Fishing with Danny, Mark and Eric for Sharks off Fort Lauderdale aboard Hooked Up
February 17th, 2012
Today we had Danny from Omaha entertaining a couple of his friends Mark from Idaho and Eric from Freemont Vermont.
We started out trolling the reef catching kingfish one after another.
Once we had caught plenty of kings we brought in the trolling gear and set out our kites with one shark bait suspended from one of the kites and 2 live baits suspended from the other.
It took a long time but than just as we least expected our bottom bait got a bite and the fight was on.
First Mark jumped in the chair and hung on to the rod as this big shark just took line at will. Mark hung in there for a good 15 min than Eric jumped in to give a hand.
Eric also hung in there for another good 15 min till Danny jumped in. It was a real team effort but when it was all said and done Danny put a good whipping on this sea monster and finally up popped this big hammerhead shark.
Greg slid him in through the tuna door for a quick measurement and we managed to get all the hooks out and watched him swim away in good shape except for I think the shark had his feeling a little hurt. (LOL)
At this point we were running a little short on time so instead of resetting everything back out in 350 feet of water we just set the baits back our right where we were in 200 feet of water.
With in minutes BAM our deep rod bent over again and we were Hooked Up again.
This time Danny started and finished the fight within 15 min and up popped this 6-foot bull shark.
Danny, Mark and Eric thanks again you guys are a ball to fish with and we are looking forward to fishing with you guys again soon.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
