Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing in only getting better! The day before the Rains last week, we found the Dolphin. We had our limit (60) and the fish were all from 4 lbs to 30 lbs. What a day. We even had a few Kings and a couple of Amberjacks! The Kings really bit go more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is Great & Business is slow! Hardly anybody is out there and the fish are biting! Lots of Kings and Bonitas on the troll on the reef. One 50 lb King was caught on live bait. A few others over 20 lbs were caught on live bait. Yesterday more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mixed bag. The bait is starting to move down the beach. We had scools of pilchards moving South out in 300' of water. Bonita's and kings are still on the reef. We did catch a few kings over 20 lbs live baiting. We also saw a cople of Wahoos th more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Great Fishing and Great Weather! Lots & lots of Bonitas! Quite a few kings are mixed in with them. We had quite a few Kings this week that were over 20lbs that we caught on live bait. A few big cudas are alos mixed in with the kings and Bonit more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Summertime is here! Lots of kingfish and bonitas. We had a few kings up to 35 lbs. Limiting out on about every trip. The Amberjacks are still biting on the wrecks. We had a couple of spinner sharks and a big Bull shark this week. A more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is still great! Lots of Kings and bonits on the reefs. The Dolphin have been hit or miss. We had one day of 50 schoolies and then the next day we had a pair of 20 pounders. The Amberjacks have been biting really good over the wreck more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Summer days are here again! The seas are calm and the fishing is great! The bonitas have moved in. Lots & lots of them. With them came some kings and cudas. The Sharks are here with them. Blacktips, Hammerheads and even a Mako has been caug more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - DOLPHIN *** WAHOO *** DOLPHIN *** WAHOO We currently have been offshore quite a bit. The dolphin we have been catching for the last week have been ranging in size from about 10lbs to 40lbs, with the majority of them in the 25-30lb range. Tro more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - With the weather breaking and the moon passed, fishing has really picked up. Yesterday was a fantastic day. There were hammerhead sharks, sailfish, blackfin tuna, dolphin, kingfish and barracudas. With the conditions we have right now, more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Welcome east winds!! The front that passed through last week not only gave us the east winds and bumpy seas, it also gave us some great fishing. During this past week, we have caught quite a few nice dolphin, some larger kingfish, wahoo and yes, more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale