Drew came along on an afternoon sport fishing adventure aboard Miami's Best Charterboat the L&H! The weather was beautiful and we took our time catching bait. There were no other boats out so we had it all to ourselves. As we ran offshore there was huge amounts of sea weed. I knew where the fish had been the past few days so the plan was to run strait out and start in the same area we had been fishing. No sooner had the L&H slowed down and baits started going out, I spotted something floating offshore of us. It turned out to be a piece of wood with some rope entangled around it. To get us started we found nice dolphin, a few tripletail, jacks and loads of triggerfish. The seaweed seemed to go on for miles so we began to ride it to the south. Right away I began spotting dolphin and when the bait went out the hungry mahi would race over to it. The fish were all decent size and Drew was enjoying throwing out the bait and hooking the fish himself. A couple hours later we found ourselves in a nice school of keeper dolphin. All of the sudden like so many times before a big fish swam up while we were busy catching small ones! Drew was able to quickly hook a bait and throw it in front of the hungry mahi mahi. The ravenous dolphin raced over and engulfed the happless baitfish much to the delight of every one onboard our successful charter fishing boat. As usual Drew, our friend and repeat customer was able to battle the stubborn fish to the boat without any issues. After the big fish was in the fish box our well oiled machine was able continue to work on the school. Since we were close to our limit I decided to start heading inshore. This turned out to be a good move as I spotted nice size tuna breaking the surface of the water. The tuna were moving fast and it was difficult to to get into position. Adding to the equation was the fact that there was so much sea weed. Sometimes we would have everything looking right, but just as the fish were about to see the lures we would be covered up with sea weed. Finally we go what the pass I wanted and hooked a triple header! Line melted off the fin-nor reels as hooked tuna ran in all directions. After some fancy footwork and alot of pumping and reeling all three of the tasty tunas found their way into the fish box. The lines went back out and we caught another double header tunas. After this Drew was ready to enjoy the air conditioned salon as we made our way comfortably back to Crandon Park Marina in Key Biscayne! Once again it was another fun and successful day of charter fishing on the Miami Charter Boat L&H!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
A Fun Afternoon With Drew
Drew came along on an afternoon sport fishing adventure aboard Miami's Best Charterboat the L&H! The weather was beautiful and we took our time catching bait. There were no other boats out so we had it all to ourselves. As we ran offshore there was huge amounts of sea weed. I knew where the fish had been the past few days so the plan was to run strait out and start in the same area we had been fishing. No sooner had the L&H slowed down and baits started going out, I spotted something floating offshore of us. It turned out to be a piece of wood with some rope entangled around it. To get us started we found nice dolphin, a few tripletail, jacks and loads of triggerfish. The seaweed seemed to go on for miles so we began to ride it to the south. Right away I began spotting dolphin and when the bait went out the hungry mahi would race over to it. The fish were all decent size and Drew was enjoying throwing out the bait and hooking the fish himself. A couple hours later we found ourselves in a nice school of keeper dolphin. All of the sudden like so many times before a big fish swam up while we were busy catching small ones! Drew was able to quickly hook a bait and throw it in front of the hungry mahi mahi. The ravenous dolphin raced over and engulfed the happless baitfish much to the delight of every one onboard our successful charter fishing boat. As usual Drew, our friend and repeat customer was able to battle the stubborn fish to the boat without any issues. After the big fish was in the fish box our well oiled machine was able continue to work on the school. Since we were close to our limit I decided to start heading inshore. This turned out to be a good move as I spotted nice size tuna breaking the surface of the water. The tuna were moving fast and it was difficult to to get into position. Adding to the equation was the fact that there was so much sea weed. Sometimes we would have everything looking right, but just as the fish were about to see the lures we would be covered up with sea weed. Finally we go what the pass I wanted and hooked a triple header! Line melted off the fin-nor reels as hooked tuna ran in all directions. After some fancy footwork and alot of pumping and reeling all three of the tasty tunas found their way into the fish box. The lines went back out and we caught another double header tunas. After this Drew was ready to enjoy the air conditioned salon as we made our way comfortably back to Crandon Park Marina in Key Biscayne! Once again it was another fun and successful day of charter fishing on the Miami Charter Boat L&H!
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Richmond Brothers Have A Busy Day
The Richmond brothers have been charter fishing off Key Biscayne before, but never on the L&H! We were excited to fish with three brothers and got an early start to what would be a great day of sportfishing on Miami's best charter boat. After loading up with bait we headed out to try the edge first. In the first hour of fishing the guys landed several bonita and a few kings. From there we started heading to the south. A friend on another boat told me he saw a big dolphin and there was a nice weed line so the boys started getting ready for mahi as we motored to the south. Soon we reached the area where I heard about the mahi, and started to search. A few minutes later we spotted a big bull dolphin swimming down the weed. It was very close to where my friend told me he was and it was similar in size to what he said so I was sure it was the same fish. We backed around chasing the acrobatic bull as our angler gained line at a feverish pace. Minutes later we gaffed the fish and once again resumed the hunt. A couple miles further I spotted a couple frigate birds working and this find would vault us into some excellent dolphin fishing. Before getting even remotely close to the birds we started catching fish. Within seconds the brothers were all hooked up to dolphin and would stay like that for a while. More and more fish continued to swim up as the group added more and more mahi to our icy hold. Around mid day the action started to slow down and we decided to go even farther south. I was sure the guys had never seen or caught a permit so we pushed inshore to give it a shot. We reached the area and looked around for a while without seeing anything. The conditions were not bad, but without seeing any fish I was just about to leave. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a truly large fish. The bait went out and the big, hungry permit raced over and engulfed it! And just like that we were on! Bullbuster line melted off the reel as we chased the angry fish in hot pursuit. As was the norm for the day, our angler did a great job and after an exciting battle had the exhausted fish in the boat!! We were so happy!!! The brothers were happy with the permit and and the crew was happy with the great weather and great fishing that we were enjoying!! By now we were pretty far from the dock and it was starting to get late so we started heading back. On our way home we added a nice cobia and a few more dolphin to finish up what was a fun and exciting day of fishing on Miami's Best Charter Boat the L&H!!!
