Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! The past two cold fronts have brought a good run of Sailfish. The Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament had 70 boats catch 250 Sailfish. The winning boat had 13 Sailfish in 2 ½ days of fishing. We went out on Friday 11/15/02 during the more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Kingfish & Swordfish The Kingfish have been thick one day and disappear the next day. We limited out last Monday 10/21/02 trolling planers with spoons and strips in 80' to 200' of water. We couldn't get any big ones on live bait. Go figure! The more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Report from a recent Charter: On Friday, October 3, 2002, four of us went fishing on the Lady Pamela II with Captain Kunta Smith. We left the dock on Las Olas Blvd and A1A at about 4:30 PM for a full night charter. Capt. Smith took the boat more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish, Sailfish and Kingfish We have still been catching the Swordfish. However they have not been as big as the last one. In the past 6 trip since August 22, we have caught 10 Swordfish. The smallest being 40 lbs and the largest being 12 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish! Last Saturday night (8/10/02) we went out Swordfishing. We set up in 1,500 feet of water off Dania. We put out 3 live Blue Runners. One at 100', one at 125' and one at 200'. We didn't have the baits out 5 minutes and the deep bait wa more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Bonitas and more Bonitas! The Bonitas are here in force. A troll along the reef in 70 to 160' is all Bonitas. We did manage to catch a few King Mackeral out of all the Bonitas that are around. The Swordfishing has been absolutely fantasti more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Raindrops keep falling! The water has been dirty for the past 3 weeks due to all the rain. Not much current to move it away. We went on a Marathon trip last Saturday. Two guys wanted to catch a Marlin. We headed offshore with the lures out. A more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - May was good! Sailfish, Dolphin, Hammerhead Sharks, Kingfish and Blackfin Tuna. Fishing was good and the NE winds were heavy the last week of May. The Sailfish were biting trolling. 25 to 35 lb fish. 2 to 4 shots a day. We were c more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - We're back! After being broke down and on vacation we are back chasing the fish. The weather has been good and the Sharks & Kingfish have moved in. Friday we went to the Stink hole off of Hollywood. There was a great edge of blue wa more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Dolphin & Sharks! After a well deserved vacation, I'm back fishing. Some people think that this job is a vacation. The weather has been great this week. Calm seas and decent fishing. The current has been running to the North for over a week. more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale