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Fishing report: Great white caught off Fort Lauderdale - Sun Sentinel
Fishing report: Great white caught off Fort Lauderdale - Sun Sentinel
Large great white shark caught, released off Fort Lauderdale
The crew of charter boat Hooked Up estimated the rare catch at 131/2 feet long and 800-1,000 pounds
April 9, 2013|By Steve Waters, Sun Sentinel
Great white sharks are a rarity in Florida, so when a shark ate a butterflied bonito on a kite line Tuesday morning off Fort Lauderdale, the crew on Hooked Up figured it had to be a bull shark.
It wasn't until almost two hours later that Capt. Greg McCauley realized that his four anglers had been fighting a great white estimated at 131/2 feet and 800-1,000 pounds.
"No one knew what it was until we got it to the boat," said Capt. Taco Perez, who owns the Fort Lauderdale charter boat. "I've been fishing here since 1969 and Greg and I saw one three years ago.
"It's so darn uncommon. We're pretty excited about it."
Hooked Up was fishing in 180 feet off Port Everglades Inlet, which Perez said "is less than a mile and a quarter from the beach." Anglers Harry Andro, Josh Shailer and Jared and Tanner Elliott, who all play
for Tallahassee Community College, had already caught a sailfish, some dolphin and two nice kingfish when the shark was hooked.
The men took turns fighting the shark on a Penn International 80 with a 19-wire leader. During the fight, the hook pulled free from the shark's mouth and snagged on one of its pectoral fins, which prolonged the fight. Perez said the great white was released in good shape.
Fish of the week
Ray Peterson and Bill Davis caught 26.07 pounds of bass to win the King of the Glades qualifier tournament Sunday out of Everglades Holiday Park. Tim Feller and Dean Belits were second at 21.49, followed by Chad Langley and Joe D'Orio at 17.18, Thadeus Ragan and Ross Myers at 16.84 andTerry and Chris McCartha at 16.8. Josh Wellecs had the big bass at 6.66. The bite was off because the South Florida Water Management District was moving water in the wake of recent rains. The best lures were topwater plugs, plastic frogs and plastic creature baits pitched in lily pads.
Mike Swiek hooked three bonefish and landed a 6-pounder and also caught a number of small sharks fishing in South Biscayne Bay with Capt. Jorge Valverde. The following day, Swiek hooked three tarpon and landed one and also caught several sharks and redfish of 32 and 34 inches fishing in Florida Bay out of Flamingo.
Just Do It, which caught and released 18 sailfish Friday to lead by five fish, added six releases Saturday to win the Yamaha/Contender Miami Billfish Tournament. Miss Britt II was second with 22 sailfish. Qualifier was third with 18 releases, including one blue marlin, and Qualifier's Trey Claus was the tournament's top angler with 10 releases, including the marlin. The 31 boats caught a total of 251 billfish.
Stephanie Gordon of Just Do It was the top female angler with five sailfish. James David of Jichi was the top junior angler with eight sailfish. Pro Payroll was the top funfish boat with 97.2 pounds.
Hairraiser won the One-Day Outboard Challenge Saturday with seven releases. Knot Liable, one of five boats with four releases, was second. Blue Brothers was the top funfish boat in the 32-boat fleet at 73.6.
The crew of charter boat Hooked Up estimated the rare catch at 131/2 feet long and 800-1,000 pounds
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photo courtesy tacohookedup.com WS2: The Fort Lauderdale charter boat
(Sun Sentinel )
April 9, 2013|By Steve Waters, Sun Sentinel
Great white sharks are a rarity in Florida, so when a shark ate a butterflied bonito on a kite line Tuesday morning off Fort Lauderdale, the crew on Hooked Up figured it had to be a bull shark.
It wasn't until almost two hours later that Capt. Greg McCauley realized that his four anglers had been fighting a great white estimated at 131/2 feet and 800-1,000 pounds.
"No one knew what it was until we got it to the boat," said Capt. Taco Perez, who owns the Fort Lauderdale charter boat. "I've been fishing here since 1969 and Greg and I saw one three years ago.
"It's so darn uncommon. We're pretty excited about it."
Hooked Up was fishing in 180 feet off Port Everglades Inlet, which Perez said "is less than a mile and a quarter from the beach." Anglers Harry Andro, Josh Shailer and Jared and Tanner Elliott, who all play
baseball
The men took turns fighting the shark on a Penn International 80 with a 19-wire leader. During the fight, the hook pulled free from the shark's mouth and snagged on one of its pectoral fins, which prolonged the fight. Perez said the great white was released in good shape.
Fish of the week
Ray Peterson and Bill Davis caught 26.07 pounds of bass to win the King of the Glades qualifier tournament Sunday out of Everglades Holiday Park. Tim Feller and Dean Belits were second at 21.49, followed by Chad Langley and Joe D'Orio at 17.18, Thadeus Ragan and Ross Myers at 16.84 andTerry and Chris McCartha at 16.8. Josh Wellecs had the big bass at 6.66. The bite was off because the South Florida Water Management District was moving water in the wake of recent rains. The best lures were topwater plugs, plastic frogs and plastic creature baits pitched in lily pads.
Mike Swiek hooked three bonefish and landed a 6-pounder and also caught a number of small sharks fishing in South Biscayne Bay with Capt. Jorge Valverde. The following day, Swiek hooked three tarpon and landed one and also caught several sharks and redfish of 32 and 34 inches fishing in Florida Bay out of Flamingo.
Just Do It, which caught and released 18 sailfish Friday to lead by five fish, added six releases Saturday to win the Yamaha/Contender Miami Billfish Tournament. Miss Britt II was second with 22 sailfish. Qualifier was third with 18 releases, including one blue marlin, and Qualifier's Trey Claus was the tournament's top angler with 10 releases, including the marlin. The 31 boats caught a total of 251 billfish.
Stephanie Gordon of Just Do It was the top female angler with five sailfish. James David of Jichi was the top junior angler with eight sailfish. Pro Payroll was the top funfish boat with 97.2 pounds.
Hairraiser won the One-Day Outboard Challenge Saturday with seven releases. Knot Liable, one of five boats with four releases, was second. Blue Brothers was the top funfish boat in the 32-boat fleet at 73.6.
