Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

"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

February - Billfish action! - The sailfish are definitely out and about this week. A cold front passed through Tuesday night with temperatures reaching 59 degrees as our high, and the outcome was unbelievable. Several charter fleets in town were seeing double even triple header s more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - T.G.I.F. Thank God It's February! What a busy month it's been so far, and we're only two weeks into it. This weather has been a bit weird to all of us, even leaving the fish confused. Action that normally takes place around the Holidays is happen more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Starting off the New Year! January 19, 2008 John, Matt and Kevin from Upstate New York joined us for some deep sea fishing in Fort Lauderdale today. We started off the morning, bright and early, trolling for some kings. We got a few, real nice s more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The Migrating Fish! Migrating Fish! Winter is here! Dolphin, wahoo and sailfish are out there for the daring. The last two weeks in December were red hot. The winds and cold fronts pushed through from the north and made the fish head south. With more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Red Hot Sailfish Action OCTOBER In case you missed us, we spent the month of October in the boat yard. We re-powered with Cummins 370 diesels. We did some interior and exterior paintwork, new modern helm and controls. General maintenance and s more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - 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, Capt. David Ide more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale