad and his friend Rachael both from South Florida. Brad had also brought along his old friend Bill and his wife Laura both from Michigan right next to Atlanta Georgia. (LOL) (Inside joke)

The plan today was to try to catch a big shark. So we set out both kites with 3 live baits suspended from the kites and 1 shark bait also suspended from the kite. We also sent shark bait all the way down to the bottom 350 feet deep and another shark bait half way down.

Ok the trap was set and the waits begin and we waited and waited without a bite. We had no current what so ever and the sharks were just not around today.

Ok plan b just catch fish!! So we started trolling the reef with 2-planner board running about 45 feet deep and 3 baits skipping across the surface.

We ended up catching 10 kingfish, 3 Mahi Mahi (Dolphin fish) and one Remora.

Guy’s thanks again as always it is a blast fishing with you guys.

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Aboard Hooked Up

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

Fun Fishing Fort Lauderdale

Today we spent the morning fishing with Bob and his wife Swanie from Greene Iowa.

Today we went right to deep dropping on some of the wrecks off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. We were trying to hit a few of the wrecks before some of the other boats got there to better our odds.

Sure enough it worked and Bob got to do battle with one of the hardest fighting bottom fish around. We ended up catching this real nice almaco Jack.

And sure enough all the other boats were coming right behind us so off we went trolling with 2 planner board running deep and 3 baits skipping across the surface.

Trolling was a bit on the slow side but we did end up landing 3 black fin tunas.

Bob and Swanie thanks again for fishing with us and we hope you guys have the time of your life on your cruse.

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

Fun Fishing Fort Lauderdale

Great day fishing Ft Lauderdale

Today we had Daniel, Rasmus, Lars, Anders and Jonas from Sweden out for a few hours off deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

We started out trolling the reef catching a half a dozen black fin tunas.

Than we switched from trolling to trying some deep drops on a shipwreck. I’ve got to say winter is here and the wrecks are starting to produce some good fishing.

We ended up catching 6 big almaco jacks. For those of you that have never caught a big Jack I’m here to tell you there’s a reason they call them the Bull Dogs of the Atlantic. After hooking one of these bull dogs it is a challenge just to get them away from the wreck so they don’t get you back into it and then the battle begins to try and pull one of these strong fish up off the bottom.

All in all it’s a ball watching everyone aboard yelling and giving the guy that fighting the fish a hard time but than soon enough it is their turn and then only then do they get to see why it took their buddy so long to catch their fish.

Guy’s thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked up it was a ball fishing with you guys.

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

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