The first fish, a Mahi Mahi, was raised on the teaser and ate one of our Ballyhoos

A local resident of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jesse Prry, and his relatives from Georgia and Illinois incorporated a family reunion and a deep sea fishing charter aboard the Happy Day Today for an eight hour fishing trip with the Topshotfishing team aboard our 46’ Hatteras.
Favorable weather – winds out of the east at 5-7 mph, blue skies, the sun glimmering over the horizon and water temperatures of 80 degrees - was the setting for an enjoyable and fruitful fishing charter.

We arrived at the sea buoy in Fort Lauderdale FL which sits in 120 ft. of water.  The color of the water was greenish brown with no current, which is not a good situation for fishing, so offshore we went.  Twenty minutes later in 680 ft. of water the ocean turned to a brilliant clear indigo blue with sargassum seaweed, debris (coconuts, tree branches and pieces of wood) and most importantly birds working the weed line.  I operated the boat and headed South parallel to the weed line off of Fort Lauderdale FL.  We had four Ballyhoos for surface baits and one yellow jap feather, and for a deep line we had a 3 ½ blue reflector drone spoon on the plainer rod and two teasers out.

The first fish, a Mahi Mahi, was raised on the teaser and ate one of our Ballyhoos.  Rose, Jesse’s mom, reeled the Mahi Mahi to the boat like a professional angler – I was quite impressed with her abilities.  From there, the anglers took turn catching one Mahi Mahi after another, with our largest bull Mahi Mahi weighing 35 lbs, followed by a 26 lb, a 24 lb, a 23 lb, a 21 lb and a 11 more Mahi Mahi’s in the 10 lb. class with two Black Fin Tunas.  Rose reeled in 70% of the fish, and I would like to thank her for her spirit and humor, which she provided on this fishing charter.

With a good catch of fish on the charter boat Happy Day Today and the Topshotfishing team, it was time to start heading back from our offshore trip.

For a successful and adventurous deep sea fishing charter in South Florida for Sailfish, Shark, Bonito, Mackerel, Swordfish, Snapper, Wahoo and Grouper contact Captain Zsak. - 954-439-8106 or email us at www.topshotfishing.com.