July 21, 2011

LADY PAMELA I

Today the Lady Pamela 1 had a full day charter for daytime swordfishing. We left the dock at 7 am in the morning and were going to return at 4 p, a long day on the water, but we wanted to catch a big swordfish to bring back and hang at the dock for Jim. We rigged a few Bonita strips and squids on the 15 mile run out, when we got to the sword grounds we had the reel ready to go so we dropped in 1800 feet of water off the double 0 mark, our first drop. It didn’t take 20 minutes and we had a bite but we lost him. So we made three more drops. While we had our sword bait on the bottom a whole school of Mahi- mahi swam up to the boat, 80 plus fish. In one hour we caught 45 Mahi -mahi great day for our customers, one fish after another on lite spinning rods but only 20 keepers the rest were to short to keep so we let them go. It was a long day, no swordfish but lots of Mahi.

LADY PAMELA IV

On the Lady Pamela IV we had two half day charters. In the morning we caught lots of kingfish and Bonitas on the troll and some small black fin tunas. In the afternoon trip we had Marcus from Venezuela and his family.  We started the trip out trolling and caught five nice size kingfish up to 15 lbs. and four Bonitas. Then all of a sudden one of the planer rods bent over an stared ripping drag off the reel faster than normal and a nice sailfish started dancing all over the ocean. Leo cleared all the lines fast so Paul could start backing down the boat to chase the sailfish. It was a good 15 minutes before landing the sailfish. It was six foot in length and we tagged the billfish then let him swim away so we can catch him another day. Great job to Marcus from Venezuela. Marcus owns his own charter boat in Venezuela but never catches sailfish but he told me they catch a lot of big tiger sharks there.

LADY PAMELA III

Adam and Joe had the all-day dolphin Thursday trip today.  Joe said it was definitely an exhilarating all-day of catching dolphin today. They found weed lines from 650 foot of water all the way out to 980 feet and Joe said that he couldn’t even get two lines out for most of the trip. They caught 60 Mahi-mahi on the 8 hour trip today and only got to bring home 12 Mahi- mahi the other dolphin where too short to keep. But it was great that there were 15 people and all 15 people got to catch 4 fish each that’s what makes a good trip.

TIGHT LINES,

CAPT DAVID IDE

LADY PAMELA 2 SPORTFISHING CHARTERS

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July 19, 2011

Today we had Dino from Ft. Myers, Harold from Kentucky and Tim from Connecticut. We stared a few minutes late getting off the dock but that didn’t stop the Lady Pamela 4 from catching fish.  Every morning when the Bonitas are around we cut fresh trolling bait, which is key this time of year. We trolled for the first two hours of the trip catching a few King Mackerels and some Bonitas. The trolling wasn’t red hot so I decided to try shark fishing in 350 feet of water right off the coast of Fort Lauderdale Beach. Leo rigged three big Bonitas with two 11/0 hooks in each bait and the three 130 lb. rods. He sent one down 350 feet, the second 150 feet down and one on the surface. There was 2.5 knots of north current and it looked pretty good for getting a bite so we waited it out. After 50 min went by, I was talking to Leo on the bridge of the boat when the 150 foot bait started bouncing. Leo stared reeling and I gunned the boat ahead to set the hook. At the same exact time, there was a hammer head on top chasing the top bait, it was chaos, but very exciting. Leo dropped back the bait and hooked the fish, we now had a double header with two giant hammer head sharks. Tim fought one, Harold fought the other and they ended the day with a great catch and an awesome story for their friends.

Tight Lines!

Captain David Ide

954-761-8045

July 13, 2011

On July 13, I had a half day fishing charter in the morning with William, Greg and their two sons. We caught some live bait on the way out at a ship and then stared trolling to north to try some shark fishing and wreck fishing. The trolling was a little slow. We caught one bonito and a kingfish after trolling 5 miles north with a light north current. Shortly after, we decided to do some shark fishing in 150 of water off the steeple. We put a few live ballyhoo out on spinning rods and the Bonita were biting! The action was nonstop, so after an hour and a half of shark fishing we decided to try some wreck fishing. We got the 80 lb. rod out with a drop rig and a circle hook. I ran one mile to our destination as Paul rigged a live speedo and dropped it two hundred and fifty feet before hitting the bottom. By the end of the day, we made 5 drops on ship wrecks and William’s son caught a nice Almaco Jack. William and Greg where very happy we stayed out extra time just trying to get some more fish. It ended up being another fantastic day on the water in Fort Lauderdale.

Tight Lines!

