Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! Sailfish! Sailfish! The sailfish bite has been real strong for the past few weeks. Along with the sailfish, we have been catching some small dolphin (5-10lb range), some black groupers, amberjacks and barracudas. Here are just a few more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The Sharks Are Here! There has been alot of shark action this week. In the last few days, we have caught a tiger shark and a few hammerhead sharks along with some blacktip sharks. Along with the sharks, there has been sailfish and cobia. One b more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sails & Dolphin The Sails turned on so good last week that this is the first chance I've had to update this report. One boat caught 15 sails in one day last week. We were averaging 2 to 4 shots at the sails a day. One fish we caught was 80 lb more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - More Sailfish! One cold front after another. The Sailfish have continued to bite. We have been getting 2 to 4 bites a day. The fish been eating live bait out of the riggers and out of the kite. There have been a few dolphin and wahoo mix more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish, Dolphin and Amberjacks! We have ben catching Sailfish almost everyday. We have been getting 1 to 5 shots a day. Most of the fish have been small 3 lbs. to 30 lbs each. They have been eating goggle eyes out of the kite. While kite fis more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish, Dolphin and Wahoo I know it sounds the same as the last report. But the sailfishing continues to be good. The Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament was a huge sucess. The winning boat had 9 fish is 3 days of fishing. With 70 boats to more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish, Wahoo and Kingfish The sailfish continue to bite. We had one triple header this week and a few doubles. Other boats reported going 3 for 5 and 2 for 4 Sunday. Wahoo are also being caught daily with some fish over 40 lbs. We have be more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! The sails are here. We have been catching 1 & 2 per day on live bait. They have been on the edge out in 300 feet of water. The winds have been perfect for sailfishing, 10 to 15 mph out of the North and NorthEast. We have also been ca more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - KINGFISH, KINGFISH and more KINGFISH!!! The kingfish have moved in and they are everywhere. From 4lbs. to 30 pounders. The fish have been on the reef and out to 200' of water. They are eating spoons, strips and live baits. Driftfishing for t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - More Kings, Bonitas and even a few Wahoo! The kings have been a little bigger this week. Live bait has been the ticket for the bigger ones. The Bonitas are still here and abundant. Quite a few Wahoo have been weighed in this week. One Wahoo hit t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale