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 11
 
Today we started out our day fishing with Carl, Dillon 17 years old and his little brother Andrew 11 years old. They also brought along their good friend Mathew all from New York.
 
 
Once again we went right to kite fishing with our live baits suspended from the kites and once again it paid off big for everyone. Everyone took turns reeling in king fish and bonitos but once a sail fish jumped on one of the baits little Andrew jumped in the chair and the fight was on.
 
It took him a good 20 min but he finally reeled his first sail fish in at 11 years old!! Way to go Andrew.
 
Sorry about the bad picture but this was the only one that came out.
 
As we got back to the dock we had our afternoon trip waiting on us. We had Tim, Joe and Bobby all from Baltimore and we were excited about sail fishing this afternoon because conditions were looking better and better as the day went on.
 
 
Once we got out there and set out our kites it did not take long before our first bite and yes it was a sail fish. Joe jumped in the chair and the fight was on. It took Joe a good 20 min till he finally got his first sail fish to the boat. Just as he was getting out of the chair we could see he was not feeling so good. Having said that he ran to the side of the boat and started chumming for us. As soon as Tim seen that he thought he would lend a hand and also started helping chumming the waters for us.
 
 
 
 
What a great couple of guys doing all that chumming for Bobby. We knew that with all this chum in the water that it should not take long for anther sail to swim up. (LOL)
 
 
And sure enough it did,t and now it was Bobby’s turn to fight a big sail fish. It took Bobby a good 15 min to get his fish to the boat and at this point I think they were ready to call it a day. I guess they got SICK of catching fish (LOL)
 
 
Thanks again to all our anglers today.
 
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
 
May 12
 
 
Today we had our annual Hook Line and Sinker Torment held by South West Air lines to benefit the Ronald McDonald House.
 
 
Today we have Angie, Steve, Enrique, Guy, Glen and Steve aboard the Hooked Up.
 
We were going for the big fish prize so we went right to kite fishing and it turned out to be a great day of fishing with the exception of a couple of hang over’s onboard.
 
While we did not win the biggest fish award we did have a great day of fishing and as it turned out the big fish award went to one of the boats that had killed a hammer head shark and yes we did catch a big hammer head shark we just don’t kill them so we were unable to see if ours was the biggest but we all had a great time all the same.
 
We ended up catching A box full of big king fish and bonitos and Glen reeled in a giant Hammer head shark.
 
And Angie caught one of the biggest barracudas we’ve seen in a long time.
 
Thanks again to the whole gang at South West Air lines we had a ball and we are looking forward to fishing again next year.
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (877) SEA-4344
 
May 13
 
 
Today our day started out with one Matt from Louisville Kentucky he was supposed to go on a shared charter but we ended up with only Matt and decided to take the boat himself.
 
 
We trolled the reef hopping that we could catch a few kingfish but as it turned out they were biting like mad dogs and Matt had his limit in no time along with a few bonitos.
 
We did try fishing out in deeper water just to see if any dolphin fish were around but we never did find any. By the end of our morning trip Matt was doing J.J., s job and not only was he reeling in the fish but he started wiring the long 60 foot leaders and then gaffing the fish all himself.
 
I know he had a great time because he knew we had another shared charter going out in the afternoon and Matt decided to just stay aboard and fish the afternoon with us also
 
 
So we went back to the dock and picked up Carrie and John from Fulton Mo and off we went right back out top the reef trolling.
 
Once again the kings were biting and we were catching plenty we also managed to catch a big barracuda.
 
Thanks again Matt. John and Carrie we had a ball fishing with you guys.
 
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (877) SEA-4344
 
May 15
 
Today we started out fishing with Jerry, Bill, Don, Duane and Crag all from Newfoundland.
 
 
Today we decided to set out our kites out in 150 feet of water with our 3 live baits suspended from the kites and with one big shark bait also suspended from the kite. We were catching king fish one after another so much so that we were starting to run short on live baits. I kept trying to get the baits out to deeper water just trying to get away from the king fish before we ran out of live baits.
All of a sudden out of nowhere I saw this big fin heading for our shark bait out of the kite. He took the bait and took off like a rocket. We were Hooked Up and this was a big shark.
 
 
Craig jumped in the chair and the fight was on. At first this shark peeled off a lot of line than as if he wanted to see what was on the other end he just swam toward the boat. We got him within 10 feet of the back of the boat and he had a change of heart. This time when he took off there was no stopping him. Craig was beat and soon after one of the other guys jumped in the chair to see if he could mussel him back to the boat. But soon there after this guy was worn out. This went on for over 45 min with this shark wearing down everyone on the boat.
 
After a good hour of fighting this SEA MONSTER we got him to the side of the boat. We managed to get 2 out of the three hooks out of him and watched him swam away in good shape.
We estimated him at about 10 feet long and over 400 pounds.
 
 
It was time to head back to the dock to pick up our afternoon trip but as we were heading back on of our engines was running like crap and soon enough we had lost one of our engines and we were now on one engine.
 
Our afternoon trip had already been waiting for us for a while so we just sent them out on our other boat the Local knowledge and Greg and I went into the engine room to see if we could fix whatever was wrong with the engine. As it turned out we had a big blob of algae in our fuel line and it was going to take a while to fix and to make matters worse the engine room was about 150 degrees.
 
Just as we cleaned out the fuel line this guy named Mart from Sweden who we had talked to the day before walked up and he was ready to go fishing.
 
I thought this must be our lucky day but man was I wrong.
 
We got Mart and his buddy Ernie aboard and off we went. The motor ran great and things were looking good.
 
Since Greg had done all the work in the hot engine room I told him that I was going to work the cock pit and he could drive on this trip.
 
We set out both kites with three live baits suspended from them and one shark bait also suspended from the kite.
 
It was late in the day and with the sun going down it was hard to see the kite baits looking right into the sun but something grabbed the shark bait out of the kite and we were Hooked Up. Mart jumped in the chair and the fight was on. Mart fought this fish for about 5 min than the line went slack. (RATS) this one got away.
 
Ok so I sent out another shark bait out of the kite and soon thereafter we got a hit on the shark bait once again but this time it took off like a freight train and Mart was in for the fight of his life.
 
After about 30 min of this back and forth tug a war Mart had him coming in pretty good when all of a sudden 25 feet away from the boat the line went slack. (RATS AND DOUBLE RATS) I could not believe it this shark somehow broke 19 wire. We never did get a look at him but we turned the handle on the reel 26 times and it was at the boat.
 
Ok let’s try this again I got another shark bait out there and all of a sudden something ate one of our live baits. This time Mart got this one to the boat and it turned out to be a big barracuda. We were still getting over the last one that got away that we never even thought about getting a picture of this one.
 
We got the baits right back out there and BAM a sail fish piled on one of our short kite baits and went nuts jumping all over the surface made a big circle and landed right on top of the line and broke the line. I can’t believe this!!!
 
Ok one more time let’s get this right this time and out went the baits AGAIN.
 
Once again a big shark popped up and this time we got a good look at this big hammer head shark and once again we were Hooked Up. Mart jumped in the chair and we felt sure we were going to catch this one. BUT after about 5 min of fighting him the line went slack. NO WAY it could not have gotten away?? But it turned out that our bait did not have a scratch on it and I guess the leader had got wrapped around his head and was never hooked in the first place.
 
We really did have a great time but here is a picture of the most unluckiest fisherman in the world (LOL)
So if you’re looking to go fishing you might want to think about fishing with us we have gotten rid of all of our bad luck and all we got left is good luck!!
 
 
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
 
Taco Hooked Up Sportsfishing
www.tacohookedup.com
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