Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing report Late December has been a mixed bag. Kingfish and Bonita have provided steady action on the reef while with each approaching cold front a strong sailfish bite is ushered in. The sailfish season has started off great and will only cont more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fort. Lauderdale Sport Fishing This week has been a good week dispite the rough seas. We have had a large amount of small mahi mahi caught along with a few sailfish mixed in. There has been a good kingfish bite on the reef along with a few yellowfin more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - November 30 There has been lots of sailfish and dolphin and kings have been biting too. This week the weather was not that great this week so not many boats went out but this weekend is going to be very weater. more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Novembers Great for sails This is the month for sails. Captain Chris and Capt. David had a charter and this is their story.Look at the pics on the web site Lady Pamela2.com Fort Lauderdale always amazes me. I brought my daughter down from more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - SEPTEMBER 2006 September is a good month for kingfish inshore. We have caught several sailfish, one on a bottom rig with live bait in 220' of water. The mullet run is heading south and the fishing is only getting better. Tight lines more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is good, but charters are scarce. When we do get out, the fishing has been good. Lots of Bonitos, King Mackerel are all over the reef. Just trolling a 3 ½ drone spoon behind the planer is working great. There were a few Mahi-mahi (Dolph more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - July 2006 Mixed bag of fish and weather The fishing the past two weeks has been decent one day and slow the next day. The Bonitos have moved in along with the King mackerels that were already here. They bite really good one day and the next more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - End of June 2006 report The Mahi-mahi fishing was still really good for the month. However, the past few days they have been pretty scarce. There has been a little bit of wind blowing and that should have brought the fish in closer to the reef. more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The Mahi-Mahi are still biting. As our last report, we thought this was the best Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish) season that we had seen in quite a few years. Well they keep on coming. Fish over 50 pounds are still being reported every other day. We ha more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - May Mahi-Mahi The Winds has blown in the Mahi-mahi. We have been catching plenty of schoolie Mahi and fish to over 30 lbs. It has been one of the better few weeks of Mahi fishing that we have seen in a few years. We have been catching some nice more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale