Great May fishing aboard the Hooked Up

Submitted by Taco Hooked Up Sportsfishing

Submitted on 05/20/2010
Fishing Spot:
Atlantic Ocean (FL)
Fort Lauderdale, FL United States United States
May 1
 
 
April is behind us and here comes one of the best months of the year to fish down here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
 
We had no trips going today but at the last second we got a call from one of the other fishing boats in town and they happen to have an extra trip for us.
 
Captain Greg and I were excited about getting a trip at the last second because we had heard of a few sailfish being caught this morning.
 
Once Scott and Dave from Tampa Florida got to the boat we were off. We set out both kites with live baits suspended from them. Ok at this point the trap was set and all we needed now was for a couple of sail fish to swim by and eat our baits.
 
But as luck would have it the bite shut down and no sails ever showed up. Ok no problem we just switched to plan B and we started trolling the reef. But once again we struck out and trolling was just plain old dead slow.
Ok now it was time to make something happen. These guys had fished all morning on another boat without landing a fish and I was dammed if I was going to let these guys go home after fishing on 2 boats in one day and not catching a fish.
 
Plain C ;We brought in the trolling gear and set up to do a deep drop on a wreck that laid 210 feet down. Captain Greg sowed a big live mullet to a hook and down he went. The second he hit bottom BAM we were Hooked Up. Dave was the first to jump in the chair and after a good 10 min struggle he hoisted up a nice amber jack.
 
 
I’ve got to say that it is amazing what a difference one fish can do. As it turned out this was the biggest fish Dave had ever caught. We were out of time but there was no way I was just going to let Scott watch Dave catch a nice fish and not give him a shot. So once again down went anther mullet and once again as soon as the bait hit bottom BAM we were Hooked Up again. And yes once again a nice amber jack.
 
 
I know that I am lucky enough to do this every day and sometimes I take it for granted but when I seen these guys faces light up and what a thrill it was for them it makes me remember how lucky I am to do what I get to do for a living.
Thanks again Dave and Scott and we’re looking forward to fishing with you guys again soon.
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
 
May 4
 
 
Today we had one of our repeat customers/friends Fred from Fort Lauderdale and the (guy who opened the Wish You Were Here hotel on Fort Lauderdale beach) along with his son Jay and his nephew Allen from New York.
 
 
Fish for the table was the order so we went straight off shore hoping to catch some dolphin fish and some black fin tuna and no sharks!!
 
As luck would have it we spent more than half of the trip off shore and while we did manage to catch a few small dolphins and one black fin tuna the bite was just not going off like we would have wanted. So we worked our way to the south and found a beautiful blue edge with a lot of north current and set out our kite with live baits suspended from them. Once all the baits were out and the trap was set we seen a monster hammer head shark coming in right after one of our live baits with light leaders on it. Captain Greg reeled the live bait up in the air so this SEA MONSTER could not get hold of our bait. Soon after he swim away without putting us threw a 3 hour fight. Soon thereafter we had a sailfish try to eat one of our baits but once we went to set up on him the bait came out of his mouth. (RATS) Right after that we had another smaller hammer head shark come screaming in like a freight train after one of our baits. This time Greg let him have it and Allen fought him for about 5 min till his tail hit the line and that was the end of him. Soon thereafter here comes another shark this one was a little silky and this time we got him to the boat. As it turned out not only did he have our hook in his mouth he also had anther hook in his mouth? This is one lucky shark or one dumb one but all the same we let him go.
 
Sorry Fred I know you wanted no sharks but fishing is just that fishing and sometimes you just never know what is going to bite.
Thanks again Fred and good luck hunting with Greg.
 
 
 
Guys don’t forget to scroll up to my calendar on the right side of my blog page and click on (Carey the Canoe guy.) And check out what kind of advertures he's been up to! We all need something to laugh about and we also need someone to cheer on these days. Lets see if he can really canoes from Fort Lauderdale to Canada with no money just help from people he meets along the way??
 
