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Southeast Florida Fishing Reports 04-13-12

Southeast Captain Taco

Fishing Friday the 13th Great luck aboard Hooked Up

April 13th, 2012

They say that Friday the 13th is bad luck BUT they just don't know about Fishing Friday the 13th aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of fort Lauderdale.

We think it is one of the best days to fish after our catch today.

We started out fishing with Shane and A.D. from Austin Texas.

This morning we went trolling with 2-planner board running about 45 feet down and 3 baits skipping across the surface.

While we did not run into a school of fish to catch them one after another we did seem to keep steady action with a fish every 10 to 15 min.

We ended up with 4 nice kingfish and 5 Mahia Mahia.

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As we pulled back to the dock we had Lisa and Marry from Fort Lauderdale and Mike and Bobby from Coral Springs Florida ready to deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up on this Friday the 13th.

Truth being told here the weather looked as bad as it could with the sky's black and rain coming at us fast.

While the seas were calm we had rain coming down like cats and dogs before we even got the first bait in the water.

Captain Greg started out with a shark bait on the surface then he set another shark bait down about 150 feet as he was setting out another bait the bait that was set at 150 took off and just like that we were Hooked Up.

When I say the line-started peeling off I mean it looked as if it was never going to stop.

For the first 5 min of this fight all Bobby could do was to hang on to the rod in the rain and watch this line just keep going off the reel. Captain Greg just stood there helping Bobby hang on and was just shaking his head wondering what the heck we had on here and what the heck we were doing out here in this rainy weather.

But soon enough the line slowed to a stop and Bobby started gaining a little line.

I will not bore you with the long hour and fifteen min details but I will say Bobby would gain a little and than lose a little back and forth tug a war but when we seen what popped up we could not believe our eyes.

Bobby had landed a MONSTER Threasur Shark!!

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We wanted to take a measurement to have a replica trophy made of Bobby's unbelievable catch but the best we could do was to get his head into the tuna door while Greg reached out over the back of the boat with the tape measure.

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WOW what else can I say this was truly a catch of a lifetime!!

WAY TO GO BOBBY

Than we 2 out of the 3 hooks out and watched him swim away in good shape.

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And just like that the skunk was out of the box and the rain stopped.

Ok no rain so out went the kites with 4 live baits suspended from them.

All of a sudden a sailfish popped up and we were Hooked Up again!!

This time Mary jumped in the chair and the fight was on.

15 min later Marry had her first sailfish ever to the side of the boat.

We got a couple of pictures of this nice sailfish next to the boat cut the leader right next to the sail's mouth and watched him swim away in great shape to fight again another day.

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FRIDAY THE 13th GREAT DAY TO FISH!!!

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

Sea Fishing Ft Lauderdale

April 12th, 2012

Today we started out fishing with Ted, Richard, John and Robyn all from Sweden

We started out trolling the reef and while trolling was slow we did end up catching a couple of kingfish and a few small bonitos.

Once we had a few fish in the box we went to the same shipwreck that had produced some good fish for us all week.

But I am sorry to say that today the wreck fishing was just shut down and we tried and tried but just could not get a bite on the wrecks.

As we pulled back to the dock we had Denzel and his son Tray that had fished with us the day before. They had such a great time that this time they brought along Denzel's daughter Isabella and his wife Kim.

Once again we started out trolling and once again the trolling was just slow today. We did manage to catch a couple more kingfish but since we had little to no current fishing was just slow.

BUT all the same we knew we just had to catch little Isabella a nice fish to catch up with her brother.

So back to the wreck we went and once again down went the live bait. This time it took a little waiting but finally it paid off and BAM the rod bent over. Isabella jumped in the chair and once again with a little help she landed this big amberjack.

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WAY TO GO Isabella.

To all of our anglers today sorry fishing was a little slow but I'm sure a good time was had by all today and thanks for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

The kids tear up the bottom fishing Ft Lauderdale aboard Hooked Up

April 11th, 2012

Today we started out fishing with one of our regular anglers Denzel and his son Tray from West By God Virginia.

Once again we started out trolling and catching a few small bonitos.

After catching these small bonitos we went right back to a shipwreck we had fished the day before and down went the small bonito. The second the bait hit the bottom BAM again we were Hooked Up.

Denzel jumped in the chair and the fight was on. 10 to 15 min later up popped this MONSTER 61 inch amberjack. Holly Cow now that was a hand full.

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Ok it worked once so down went another live bonito and once again BAM the rod bent over and the fight was on.

Now it was Tray's turn and with a little help from dad Tray landed this big 52-inch amberjack.

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Denzel and Tray thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up and sorry I was out of town and did not get to fish with you guys this time.

BUT I was with my son Luis in the Bahamas and we still remember his first threasure shark with you guys about 5 or 6 years ago.

As we pulled back to the dock we had a crowd of little people waiting and eager to give their luck a shot at some deep-sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of South Florida.

We had 9-year-old Jeremiah, 10-year-old Charlie, 7-year-old Callun and O yea they let their dad Jeremiah tag along with them on this trip.

They were all down from New York and looking forward to a little deep-sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

Fishing or should I say catching!!

We started out trolling and catching 4 bonitos and one Mahia Mahia.

Ok back to the shipwreck that had been so good to us on the last couple of trips.

And once again the wreck did not let us down.

I don't recall who caught what so I just let the pictures speak for them self's.

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Thanks again to all of our little anglers today for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

Dave and John get whipped fishing the bottom off the coast of Ft Lauderdale

April 10th, 2012

Today we had a birthday boy Dave out celebrating his 50th B Day with his good friend John both from M.N.

We started out trolling catching a few small bonitos but for the most part trolling was on the slow side so we decided to try something new.

We brought in the trolling gear and dropped one of these small bonitos down 210 feet to a shipwreck.

The second the bait hit the bottom BAM the rod bent over and Birthday boy jumped in the chair.

Now he gets to feel what it's like to fight a big fish @ 50 years old. (LOL)

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10 min later up pops this big amber jack.

Way to go Dave well if it worked once what the heck down went another live bait and again BAM now all the razzing John was giving Dave comes back to hunt him. (LOL)

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