Sep. 17-19 - Aboard Hooked Up Sportfishing – Capt. Taco–South Florida, Saltwater Fishing Report

Sep 17
Today we started out our day fishing with Paul from Fort Lauderdale and Mike from St Louis.
We started out trolling the reef with 2-planner board running about 45 to 50 feet down along with 3 baits skipping across the surface.
Once again the bonitos were biting like mad dogs. It seemed we would catch 5 bonitos than a kingfish 5 more bonitos and than another king.
It was an action packed morning of fishing with us landing 7 kings but only keeping 4 due to the limit being 2 per person 2 nice barracudas and I lost count at about 1,000,000 bonitos. (LOL)
Paul and Mike thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up and we’re looking forward to fishing with you guys again soon.

As we pulled back to the dock we had Dave, Jared, Alex, Matt and Rata all eager to give their luck a shot at some deep- sea fishing off the coast of South Florida.
Once again the reef was full of life and once again we ended up catching bonitos, kings and a couple barracudas.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Sep 18
Today we had Frank, Jessica, Chris, Linda, 9-year-old Chris and Granddad whose name we guess was DaDa all from Fort Lauderdale Florida.
We started out trolling the reef looking for some good eating fish and ended up catching a bunch of kingfish.
While the kings are ok eating they really are not the best fish in the sea so we made a left hand turn and headed out to a little deeper water in search of some better eating fish. Off sore we did manage to catch a nice 12-pound dolphin fish and a big skip jack tuna.
Ok time for plain B so in came the trolling gear and out went the kites with live baits suspended from the kites.
Here where fishing got a bit slower for us but ended up being the best move of the day.
Once the baits were all set out of the kites J.J. seen a big splash by our left long bait and with in seconds line started peeling off the reel. Jessica jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a 10 min back and forth tug a war Jessica reeled up this big barracuda.
Nice going Jessica!!
J.J. got the baits set right back out and all of a sudden out of nowhere up popped a sailfish on our short right kite bait.
Once this sail caught the bait we let him just swim away with the bait for a good 10 to 15 seconds than Greg went ahead with the boat to get the line tight as quick as possible and BAM we were Hooked Up with this sailfish jumping all over the place. Little 9year old Chris jumped in the chair and the fight was on.
This Chris is one tough little guy and he was determined to catch this sailfish. The fish would pull out 20 to 30 feet of line and Chris would gain 20 to 30 feet back and forth this went on but at last Chris hung in there and he finally got his first sailfish to the boat.
WAY TO GO CHRIS
Wow what a fun action packed day of fishing! Guys thanks soooo much it was a blast and we’re looking forward to fishing with you guys again soon.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

Sep 19
Today we took out Alex, Shawn, Kit and Stanley all from Dallas Texas.
We started out trolling the reef but for some reason the reef seemed to shut down on us today and all we caught trolling was 1 kingfish.
Ok so there is more than 1 way to skin a cat so in came all the trolling gear and off they went looking for some good bottom to fish.
They went to an old spot we have not fished in years and man was that the right choice they ended up catching a bunch of bottom fish.
They ended up catching 1 nice mutton snapper along with 4 vermilion snappers and 25 nice tilefish.
Greg and J.J. way to stick it out and keep trying different types of fishing till BAM you guys hit the bottom and it paid off.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344

About the Author:

Captain's Bio: My name is Taco and I run the best Fort Lauderdale fishing charter in South Florida! Heck, you won't have a better time on any fishing boat from West Palm to Miami. Why, because you get a sport fishing captain who has fished the waters of Fort Lauderdale for over 25 years. I know where to fish and how to fish for sailfish, marlin, tuna, dolphin, barracuda and just about anything that has gills. You also get a great time fishing with Hooked Up. We're not one of those stuffy South Florida fishing charters where the mate and captain are stuck on themselves and barely talk to you. We want you to party, relax, or whatever you like to do. Our job is to make your time on Hooked Up the most enjoyable you can have in Ft Lauderdale.