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Sports Grill Guys Are In The Meat
We took our friends from the Sports Grill for a full day of
Miami Charter Fishing! These guys fished
with us a few months ago and had a great time.
We got an early start, pulling out of Crandon Marina in Key Biscayne, FL just before 7:00 am. The guys relaxed in
the air conditioned salon on the way to the bait spot. Because of the early start, the bait was
very cooperative and the L&H was on its way offshore in no time! It was only a short ride to the gulf stream
and with a lot of sea weed in the area, it looked fishy! Only minutes later we had our first fish, a
nice mahi that Paulie hooked on a live bait. As we continued south, our team started finding more and more fish. Before long, every one was hooked up and with
dolphin behind Miamis Best Charter Boat! As more and more of the tasty mahis made their way to our icy hold, the
days catch continued to grow. At one
point, as the guys were catching school sized fish, a nice one, over twenty
pounds showed up. Before anyone was able
to do anything, Paulie delivered a perfect cast and hooked up. He fought the fish flawlessly and had the
tired mahi boatside in short order. By
early afternoon everyone had caught plenty of fish and with the wind picking up
we decided to go in and try kite fishing. Our goal was to see if we could get lucky and
add a tuna to the tally. There was a lot
of seaweed on the edge. That in
combination with the sun’s glare in our eyes would make it tough to fish the
kite. None the less we put everything
out and were soon fishing with twelve live baits in the water. Twenty minutes later, Eddie hooked a big
fish on the center kite! From the way
the fish was acting we were pretty sure it was a tuna. The Sports Grill guys know how to fish and
Eddie had the fish at the boat rather quickly. They now had nice tuna to go along with some fresh mahi. A little while longer, another big fish was
hooked up and this time it was dads turn. After a fun fight, dad was able to add another nice sized tuna to what
was already a great catch! By now it was
starting to get late and everyone agreed to start heading back! Back at Crandon Park Marina we pulled out the
catch, took some photos for our guys and cut up a bunch of fillets for everyone!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
We Win the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo
Every year we fish the rodeo with my wife, children and a
few friends. It is a family oriented
tournament and everyone usually has a good time. The field is very competitive and we work very hard to get ready for the two day
event. Finally after countless hours of
preparation and days of bait fishing we were ready to go. Twenty to twenty-five mile per hour winds and
ten foot seas greeted us the first day. Taking our time, we got to the area we wanted to start at and got set
up. The day started slow and was very
rough! We caught a few keeper kings and
saw a big mahi that we didn’t get. The
very next drift we caught a weigher dolphin and things were looking up. Next drift, my daughter Laurel, had a nice
fish that was acting like a tuna. After
a while we could see Laurel did in fact have a big tuna and that there was a
shark trying to get it. I feared the
shark would bite the tuna and disqualify our catch. After a few nerve racking moments, the tuna
decided to take its fate into its own hands.
Rather than getting eaten by the hungry shark, the tuna decided it would
rather jump on the boats engine bracket and dry out! And that is exactly what
happened!!!!!!! Laurel’s tuna leaped on
the bracket only to have my thrifty son James standing ready and quickly
grabbed the tuna and threw it in the boat. Minutes later James had a big fish on that managed to get wrapped in a
competitor's line. I tried desperately to
get close to the other boat hoping James would be able to untangle the mess. It was just too rough we couldn’t get close
enough and unfortunately the other boat broke their fish off and James was able
to land another big tuna that would help us out in the standings! Later in the afternoon we added a couple
more tunas that would give us our limit for the day! At the end of day one our team would weigh a limit of
kingfish, limit of tuna and a nice dolphin which would be enough for us to be
sitting in second place.
Day two would offer up calmer seas and with a shorter day we
would have to fish fast and make our bites count. Right away we caught a couple keeper kings
including a nice twenty-five pounder for Laurel. Then we had a big king sky on the left long
kite, but got the bait off the hook, before anyone could say a word, the flatline took off with a big tuna. It was just one of those tournaments where
most everything went right and very little went wrong. As my friend Louis says, “When it’s for
you…it’s for you. We would finish the
second day with another limit of kingfish and two big tunas! After waiting to weigh our fish and coming
up with a total of way over three hundred pounds we were declared the
WINNERS!!!!!!!!! It was such an amazing
feeling and I was so very proud of my family and my team! We ended up Top Boat, Top Male Angler, Top
Junior Angler and Top Family!!!! A
great tournament with my wonderful family!!!!
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