Charter boat Happy Day Today fishing report for early August

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Fort Lauderdale Fishing on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

With a pleasant breeze out of the east southeast at 8 mph, with sea conditions 1-2 feet, temperatures in the mid 80's, made it a very pleasant fishing charter for Britt and Chris Cook and family from Utah. Britt, Jr. is a junior angler at the age of 7, and was ready to do some deep sea fishing on the Happy Day Today Topshot Fishing Charter out of Fort Lauderdale FL. I questioned Britt, Jr. what he wanted to catch - he extended both arms out as far as they could go for a total of 4 ft. and said he would like to catch a Shark. Looking at his dad, I said, maybe we could catch one bigger than 4 ft, and off we went on our fishing charter adventure in Fort Lauderdale FL.

We cleared the jetties; the sun was gleaming down and shimmering light on the water. I mentioned to Mitch, our mate, to start off first by doing trolling and then doing some Shark fishing. We trolled around one of our 34 artificial wrecks off of Fort Lauderdale FL which are located anywhere from 60' to 360' of water. We had two plainers down, one with a #3 drome spoon and the other with a blue and white sea witch with a Bonito strip behind it and 4 Bonito strips for surface baits. Our first bite was on our #3 drome spoon - a 10 lb. Bonito - which Britt, Jr. reeled, and I told Britt, Jr. that his catch was perfect size Shark bait. We trolled around, and the rest of the family caught a mix bag of Bonitos, King Fish and Barracudas.

I told Mitch to get prepared to do some Shark fishing, and I headed out to the Shark grounds, which sits in one of our artificial wrecks off of Fort Lauderdale FL, sitting in 345' of water. These wrecks are home for residential fish, including bait fish such as Bullets, Runners and Speedos, and in return, the predators, such as Sharks, are lurking close by. We put out our Shark baits, one surface bait, one mid range bait and one bottom bait, with bloody carcasses hanging off the transom of the Happy Day Today charter fishing boat. We patiently waited for the Shark's arrival, and not too longer afterwards, we were not disappointed. Our mid range bait started taking out line very slowly - this is very unusual for a Shark to do - Mitch started bringing in the other lines. As the line continued to exit the reel at a slow rate, I told Britt, Sr. that this fish did not know he was hooked since he was swimming away at a normal rate. When the Shark realized he was hooked, the true battle started. The Penn 80 International Reel let out a high pitch sound as the line exited very quickly. Forty-five minutes later, as the Shark came close to the boat, we could all look down and see the glimmer of this huge predator. IT'S A THRESHER SHARK!!!!! A very rare Shark to catch off of Fort Lauderdale FL. Britt, Sr. brought the fish closer to the boat, measuring a little more than 13' and weighing approximately 500 lbs, which was a little bit bigger than what Britt, Jr. requested. We snapped pictures of the beautiful predator fish, and Britt, Sr. requested to make a replica mount of the Thresher Shark. As we released the fish, we could hear the big tail slap against the side of the boat.

It was time to start heading back from our deep sea fishing in Fort Lauderdale FL to the dock at Bahia Mar. This ends another successful and adventurous deep sea fishing charter on the Happy Day Today/Topshot Fishing with Captain Zsak.

For a successful and adventurous Fort Lauderdale fishing on the Happy Day Today, contact Captain Zsak. - 954-439-8106 – www.topshotfishing.com

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rt Lauderdale Fishing on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

With an abundance of blue skies, temperatures in the high 80’s, 20% chance of rain,
prevailing winds out of the east, southeast at 5-8 mph and with a moderate chop, makes it so much more very pleasant in Fort Lauderdale FL than in the northern part of the country experiencing record breaking high 90’s to 100 degree temperature.

Robert Reed and wife, Mary, from Cape Main, New Jersey included in their Disney World vacation a stop at Fort Lauderdale FL to charter the Happy Day Today Topshot Fishing to do some deep sea fishing off of Fort Lauderdale FL.

We stopped off at the sea buoy in Fort Lauderdale FL to catch some live bait. We had a chum bag hanging over the side of the boat and cut up Squid for bait to catch Blue Runners, Speedos and Tinker Mackerels which I planned to use as bait for some wreck fishing later in the charter. We trolled around the drop off, catching Kings and Bonitos in 110 ft. of water, putting us 1.8 miles from shore. By venturing off another .8 of a mile we were in 400 ft of water, and there we caught a few Black Fin Tunas, one weighing 26 lbs. At this time I was very close to one of the wrecks that sits in 370 ft. of water. I told Mitch our mate to pull in our surface baits and get ready to use the live bait to make a drop. We sat on top of the wreck and our live bait swam around thinking he was free until the rod bent over and Mary reeled in a nice 18 lb. Grouper that will be their main course for dinner that night with some Tuna Sushi on the side.

With a good catch of fish on the charter boat Happy Day Today Topshot Fishing, it was time to start heading back from our deep sea fishing in Fort Lauderdale FL to the dock at Bahia Mar. This ends another successful and adventurous deep sea fishing charter on the Happy Day Today/Topshot Fishing with Captain Zsak.

For a successful and adventurous Fort Lauderdale fishing on the Happy Day Today, contact Captain Zsak. - 954-439-8106 – www.topshotfishing.com
Date Added: 2011-08-04
Type of Fishing: Bottom Fishing
Charter Service Name: Top Shot Fishing
Email Guide or Angler: admin@topshotfishing.com
Website URL: http://www.topshotfishing.com/
Captain: Dave Zsak
Region You Fish: Inshore Fort Lauderdale Waters
Biz Phone: 1-954-439-8106