Captain David Ide

954-761-8045

July 7, 2011

We stared the trip out by catching a few live baits like speedos and hard tails so if we decided to go wreck fishing we had the right bait to produce fish. As we trolled north from 90 - 200 feet of water we caught several Bonita up to15 lbs. and a few kingfish up to 12 lbs. Brad and Chad wanted to try some different kinds of fishing so we went wreck fishing. Our first two spots we hit, one in 245 feet and the other in 168 feet, had no action. Therefore, we ran a little further north to a wreck in 300 ft of water and the other in 200 ft of water where we got some nice bites. Chad’s son was the first one up using a live Speedo, Brad’s son landed a 60lb. Warsaw grouper. After seeing that Chad’s 14-year-old son caught that, Brad said it is my turn so we made another drop. This time I could tell it was a different kind of fish so Brad had a little battle in front of him the whole time. Brad was fighting it and he was yelling and screaming, but he caught himself a nice Amberjack weighing in around 60 lbs. We were already late getting back to the dock if we were to pick up and leave our good fishing, but I really wanted to catch Chad a fish, so I told Paul, let’s try one last time. It was worth it. As soon as the bait hit the bottom, Chad was in the fighting chair battling with a big fish from the deep. Another big grouper! What a day, and a lucky group of guys!

Tight Lines!

Captain David Ide

954-761-8045

Lady Pamela 2 Fort Lauderdale Fishing Charters

July 1, 2011

The Ellison family from Texas came out fishing today with Josh and I for a full day charter. We started out catching a few live baits at a ship that was anchored for a few weeks in 100 feet of water. The live baits that we caught where speedos and blue runners. After getting the live bait we started trolling to the north with four top baits out and two deep planers out. We caught a few kingfish and bonitas. The trolling was nonstop and we ended up catching 10 bonitas an 4 kingfish. Then all of a sudden I hooked an Atlantic Sailfish off the bridge, on the high line.  Mr. Ellison’s son got into the chair, and it took about 20 min before we landed the 83” sailfish. We tagged the fish real quick and released it. Then we stared shark fishing in 350 feet of water with three shark baits. It took one hour before I got the bite and I gunned the boat ahead to set the hook. We got Mr. Ellison into the fighting chair. It ended up being a 9 foot hammer head shark. After landing the hammer head we went wreck fishing with the live baits we caught earlier during the trip. I went to five different ship wrecks from 160 feet to 245 feet and we caught one huge Almaco jack that fell off as we were bringing it in the boat. It was a long day out on the water but we caught fish the whole trip.

         The Lady Pamela 3 Morning Drift Fishing Trip

July 2,2011

Today the Lady Pamela 3 on the afternoon trip 1-5 had one of the best drift fishing trips we had ever had. Using fresh sardines and ballyhoos two to three hook rigs using 2 or 3 oz leads. We where fishing in a 100 – 180 feet of water the fishing was red hot. Every body on the boat was catching fish the boat drift boat the Lady Pamela 3 caught 28 bonitas, one Almaco jack about 30 lbs, a 29 lb Blackfin tuna, two mutton snappers, and three kingfish one spectacular fishing trip.

Tight Lines,

Capt David Ide

Lady Pamela 2

954 761 8045

June 29

Drew and his family came fishing today with Captain Paul & I we started the trip out trolling. Using planners and top baits we managed to catch a few bonitas and kingfish fish started out a little slow but once trolling up to our spot 8 miles north of port everglades we had a live bait well full of bait so I knew working hard at it we would catch some fish and we did our first two shipwrecks we went to the fishing wasn’t that great but we caught one nice barracuda  so we keep hitting the ship wrecks and we found a spot that was working in 280 feet of water when it was time to go home we started catching fish. Drew son reeled in a nice Alamo jack and drew reel in another amberjack then all of a sudden we hooked a sailfish on a live ballyhoo that we had behind the boat it jumped five times and fell off but it was cool to see. Another good day on the water.  

June 30

Today I ran the Lady Pamela 5 and Paul ran the Lady Pamela 4 the trolling was as good as ever in the morning and died in the Afternoon I went wreck fishing in the afternoon before the rain storms came. Paul on the other hand went shark fishing in 150 feet of water using fresh bonitas with a two hook rig it took two hours before the balloon went under the water and Paul gunned the boat ahead to set the hook Robert jumped into the chair to start the battle on the fish it didn’t talk very long the fish was 5 foot Sandbar shark  and caught the fish on a 130 Penn international. I had a live well full of speedos so when I ran north. I saw we only had minutes before the rain showed up and I wouldn’t be able to fish. Our first drop I got Morgan all set up and ready to go I dropped the bait to the bottom and went to reel up 20 and I had a huge fish on 50 lb. tackle. As I got the belt around Morgan and strapped him in he had a long fight ahead of him it took Morgan a good 15 min to land the fish. We got the Hugh Amberjack into the boat and I ran right back to the wreck and dropped another bait down because it already started raining. This time brain and his 7 year old son where up so another speedo on the bottom and this time it took 5 min before the rod bent over and Brian was reeling as fast as he could then we gave his son the rod it was a nice 20 Alamco jack. This Hugh rain storm came the wind was 50 MPH and raining  like you never seen it. We end up running 8 miles towards home I still had one guy Martian that didn’t catch a fish so I stopped at one last wreck in 220 feet of water. This took 5 min and no bite so as I was reeling the bait back to the boat a school of Mahi Mahi came up with the bait I grapped three spinners and threw chunk bait out and we caught 6 Mahi Mahi to end the trip every body was happy.

Tight Lines,

Capt David Ide

www.ladypamela2.com

954 761 8045