Archive for August, 2011
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Aug 24
Duane and family came fishing yesterday morning for some south Florida fun. It was time to try their luck deep sea fishing while here on vacation. Our first stop was to fill our 100 gallon live well with a few live blue runners and small bonitos as fresh bait for the trip. We started our first troll with two baits on planer boards. The planers are designed to bring baits to 65 feet below the surface. These deep baits are irresistible to king mackerel, wahoo, and blackfin tunas. We also put out four top baits, each skipping nicely across the top of the water. Today the fish were biting between 140 ft and 350 feet where a nice north current was running. We fished the edge of the current break and caught a few nice big bonitos, three kings and a feisty 25 lb wahoo. That wahoo was a nice end to the trip. Hurricane Irene is due to stir up the weather later this week so this turned out to be a nice fishin’ day.
Tight Lines,
Captain David Ide
954 761 8045
www.ladypamela2.com
Email us ladypamela2@bellsouth.net
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
August 17, 2011
Today was one spectacular day of shark fishing. Harlan and his family joined us on the Lady Pamela II for a day of deep sea fishing. We started the trip out trolling two planer boards and four surface baits that skip across the surface. Nice fresh bonito strips on all the rigs. We caught a few king mackerel and a nice blackfin tuna and a Spanish mackerel. The last hour of the trip we moved out to 350 feet of water for some shark fishing. Down went four fresh whole bonitos on 130 Penn Internationals loaded with 150 lb braided line. We left two baits on top, one in the middle, and a bottom bait. Right before we were going to reel up, the middle bait balloon got heavy, and I gunned the boat ahead to set the hook. Harlan got in the fighting chair for what turned into 30 minute battle. I sensed when we hooked the fish that it was a true monster as it took ½ spool of line on the 130 on the first run! When the leader finally got to the boat, I saw my first small eye thresher shark in Florida. It was the first one I had ever caught and only the 5th one I had ever heard of being caught in south Florida. These fish are normally caught in the Maryland, New York, New Jersey area. Great catch Harlan!
August 18, 2011
This afternoon the Lady Pamela II went out trolling with Robert and his family from New Jersey. On the first pass in 100 feet of water we had a triple-header of bonitos, and everybody landed their fish. We got the baits back out as fast as we could and then caught four kingfish over the next 30 min. With plenty of time left, we went out a little deeper, from 250 out to 450 feet. We worked the baits back and forth between the depths and caught a 15 lb wahoo, a 30 lb wahoo, and a 20 lb barracuda. Trolling in the afternoons sure has been producing the some nice wahoos! Come join us!
Tight Lines,
Capt David Ide
954 761 8045
www.ladypamela2.com
Email us ladypamela2@bellsouth.net
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
August 11, 2011
Today was the big corporate charter that we have every year with a local insurance company here in sunny Fort Lauderdale. We had 10 boats booked from 8-2 p.m. It was like our own mini-tournament! My buddy David, the event organizer, fished on the Lady Pamela IV with mate Pauli and I. I should note that at the dinner party the night before, David stood up and said if no one catches a fish he would pay $400.00, at which time he turned around to me a said he would be talking it from my end! I was praying that everybody was catching fish, and they were. Most of the boats started trolling right off the bat, with the bonitas and king mackerals demolishing the baits. On the Lady Pamela IV we trolled the entire morning trip on the reef, then went Mahi Mahi hunting out in 800 feet of water. We had a sailfish on the right long rigger bait for a few shots and then he swam to the center rigger bait and Pauli missed him. Oh well, that’s fishing! On the Lady Pamela, Darrin took his party shark fishing after after wearing them out on kingfish and bonitas. They waited for 45 minutes before hooking and releasing a 7 foot hammerhead shark. Another one of the boats caught a beautiful trophy sailfish. The pictures we got should be in a magazine. Long story short, all ten boats each caught 10 fish plus. The fish are biting: don’t miss out on some Fort Lauderdale fishing!
August 12, 2011
The Lady Pamela III, Fort Lauderdale nicest drift fishing boat, had 14 people on board the 7-11 p.m. trip. On these night trips we anchor up and chum for snappers, groupers, kingfish, and what ever else bites. This night, the weather conditions where perfect and the fish where biting! We ended up catching 69 keeper snapper, mostly the best eating yellowtails and mangroves. Most amazing was that one person even reeled in a 3lb. spiny lobster! Lke I said, everything was biting that night! Hook em’ up!
