(130 posts) Wahoo Fishing Fort Lauderdale Happy Day Today Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak
Uncle and nephew, Anton Axefors and Lars Ekbers from Sweden were vacationing and visiting relativeshere in Fort Lauderdale. Their outdoor expedition included a visit to Holiday Parkin Everglades Cityto see the gators and a deep sea sport fishing charter with the Happy Day Todayalong with the Topshotfishing team in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
We had intermittent showers, along with the sun popping up;the temperature was in the mid 80?s, winds were out of the east at 10 mph, 2-3foot seas. These Swedish anglers havehad experience fishing in other oceans and were excited to encounter differentfishing techniques here in South Florida.
Fifteen minutes after leaving the dock at Bahia Mar, lineswere in the water in 120 ft. at the sea buoy in Fort Lauderdale. We put down a #8 plainer with a 3 ? bluereflector drone spoon and five surface baits and a Ballyhoo dredge teaser. I started trolling crisscrossing the reef indepth of water ranging from 80 ft out to 200 ft. Our first strike was a Bonito in the 12 lb.range, followed by a few more Bonitos and a 16 lb. Kingfish.
From there I could see a color change running off to thenortheast of Fort Lauderdale. As I headed towards it, I could see the ripforming as the water was swirling around, which is an excellent avenue tofollow. With debris and bait fishpresent, the area looked very promising. Our left outrigger came down as Lars reeled in a Black Fin Tuna. As we kept trolling, we caught a total ofthree Tunas and two Barracudas. As Ikept working the color change/rip, a black shadow appeared on the dredge teaser? Sailfish. Jackson, our mate, dropped abait back to the Sailfish and on the 3rd attempt, we were hookedup. The Sailfish exited the water andtail-walked away from the boat showing his magnificent color and power. Ten minutes into the battle, the line wentslack as he dislodged the hook. As wetrolled again, this time the plainer rod bent over and the rod tip bounced upand down erratically, a tell tale sign it was a Wahoo. Anton was the angler and fifteen minuteslater Jacksongaffed the Wahoo weighing 21 lbs.
With happy smiles on their faces, the anglers retired to thea/c salon for the ride back to the dock at BahiaMar 801 Seabreeze Blvd. Fort Lauderdale 33316.
For a successful and adventurous deep seafishing charter Fort Lauderdale FL for Sailfish, Shark, Bonito,Mackerel, Swordfish, Snapper, Wahoo, Tuna, Mahi Mahi and Grouper contactCaptain Zsak. - 954-309-7457 or email us at tzsak@bellshouth.net Website: www.topshotfishing.com.
