Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale July Fishing Report - Our South Florida summer has been pretty typical, weather wise -calm seas and afternoon thunderstorms! As for fishing, July has been a very active month for the Lady Pamela II crew here in Fort Lauderdale. We have caught several different types of fi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale June Fishing Report - It's that time of year! Our South Florida summer has arrived with high 80's, 90's and scattered thunder storms. This weather has had us keeping one eye on the sky and the other on the rod tip. Trolling in 100 ft - 800 ft of water has been pretty prod more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Huge Hammerhead caught off Fort Lauderdale - Today we had 5 different people from all over the country looking to do some deep sea sportfishing off Fort Lauderdale. We headed out Shallow Harbor in search for bait. We tried the local bouy and a few anchored ships but the bait fish were scarce to more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

65 lb Mahi-Mahi - May 30th, 2008 This afternoon we headed straight to Lauderdale Marina to buy live goggs. Conditions were perfect to fly the kites. Bryan Boyd and his boys from Virginia had been deep sea fishing off Fort Lauderdale before, but not like they did t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Yellow Eye Snapper in Bimini, Bahamas - Reporting from Bimini, Bahamas! Memorial Day weekend was a blast. Wheather was decent, seas were a little choppy, but the fish were biting. We knew of a great yellow eye snapper spot, so we decided to go deep dropping in 830 ft of water. We fis more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Daytime + Nighttime Swordfishing - Daytime Swordfishing + Nighttime Swordfishing Captain Paul Paolucci and mate Mike Maldoon headed out Saturday in the afternoon looking to do some daytime swordfishing. Captain Paul said they were fishing in about 1600 feet when they got the fir more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

"A Great Day!" By Lou Ottrando - This story took place almost a week ago and I am still wearing the same stupid grin I had on when I stepped off the boat at 2am. My brother Mike, my fishing buddy DJ and myself chartered the Lady Pamela 2 out of Fort Lauderdale on Saturday April more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

April Offshore Action in Fort Lauderdale! - At the beginning of April a local sports celebrity decided to go deep sea sport fishing aboard the Lady Pamela II. It was a beautiful day and conditions were looking good in Fort Lauderdale. We ran just a few miles north of Port Everglades to the fre more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Holy Mola - Holy Mola! Spring is here and in full effect. These past two weeks of March fishing in Fort Lauderdale have been unbelievable, literally. Along with soaring Sailfish and schools of Mahi-Mahi, we caught two very rare fish offshore, a 400 lb. Mola M more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Game Shark Showdown off Ft. Lauderdale! - March is finally here and the game shark bite is on fire right now off of Fort Lauderdale; they sure have arrived! They've had a long winter and now they are ready to party! Shark fishing season has just begun and it's been better than ever. Withi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale