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Being in the fishing business has it's perks. We get to spend all day on the water, seeing the excitement on our customers faces the first time the rod bends over the gunnel of the boat, and of course, we get to test new equipment. We took a trip d

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   Leslie and Mark Glick from Maryland chartered the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team to do some deep sea charter fishing in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Thi

Off Shore:   We have been catching Mahi Mahi everyday for a couple months.   Most days have been very good fishing with an occasional billfish or Wahoo opportunity from time to time.  Some Captains have been increasing their odds of c

OFFSHORE: Dolphin fishing was good again this week especially north of Jupiter Inlet. The dolphin bite has been begun to move north and farther offshore as well (Some great dolphin fishing going on in the Bahamas right now). Look for the better dolph

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   Stephanie Mason grew up here in Fort Lauderdale, FL and moved to Ohio with husband Ted Mason.  They came back to Fort Lauderdale, FL last week for a family get toget

The cooler November weather brings a massive influx of baitfish to the Marathon waters ballyhoo most notably and with them come our wintertime pelagic species. A day of fishing starts by filling the live well with live ballyhoo as every … Read

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 93% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 51% Dorado 53% Other 16%   BILLFISH: This week saw steady catches of striped marlin for a little more than half of the boats with a few sudden spikes of multiple

The Black Fin Tunas have started to show up for us here in Fort Lauderdale. The size of the Tunas are smaller, weighing 6 to 12 pounds, but still are a lot of fun to catch and are great to eat. We look for birds diving, as well as the fish crashing

Tuna in the Washington Canyon. Tunas on the troll on ballyhoo. Capt Todd and RL available Sunday Monday and next weekend October 8-9. Great weather and tuna bite. … Continue reading

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 58% Numbers at a glance: Marlin 38% Other 28%     BILLFISH:   After a great couple of weeks of increasing catches and improvement in billfish rates this last week was a bit disappointing

I was fortunate enough to spend some time snorkeling with my daughter and a school of ballyhoo this past January!  I have put together a color combination that closely resembles them.  We will call this color combination the Tru Ballyhoo!!

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   Once again my old friend, Joe Florea, President of Aruba Construction, and his good friend and business associate, Rick Muller, from Nautica Management, from South Florida ch

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   A friend of mine from Round-Up Country Western dance club, Mark Lashua, and his brother, Mike, along with friends, Alex and Chris, all from Fort Lauderdale chartered the Happ

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   A family from Maryland, Daniel Hearn, father Stan, mother Carole and friend Bernell, chartered the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team to do some deep sea spor

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   John Lopes and his kids, Jasper and Kira, from New Jersey along with their friends, Daniel and Mathew Cossa from New York, chartered the Topshotfishing team to do some deep s

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 83% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 38% Other Species 63%  Bentley caught his 1st Marlin ever aboard our Tracy Ann. In 2 fishing trips our little friend and his dad Matthew released 1 striped marlin

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   Uncle and nephew, Anton Axefors and Lars Ekbers from Sweden were vacationing and visiting relatives here in Fort Lauderdale.  Their outdoor expedition included a vis

Redd of Island Tackle reports that when the weather allows fishing at the Gulf Stream remains steady. Skirted ballyhoo and jet heads are producing nice wahoo. Blackfin and yellowfin tuna are also being caught. The best method has been using cedar plu

OFFSHORE: Nicest looking weekend forecast we've had in a while coming up. Sailfish action remains pretty good with most boats getting a few shots a trip. No big concentrations of fish anywhere from the sounds of things; more a steady pick up and

Anthony and Kenny from the Cincinnati area chartered the Top Shot Sportfishing charter boat team for a private deep-sea charter boat sport fishing trip in Fort Lauderdale, FL based out of Bahia Mar.  As they boarded the boat, they were gre