 Ft. Lauderdale fishing continues to produce some larger fish offshore. We continue to get Sailfish and early season Sharks into our area. Yesterday and today had Sailfish showing in depths from 90 to 200 feet of water. Once again these fish can be caught trolling dead baits out of the outriggers but live baits fished either out of the outriggers or presented out of the kites continue to draw the most bites. We keep a sharp eye for any changes in this pattern, as although we love to catch the sails by any method we really like to have the opportunity to catch them on the troll with the dead baits. There is something about taking a long dead Bally-Hoo (the dead bait of choice) and rigging it so that it swims naturally (“black back” is the term for a perfectly rigged dead bait, which means the bait stays straight up as it trolls along showing only it’s darker back to us as we scrutinize the presentation from the boat, and doesn’t lie over on it’s side looking a bit un-natural, or as we say on Marlin My Darlin “weird-o”). It’s not that easy and first mate Andrew can put a school of black backs out into the spread everyday. But the barometer is bouncing and the sails are a therefore a bit lazy, and that live bait with it’s heartbeat and frenzied attempts to clear the area when that lazy Sailfish pops up for a look is the key to success as of late. As we said Sharks continue to pass thru our Ft Lauderdale fishing area and they seem to be concentrated between 150 and 250 feet the last two days. Small Kingfish are still here and a strong east wind has brought a few welcome Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi). Congratulations to Chip and also Mr Wolaski on successful catches and releases of Sailfish on their respective charters.
Capt. Rick Brady
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