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Fishing Happy Day Today
Fort Lauderdale Fishing on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak
Sam and Maria Beys along with their two sons from Texas were vacationing in town to do some fishing in Fort Lauderdale FL. Blue skies, winds out of the east at 5 mph with 1-2 ft. seas, making the conditions comfortable for Maria. Sam is an avid fly fisherman and showed me a picture of a 3 ft. long trout fish that he caught on a fly up in Colorado, which is a great accomplishment on a fly.
I headed out to the drop off in Fort Lauderdale, which is 1.8 miles from shore, sitting in 120 ft. of water. We put two plainers down, both with double hook Mullet strips, one with a pink sea witch in front and the other with a blue and white sea witch. For surface baits we went with two Ballyhoos and two Bonito strips and a daisy chain for a teaser.
Our first strike came on one of the plainer rods, which produced a 15 lb. Kingfish. I headed out towards one of our wrecks that sits in 200 ft. of water north of Fort Lauderdale. Any wreck will hold bait fish and in return you will have the predators in search of a meal. These areas are always a prime place to fish over. Over the wreck we had constant action winding up with 13 Bonitos, 4 Kingfish and 4 Black Fin Tunas. It was time to head back to the dock at Bahia Mar 801 Seabreeze Blvd. Fort Lauderdale 33316.
Sam and Maria Beys along with their two sons from Texas were vacationing in town to do some fishing in Fort Lauderdale FL. Blue skies, winds out of the east at 5 mph with 1-2 ft. seas, making the conditions comfortable for Maria. Sam is an avid fly fisherman and showed me a picture of a 3 ft. long trout fish that he caught on a fly up in Colorado, which is a great accomplishment on a fly.
I headed out to the drop off in Fort Lauderdale, which is 1.8 miles from shore, sitting in 120 ft. of water. We put two plainers down, both with double hook Mullet strips, one with a pink sea witch in front and the other with a blue and white sea witch. For surface baits we went with two Ballyhoos and two Bonito strips and a daisy chain for a teaser.
Our first strike came on one of the plainer rods, which produced a 15 lb. Kingfish. I headed out towards one of our wrecks that sits in 200 ft. of water north of Fort Lauderdale. Any wreck will hold bait fish and in return you will have the predators in search of a meal. These areas are always a prime place to fish over. Over the wreck we had constant action winding up with 13 Bonitos, 4 Kingfish and 4 Black Fin Tunas. It was time to head back to the dock at Bahia Mar 801 Seabreeze Blvd. Fort Lauderdale 33316.
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bonitos
we use the bonitos for bait for sharks and make strip baits out of them,the best bait for sailfish and any other fish.they sell for $4.00 a pack, 6 strip baits in a pack in the tackle store
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Bonita?
Thanks for the reply, and glad you put them to good use. We usually chunk them when chumming for tuna. Keep up the posts.
JR
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Ok, I gotta ask. What do you do with the bonita after you hang them up on the board for pictures. Do you guys eat those fish down there, or do you just chuck them in the water after taking pictures? We kill our share of bonita for bait here, but as far as I know nobody here eats them. Seems like a waste to bring them back just to take a picture of.