Oct 14
This morning we started out our day fishing with Gary, Lane, Katie, Ann and 1 year old Cache all from Utah.
We set out trolling the reef with 2 planner board running about 45 to 50 feet down and three baits skipping across the surface.
As it turned out we made the right choice we ended up catching a box full of king fish and bonitos.
As we pulled back to the dock we had our afternoon trip waiting on us to give their luck a shot at some deep sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.
We had Brain from North Carolina, Ken from Long Island NY, Sean from Orlando Florida and Mike from Boston. Once again we went right to trolling the reef and once again the reef trolling did not let us down. This time the king fish were snapping and we managed to catch our limit of kings along with one nice dolphin fish to boot.
Thanks again to all of our anglers today.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free at (877) SEA-4344
Oct 16
This morning we started out fishing with Dr Steven Mathew, George, Mike, Tom and Steve Senior from parts unknown.
We stopped at the live bait boat on our way out and picked a dozen goggle eyes (live baits) and went right out to 180 feet of water and set out both our kites with 2 live baits suspended from each one.
We had had a few king fish bites and managed to put 3 nice kings in the box but this was not the bite we were hoping for. Than all of a sudden on our left long kite bait up came this big sail fish and he was all over the bait. Within seconds the rod bent over and line was screaming off the reef. Dr Steven jumped in the chair and the fight was on.
It seemed Steven would gain 10 feet of line and the fish would take out another 20 it was back and forth for a good 20 min till at last the doctor got his fish close enough to the boat for us to get a good measurement of him to have a trophy made of Steven's great catch.
Way to go Doc
As we pulled back to the dock we got the boat ready for our next trip for the day. We had Andrew, J.D., Ricky, Mike, Toney and Max all from Texas.
The kite fishing had paid off for so well during our morning trip that we decided to go right back to kite fishing. While the kings stopped biting in the afternoon we did manage to get the bite we were all looking for. A big sailfish popped up and Andrew wasted no time jumping in the chair.
At first this fish was dancing all over the surface but after a few min he went down and just kept digging down it was just a bear to finally get him to the boat. Way to hang in there Andrew.
Thanks again to all of our anglers today.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Oct 18
Today we were looking for good eating fish so as we left the dock with Ron from Fort Lauderdale and Dan from Kentucky we decided to start out trolling on the reef looking for some king fish. After a good hour of trolling the reef with no bites we ventured off shore looking for some dolphin fish.
Once again no bites (RATS) we needed to find some good eating for these guys so the decision was made to fish the bottom. We worked our way to a ship wreck that lay in about 275 feet of water and dropped a chicken rig down (a chicken rig consists of 5 hooks in a line with a lead at the bottom). Finally fish!! The snappers were biting and we caught our limit of snappers.
Ron and Dan thanks for hanging in there.
There is a reason they call it fishing and not catching BUT if you have the right crew even on a slow day 9 out of 10 times if they keep trying different methods they WILL find you fish.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Oct 19
Today we started out fishing with Justin, Melisa and Grandma that's right Grandma that's the name we got all from Maryland.
Once again good eating fish was what they wanted but this time we skipped trolling the reef and went right to kite fishing with 4 live baits suspended from our 2 kites.
Once we got all the baits set out of the kite it only took a few min till we seen our first sail fish and this one was a monster. Melisa jumped in the chair and the fight was on. What a show this monster sail put on for us. He was dancing all over the surface of the waves. It turned out to be a 25 min back and forth tug a war but Melisa hung in there and at last she got this huge 88 inch sail fish to the boat. Way to go Melisa.
After catching Melisa's sail we got the baits set right back out there and before we knew it we were Hooked Up again with another big sail fish. This time Justin jumped in the chair and the fight was on. This one took about 15 min for Justin to reel him to the side of the boat. Nice job Justin.
Ok what a great day we were having but still no good eating fish so in came the kites and down went our chicken rig. We sent our chicken rig down over a ship wreck in 275 feet of water and today we could do no wrong. The snappers were snapping.
We caught our limit of snappers in no time.
Guys thanks soooo much for a great fun morning on the water.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
