Thursday Afternoon, Keith and his family joined the Lady Pamela II for an eight hour expedition offshore Fort Lauderdale. Keith had a special request to hook his 85 yr old father up with a shark during their fishing trip. Within the first five minutes of trolling, a three ft Remora ate the bait. Keith and his crew got a good look at the Remora’s head and I explained what the sucker actually does, they were amazed. After we landed the Remora, we didn’t get another bite for over two hours. It was time to switch things up. We ran down south to a ship wreck, popped the kites and to really try our luck, we dropped two bloody shark baits down there. Dropping on a wreck is usually a win-win situation if anything is down there, it’s almost like knocking on your buddies front door. Good thing everybody on the boat was patient. An hour went by before the bobber went under, then we knew we were hooked to something big. A 45 minute battle took place before we saw the 5 1/5 ft Sandbar Silhouette. Sandbar Sharks are federally protected sea monsters, Keith’s father found out just how tough Game Sharks fight when he wrestled this one to the boat. It is truly rewarding work, he had a grin on his face from ear to ear after taming this great fish. Fishing was on target today, our anglers reeled in three really nice size bonitos and two of those delicious dolphin back to back. The 24 lb’er put up one hell of a fight on 30 lb tackle, think of hunting Elephants with bebe guns.

That’s what you call great fishing offshore Fort Lauderdale. What an accomplishment for Keith’s father.

Tight Lines!
Captain David Ide
954-761-8045

February 25, 2009

This morning Mike, Chris and Darryl set sail with the Lady Pamela II for some Hump Day Deep Sea Fishing. Wind is usually our enemy, but today it was in our favor. These conditions are perfect for landing the Ballerina of the Sea A.K.A. the Atlantic Sailfish. We saw kite fishing in our near future so we headed to the local buoy and stocked up on live blue runners. Trolling gear was set with two deep lines and four top baits dancing on the surface, too bad there wasn’t much around to eat all this bait. After waiting and wishing for a bite on the troll, we popped the kites and hoped for the best. Not one sailfish ate, let alone swam by.

This Afternoon, Phil, his father and his two sons joined the Lady Pamela II all the way from New Hampshire (where it’s freezing!). The three generations took a road trip South, making Fort Lauderdale their last pit stop before they headed home. Deep Sea Fishing was on their list of things to do once they hit the road. You can’t come to Ft Lauderdale, Florida and not go fishing offshore, it’s a must. We headed out Shallow Harbor pointing out all the beautiful mansions and mega yachts on the Intracoastal, they couldn’t believe their eyes. Once we hit open water, trolling gear was out and the boys had a ball reeling in the kingfish. We caught a total of four kingfish, 3 nice ones and one really nice 15 lb’er. We headed to one of the many ship wrecks and tried our luck there. Our first drop of the day was a hit. A three pound lead, a 15 ft leader and a live bait on the end did the trick. The older brother caught a big Amberjack and couldn’t have been any happier.

Fishing was a little slow this morning but turned around in the afternoon.

Tight Lines!
Captain David Ide
954-761-8045

February 23, 2009

This afternoon, six people on a shared charter joined the Lady Pamela II crew for some Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing. We headed out the Inlet in search of live Speedos at the local buoy. Once we had a few Speedos in the boat, trolling gear was in the water and we made our way towards Miami. For almost an hour, we were fishing and not catching…anything. Before we decided to pack up, a lizard fish ate the bait. We reeled this neat fish in and then we were off to a wreck. First drop of the day and we got a bite, a big bite. Within minutes the fish pulled the hook and we made our second drop. The second drop was a nice bite as well, a big Almaco Jack ate. We were getting greedy now, so I put another live bait down and we were hooked. The Lady Pamela II went 2 for 3 this afternoon on wreck fishing.

Tight Lines!
Captain David Ide
954-761-8045