Tight Lines,
Capt, David Ide
954 761 8045
www.ladypamela2.com
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
Friday, August 12th, 2011
August 8
Today was one of the best days of my life. It started with a simple pick up of guests for a trip on the Lady Pamela I. On the way to the boat ,the gentleman said that he wanted to go marlin fishing for the whole eight hours. I explained to him that blue marlin fishing was boring and that you probably wouldn’t get a bite, but that we would accommodate him desired as I dropped him off at the Lady Pamela I. How wrong I was! I went to the Lady Pamela IV to start my day. We had six anglers on a split charter; Mark from Canada, and Fabio from Brazil. We left the dock at 8:10 a.m. We started trolling the first four baits, got the outriggers out, and instantly had four Atlantic bonitos hooked up. The next 30 minutes was nonstop, as I made a pass after pass in a 100 feet of water. We caught four kingfish up to 15 lbs and a mahi mahi around 10 lbs. We hooked another big bonito on the right rigger and Leo the mate asked who hasn’t caught a fish yet. Mark jumped right up and grabbed the rod. As Mark was reeling in the fish Leo and I saw two huge swirls behind the boat. I told Leo it was a big fish so Mark kept reeling in more line. He was cranking away on the 30 lb. reel, loaded with 30 lb. Sufix® fluorocarbon line. Then all of a sudden this huge blue marlin started jumping away from the boat. I floored the boat in reverse because the fish was spooling the reel. He had just inhaled Mark’s 10lb bonito, and he was off to the races! The fish greyhounded away from the boat for over 400 yards; it was the craziest thing you would ever see! The next 5 hours of the trip was constant battle. The marlin finally came close and we harpooned the fish; that lasted 10 minutes before the harpoon pulled out and the fish just about spooled the 30. About an hour later Lady Pamela brought us another harpoon and we waited for our anglers to get the fish back to the surface. When it did, Leo didn’t hesitate to throw the poon. On the second throw he got him and we hooked the back of the harpoon rope to a 50 lb reel just in case the buoy went under. Darned if that fish didn’t take the buoy and all of our line on the 50. I had Leo grab a 130 lb reel, hook it to the 50 and throw the 50 overboard. It took another 300 yards before I told Leo to push up the drag on the 130. We were already one hour late and I did not want to be there all day, so we took our chances. It was a long slow battle getting this monster from the deep blue to the surface, but we did get him and the 50 too!. We ended up three and half hours late to the dock after the five and half hour battle that was one for the books. I have to admit that when the Lady Pamela I charter returned with their load of kings and bonitos, they were dismayed to see that marlin hanging from the tower. That was the fish they were looking for!
Tight Lines,
Fort Lauderdale Florida
954 761 8045
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
August 5
Max Pacioretty, left wing for the Montreal Canadiens, and his family fished with us today. We bought a dozen goggleyes in the morning, on the way out, and started the trip trolling the reef. The fishing action was nonstop for two plus hours. We caught 5 kingfish and 10 bonita. The bonita were swimming north in 100′ of water, in schools of thousands. It was a sight to see for the whole trip. Maxs’ mother in-law was getting a little seasick so we tried some shark fishing for about an hour, with no bites. Max said lets reel them up and go home because everyone was getting a little seasick. As the last shark bait was being reeled in, I saw three huge mahi mahi swim by the boat. I ran up in the tower and started yelling at my mate Pauly to grab some spinning rods. As I was re-positioning the boat to find the fish Pauly was getting a goggleye out of the live well. I pointed out the fish to Pauly, he pitched the bait, and the fight was on with a 25 lb. mahi mahi. I told Pauly there were more fish there so he grabbed another spinner, and pitched a goggleye. It was another hookup and Rod Sergay , Max’s father-in-law boated a 30 plus lb’er. What a great way to end a morning fishing trip in Fort Lauderdale! Come join us!