 
Captain Taco (9540 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
 
May 6
 
Today we had one of our regular customers/friends Nick from the Bronx and he brought along his wife Traci and their 2 best friends Donna and Mike.
 
 
We started out trying to catch some live ballyhoo with little luck. We could see them back behind the boat but we just could not seem to get them close enough to catch.
 
So we started out trolling the reef hopping to catch a few king fish and hopping that the wind would pick up enough for us to fly our kites.
 
While trolling the reef we did get the kings to start biting and before we knew it we had our limit of king fish and it seemed as if we might have enough wind to get our kites to fly.
 
Once J.J. got all the baits suspended from the kites our trap was set and now all we needed was for a big hungry fish come along and eat one of our baits.
 
All of a sudden I saw this sailfish chasing our left short kite bait. I yelled out to J.J. that there he was but J.J. was nowhere to be found. I ran down stars and locked up the reel and before we knew what was going on we were Hooked Up. At this point J.J. had come running out from the bathroom and ran up to the fly bridge to go ahead with the boat. The line came tight and the rod bent over and this beautiful sailfish started dancing all over the surface putting on this great show for us. I turned around handed Mike the rod and ran upstairs to run the boat.
 
Just as I got upstairs and J.J. got back to the cockpit I saw another sailfish after another one of our baits.
 
J.J. picked up the rod and handed this one to Nick. Holly cow we were Hooked Up with a double and both fish were jumping all over the place! (What a site)
 
Mikes fish came to the boat first and at this point Nick’s fish had a lot of line out. It took another 10 min of backing down and reeling like a mad man but at last Nick got his fish to the boat.
 
Guys thanks again for one fun morning of deep sea fishing!! Nick we are looking forward to fishing with you guys again soon.
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
 
May 8
 
 
Today we had a bunch of local guys from down here in South Florida out for a little boy’s day out fishing. We had Bob, Jeff, Kyleigh, Kyla, J.J. and Ryan.
 
 
We started out kite fishing with 4 baits suspended from the kites and caught a couple barracudas and one bonito.
Then we got a bite that we had no idea what the heck it could have been but this fish was peeling line off the reel as if it was never going to stop. I’ve got to say that 99 out of 100 times we know what is on the other end pulling but this time we were stumped. We were all hopping for a big tuna but when this GAINT JACK CARVELL popped up we were all surprised.
A bit disappointed I must admit because we were all thinking we might have a little yellow fin tuna on but a great fight all the same.
 
 
We finished our tip off doing a couple of deep drops on a wreck that produced a couple of nice amber jacks.
Thanks again guys and we are looking forward to fishing you again soon.
 
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (877) SEA-4344
 
May 9
 
 
To say that every day of fishing was going to be a great day of catching would just not be true and I am sorry to say that today was just a slow day of fishing.
 
 
We took out Mitchell, Alex, Toney, Tommy and Paul
 
We started out flying our 2 kites with 3 live baits suspended from them and one big shark bait also suspended from the kite. We also set a shark bait down about 150 feet down and a last one down 350 on the bottom.
 
After waiting and waiting without a bite we tried a deep drop on a wreck that was 210 feet down. At last a bite and we ended up catching a big amber jack.
 
Guys sorry today was a slow day but it seemed you guys all had a good time all the same. Thanks so much and we owe you guys one.
 
Captain Taco (9540 764-4344
 
May 10
 
Today we took out Robert and mike from Fort Lauderdale and Jeff, Mo and Annie from New York.
 
 
Once again we went right to kite fishing and today it was for sure the right choice. We ended up catching a few nice king fish 2 bonitos and Mike ended up catching a big sail fish.
 
Afterwards we did a deep drop on a ship wreck and hauled up a big amber jack.
 
Thanks again for a fun morning of deep sea fishing.
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) Sea-4344
 
 
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