February 19, 2012

Today was a bit of a smorgasbord of both fish and fishing styles. We started the morning out by trolling for both kingfish and mahi-mahi, catching a few kingfish, but no mahi. In the afternoon we decided to take advantage of 76 degree water and fish for sharks. This kind of warm water in February makes it primetime for big sharks. We moved out to 350 feet of water and put the big fresh kingfish baits out on three 130 Penn International rod/reel combos. We were geared up for the big one and within an hour we had a large game shark on the other end of our line. The battle was on for over an hour before catching site of, landing, and releasing, a monster 14 foot Thresher shark. Threshers put up great fights because they have huge strong tail fins that can be up to half the size of their whole body. What a great way to start shark season! 

  February 20, 2012

This morning, Tom, his wife, and their three little kids fished with the Lady Pamela II crew. We started out catching a few little bonitos for the kids, mainly to get them involved in the fishing, and to have a little fun. We then began trolling for bigger game, catching a few king mackerel to use for shark bait. The mackerel baits were set up in deep water and it didn’t take very long for a huge hit. The funny thing is that it was a huge sailfish, not a shark. What a surprise! I had never seen a sail eat a kingfish! Anyway, we got him to the boat and Tom was simply elated. We reset the shark baits, hoping to catch a huge game shark, but no such luck. Even so, it was beautiful day offshore, with clear skies and 80 degree temperatures. You just can’t beat Fort Lauderdale at this time of year.

Tight Lines,

Capt David Ide

954 761 8045

www.ladypamela2.com

February 10 , 2012

Today, one of our
repeat clients and good friend David, brought a group of friends fishing on the
Lady Pamela IV. Captain Darin and mate Rusty started the day trolling the reef
trying to get some action for everybody on the boat. In no time they reeled in a
nice wahoo. David was pretty happy as it is always nice when the first fish is
dinner. They kept trolling and caught a few kingfish and one mahi-mahi before
moving on to kite fishing with live goggleyes. David loves catching sailfish and
I think there has only been one time where he didn’t catch a sailfish with us.
He is one of the luckiest people I have ever taken fishing. The last time David
joined us was in August when there are no sailfish around at all and we got a
bite from one. David’s luck held, as a few hours into the kite fishing Rusty
hooked a nice sail and got is set up with one of Davids clients in the fighting
chair. This leaping sailfish put on a great on a great show for everybody
around! Way to go guys!

February 13, 2012

The last few days
fishing has been red hot,with a wide variety of fish being caught in around from
300 –600 feet of water . We’ve had plenty of gaffer mahi around 10-12 lbs and
have caught a few up into the 30 lb range. As for the bottom fishing, today we
caught a boatload of grey tilefish. These fish live in self-made burrows, and I
have a few hotspots for them along the steep edges of the continental slope.
These are one of the best eating fish you could ever land. Along with the tiles,
we landed a few wahoo, caught in 200–300 feet of water using swimming
ballyhoo.

The kite fishing was slow this day we did some dredge fishing
instead. This is a trolling style of fishing in which a teaser made of anywhere
from 30 to 150 artificial baits or strips attached to an umbrella-style frame
are pulled behind the boat. The dredge mimics a large school of baitfish that
can attract sails when the bite is otherwise slow. It is pretty exciting to see
fired up sailfish come crashing into these teaser spreads. This is just another
good way to catch sailfish out here in Fort Lauderdale. Beat the summertime rush
and join us today. The fishing doesn’t always stay good for long!

TIGHT LINES,

CAPTAIN DAVID IDE

954 761 8045

WWW.LADYPAMELA2.COM

February 6, 2012

Today was my
first day back from the Safari Club International’s hunting and fishing
convention in Las Vegas. Lady Pamela II Sportfishing had a booth at the
convention, so it was a busy week promoting the outstanding angling we have
right here in Ft. Lauderdale.

I was excited get back out on the water
with Jeremy and his friends from Arizona, as they joined us for an all day
fishing trip. We picked up a few dozen live goggleyes and headed out to do some
trolling. Right off the bat we caught a few short kingfish and some small
blackfin tunas. We then decided to move on to some kite fishing. Around 12:00
noon we caught a nice sailfish. It was an awesome bite and Jeremy was tickled
pink about catching his first billfish! That was the only sail of the day, but
we did land some mahi-mahi in the ten pound range off the kites. It’s pretty
spectacular to see mahi crashing across the sea surface chasing the baits. What
can I say, just another great Ft. Lauderdale fishing trip!

Tight Lines,

Capt David Ide

954 761 8045

www.ladypamela2.com