Tight Lines,
954 761 8045
Capt David Ide
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Saturday, August 6th, 2011
August 1
Today I ran the Lady Pamela with Justin as the mate and Vinnie as our new mate in training today was a good day for Vinnie because the action was none stop we had four on a shared charter Larry and his nephew Charlie along with mike and roger it was a great crew. We stared the trio off by catching live bait at one of the anchored ships. Then started to troll north fishing five rods with fresh bonito strips and Stan ruer sea witches the bontia and kingfish were chewing it was one after the other we also caught a barracuda on the troll that morning I told Justin to reel every thing in because I wanted to try some wreck fishing with the live bait that we caught that morning. As Justin was reeling everything in I saw a war bird low to the water a mile in front of the boat so I told Justin to put all that baits back out for a min so we keep trolling north till we got to were the bird was a we raised a sailfish on the left long rigger bait as Justin was reeling the bait away from the fish to make the sailfish mad I was reeling another bait to get it in position as soon as I got my bait there Justin hooked the fish Charlie jumped into the fighting chair as the sailfish jumped all over the ocean it was a 15 min battle and we landed the sailfish tagged and released. Then we ran to the ship wrecks from 200 to 400 feet our first drop was in 260 feet of water with a live blue runner the rod bent over and mike jumped into the chair and fought the fish in took 10 min to reel it in and mike said to me I couldn’t reel any longer I am wore out the 45 lb alamco jack was a nice fish.
TIGHT LINES,
CAPT DAVID IDE
954 761 8045
Ladypamela2@bellsouth.net
www.ladypamela2.com
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
David I want to thank you and your crew for an incredible experience fishing this past week.
Not only did you put us on fish, even when we were catching there was always a plan of attack in the next area.
My nephew Charlie Zumbahlen (Charlie Z.) will NEVER forget his first Sailfish and hopefully will see many more in years to come.
We have already started planning next years fishing trip which will definately include the LadyPamela2.
I have attached a few pictures in hopes you will add them to a future blog.
Please thank your crew for Charlie and I, regards, Larry Hanlon & Charlie Z..
Posted in Fishing Reports
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
July 28
Gary and Victor from New Jersey came out on the Lady Pamela IV for three days in a row. The first day we went out in the afternoon. We went right to 350 feet of water and put out three shark baits, one on the kite, one on the bottom and one in 150 feet of water. We sat there for three hours before we finally got a bite, about a seven foot shark on the kite bait. But it didn’t last too long, the fish fell off and the four hour trip was up but Gary really loves shark fishing so they booked another trip for the next afternoon. Gary told me, David I don’t want to catch bait for sharks, I want to get on the boat and shark fish the whole trip he said I don’t care if I catch a fish, but all I want is sharks so that what we did.
The next afternoon Gary and Victor showed up around 12:30. We got on the boat and untied the lines and stared shark fishing in 150 feet of water at the whistle buoy. It took about 45 minutes before we got a bite on the bottom. As soon as a 100 yds. of line was off the reel the fish fell off. We put the baits back out for 30 minutes and I decided to reel everything up and run 8 miles north. Leo put the baits out in 135 feet of water as soon as we stopped the boat. It took 20 min and we had a fish on Victor got into the chair took 30 turns on the reel and the fish got away. I felt bad for Victor because this was the third shark we lost in two trips. I was determined to catch Victor a monster shark.
Just as it was time to reel in all the baits, the last rod in the water (before Leo had a chance to reel it in) bent over to the bottom and I gunned the boat ahead to set the hook. This time Victor was going to sit in the fighting chair for almost two hours and fight a fish that some people only dream about. It was a very long battle and took a lot of strength form both Leo and I. We finally got the monster 400 lb. bull shark tied up to the boat and there was a 35 lb cobia swimming around the monster bull shark. So I quickly grabbed a spinning rod and a live ballyhoo and pitched it several times before the huge cobia finally ate the bait. Then Victor didn’t get a break, he had to reel in another fish. This cobia didn’t take long maybe 10 minutes before I gaffed the cobia and threw him in the box. I told victor to sit on the box to keep them in it. I am sure this is a trip that Victor and I will never forget.
Tight Lines,
Capt David Ide
www.ladypamela2.com
ladypamela2@bellsouth.net
954 761 8045
Posted in Captain's Log, Fishing Reports
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