The end of this month has been a busy week for Capt Rich and I. We have had a couple of charters, and all have been very different. Last Wednesday night we took a group out for a night time shark trip. The fishing started off a little slow but once we drifted into 70ft feet of water we got our first hit, and after a 30 minute fight we brought a 250lb Sandbar Shark to the side of the boat. After some photos we removed the hook from the shark and released it. We then rerigged and set out the lines and soon after we brought another Sandbar shark of similar size to the boat and it was released as well. Both sharks were caught using a bonito carcass.
This past Saturday we had 2 charters. In the morning charter we started off trolling looking for some dolphin fish and tunas, but sadly did not find any. We then headed up to the Lake Worth Pier and drifted in about 100ft and caught Porgys, big triggerfish, bluerunners, snappers, and a large Sheepshead.
That same evening we had a great swordfish charter with an amazing group of guys. We left Boynton Inlet at 4:30pm and headed down to the swordfish grounds off Ft. Lauderdale, and were set up and ready to reel in a swordfish by 6:45pm. We drifted north in the Gulfstream to about the Hillsboro Lighthouse, when as we were bringing the lines in to reset three swordfish came up to the boat chasing the bait. At first we thought we hooked into a shark, but 45 minutes later we had a nice 100lb swordfish at the side of the boat. We headed back south to reset and drifted north past Hillsboro and got another hit off Boca. Sadly the Swordfish was not completely hooked and the hook pulled after a long run. Capt Rich and I would like to thank everyone that night for a wonderful trip. The first Swordfish hit a rigged squid and the second one hit a small rigged bonito.
