Hirsh Charters Specializes in “Both” Bottom Fishing and Pelagic fishing and both types are incredibly fun and rewarding, however the art of Pelagic sport fishing can best be described as hours of boredom wrapped around minuets of excitement, which is not for the angler who wants to go out and reel in fish after fish, for that type of experience we suggest going bottom fishing.
Because there is allot of slow travel time covering vast distances while trolling for big game sport fish such as the Blue Marlin, White Marlin, and Sail Fish, we have had lots of time to watch our bottom reading machines for structure, wrecks, and shows of fish around natural springs, and because of this we have been able to accumulate many numbers over the years, and test them out, so we can take you to them to catch the fish, we document what types of fish are there, so we have a good idea of where to take you when you tell us what types of fish that you want to catch.
Bottom fishing with us is constant fish catching with the excitement of wondering if it’s a Big Gag grouper, Amber Jack, or a massive American Red Snapper that you’re wrestling up to the surface, if you want a great day out on the water catching fish after fish until your arms feel like spaghetti, this is the trip we recommend.
The Bottom Fish that we frequently encounter:
Black Grouper, Black Sea Bass, Banded Rudderfish, Cubera Snapper, Crevalle Jack, Cobia, Florida Pompano, Grouper: Gag, Goliath Grouper, mangrove snapper,
Greater Amberjack, Jolthead Porgy, Knobbed Porgy, Lane Snapper , Lesser Amberjack, Mahogany Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Permit, Red Grouper, Red Snapper,
Sandbar Shark, Grouper: Scamp, Silk Snapper , yellowtail, Vermilion Snapper, Yellowmouth Grouper, and Yellow Tail Snapper
Pelagic sport fishing is in itself an entirely different experience, and entirely different charter, once we get out into the fishing grounds, we put out a spread consisting of Ballyhoo, some lucky trolling lures and a Teaser, there will be a total of 6 lines being pulled from the back of the boat set in a strategic formation designed to get the attention of the fish we are targeting, since we are hunting for the Trophy Fish, our main goal is to land the “Man in the Blue Suite” AKA the Florida Blue Marlin, and his friends Whitey and Mr. Sail Fish, our spread also targets Tuna, Wahoo, and Dolphin. Captain Mike will run the boat at around 6 Knots in a pattern, while looking at the surface of the water for Bird activity, schools of bait and weed lines. Since these fish live on the surface of the water and are always on the move and are visual predators it is important that we try to bring our spread to them and get their attention with it when we run by their hungry mouths.
This type of fishing is much more extreme and sometimes can be boring, but there is NOTHING like being caught off guard by the line violently snapping off of the out riggers, listing to the drag spool like crazy accompanied by a fellow angler yelling “FISH ON” ad handing you a reel with a Monster fish attached to the other end ready for a fight. Once you experience your first Sail, Marlin, Monster Wahoo, or Bull Dolphin, you will know why we spend hours driving at 7 knots looking for the next fix.
The Pelagic fish that we encounter:
Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin (AKA MahiMahi), Bonita, Wahoo, and unfortunately lots of Barracuda
Because there is allot of slow travel time covering vast distances while trolling for big game sport fish such as the Blue Marlin, White Marlin, and Sail Fish, we have had lots of time to watch our bottom reading machines for structure, wrecks, and shows of fish around natural springs, and because of this we have been able to accumulate many numbers over the years, and test them out, so we can take you to them to catch the fish, we document what types of fish are there, so we have a good idea of where to take you when you tell us what types of fish that you want to catch.
Bottom fishing with us is constant fish catching with the excitement of wondering if it’s a Big Gag grouper, Amber Jack, or a massive American Red Snapper that you’re wrestling up to the surface, if you want a great day out on the water catching fish after fish until your arms feel like spaghetti, this is the trip we recommend.
The Bottom Fish that we frequently encounter:
Black Grouper, Black Sea Bass, Banded Rudderfish, Cubera Snapper, Crevalle Jack, Cobia, Florida Pompano, Grouper: Gag, Goliath Grouper, mangrove snapper,
Greater Amberjack, Jolthead Porgy, Knobbed Porgy, Lane Snapper , Lesser Amberjack, Mahogany Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Permit, Red Grouper, Red Snapper,
Sandbar Shark, Grouper: Scamp, Silk Snapper , yellowtail, Vermilion Snapper, Yellowmouth Grouper, and Yellow Tail Snapper
Pelagic sport fishing is in itself an entirely different experience, and entirely different charter, once we get out into the fishing grounds, we put out a spread consisting of Ballyhoo, some lucky trolling lures and a Teaser, there will be a total of 6 lines being pulled from the back of the boat set in a strategic formation designed to get the attention of the fish we are targeting, since we are hunting for the Trophy Fish, our main goal is to land the “Man in the Blue Suite” AKA the Florida Blue Marlin, and his friends Whitey and Mr. Sail Fish, our spread also targets Tuna, Wahoo, and Dolphin. Captain Mike will run the boat at around 6 Knots in a pattern, while looking at the surface of the water for Bird activity, schools of bait and weed lines. Since these fish live on the surface of the water and are always on the move and are visual predators it is important that we try to bring our spread to them and get their attention with it when we run by their hungry mouths.
This type of fishing is much more extreme and sometimes can be boring, but there is NOTHING like being caught off guard by the line violently snapping off of the out riggers, listing to the drag spool like crazy accompanied by a fellow angler yelling “FISH ON” ad handing you a reel with a Monster fish attached to the other end ready for a fight. Once you experience your first Sail, Marlin, Monster Wahoo, or Bull Dolphin, you will know why we spend hours driving at 7 knots looking for the next fix.
The Pelagic fish that we encounter:
Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin (AKA MahiMahi), Bonita, Wahoo, and unfortunately lots of Barracuda