Available for Hire - Fort Lauderdale and Miami

[Mike]

Mate For Hire

Want to Learn How to Swordfish on your boat? Don’t have the gear?

I am available to come on your boat and put a hands-on seminar on your boat. I will save you countless nights that I have experienced with trial and error. We can use your gear or mine.

We will cover the following:

Knots: How to tie a Bimini Twist, Offshore Knot, Attaching Waxline to the Mainline
Leader: Making leader for Live-Bait and Dead-Bait
Bait: Choosing the freshest baits and rigging them
Weights: Different weight styles and how they break-away
Lights: The use of lighting to attract fish
Jugs/Balloons: Learn how to stagger your baits
Electronics: How to find the “Lines” and good structure.
Drift: Setting up the perfect drift to allow several lines off one side of the boat.
Drag: Adjusting the drag for swordfish
Fighting: Learn Stand-Up fighting of big fish
Gaffing or Harpoon: Closing the deal in a safe manner.
Cleaning the Fish

If all this sounds good to you, shoot me an e-mail at mike@swordfishingcentral.com and reserve your date.

Prices are $250 to $300 per night

Lets get those drags screamin’

MIKE!


Here are a few broads I have put in the boat over the years

300#


110#


110#


100#