Trolling is a type of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water behind a moving boat, when we typically troll between 5 and 10 knots. We will use a number of rods, typically 6 – 8 in the water at one time spread out by the outriggers and also use teasers to tempt the fish closer to the spread. Lures will either be set at different depths though planers or lipped plugs or in the top 10 feet of the water. Given the continuous moving when trolling, it provides a great way to zone in on the fish and cover lots of ground until we find the action. When we find a shoal of fish, its very common for multiple rods to get hit at the same time which makes it a very fun time for the crew! Trolling is a great way in South Florida to catch pelagic fish such as wahoo, tuna, mahi, king mackerel and barracuda
Kitefishing is one of the best ways to catch sailfish in South Florida and involves suspending live baits from fishing kites. This is an extremely exciting way to fish as you will often see the fish and the strike as it happens. ou keep your baits in the top of the water column to attract the surface feeding fish. You then see a fin or a bill pop up and circle your bait. We either fish 1 or 2 kites on a trip, and fish 3 rods per kite, so the action can be crazy when a shoal turns up. That means sometimes 6 lines out on the kites with sometimes another 1 or 2 flatlines and we regularly have multiple hook ups at the same time! It’s also a great way to catch kingfish, mahi, tuna and wahoo. Having a lively goggle eye, ballyhoo or herring thrashing in the surface always gets action! Most people who fish with us, will target sailfish. The chances of catching a sailfish on a trip during "Sailfish Season" are very good and this is the best way to reliably catch them. All this action is merely a couple of miles from shore. You will never lose sight of land and the memory of a sailfish jumping with the Palm Beach coastline in the background will last a lifetime!
Live Baiting is a great way to catch many of the species we target in South Florida. As with kitefishing, it’s a great way to target sailfish, kingfish, mahi, tuna and wahoo. Live baiting on the reefs and wrecks also brings snapper, grouper, amberjack, cobia and shark. We fish with a variety of bait fish, including goggle eyes, bonitoa, blue runners, herring and ballyhoo. Generally we will either drift over structure like reefs andor wrecks orand use the engines to slowly move the boat along to bump the baits over and cover more ground. Offshore, when chasing mahi under the weed mats and floating debris, putting a livebait down under the structure is one of the best ways to catch a mahi or a surprise wahoo. A live bonitoa is also one of the best ways to catch one of the types of shark we see here in South Florida. rarely does a bait last long until a hammerhead, bull or tiger share show interest