Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish, Sailfish and Kingfish! The Swordfish tournament was Oct 4th, and fishing was tough for most boats. 30 boats and only 8 fish caught. We ran to our Secret Spot and set the baits out at 7:30 PM. Within the first hour we had caught and more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Wahoo, Kingfish & Bonitos! The Kings and Bonitos are still thick on the reefs. We have been catching our limit every trip, trolling planers with spoons and strips in 80 to 200’ of water. There have been a lot of Wahoo biting in with the Kings an more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Navy work! Sorry about no reports for the past 3 weeks. We had the Navy charter us to do a lot of “research work.” For this time a year, it was a job we couldn’t pass up. We did get out Swordfishing this week. We went 2 for 5 on Saturday nigh more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sharks, Kingfish, Bonita’s and Dolphin The past two weeks have been good one day and slow the next day. Trolling on the reef, we are able to catch plenty of Bonita’s with a few Kingfish mixed in. Live baiting the Kingfish has produced a fe more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Dolphin (Mahi-mahi) and Kingfish The past two weeks has produced lots of Dolphin (Mahi-mahi). These fish have been coming through about 10 to 15 miles offshore. The fish were around large seaweed patches the one-week and last week we found them u more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish and a Blue Marlin! What a week. Last week we were fighting a Hammerhead in 110’ of water and we left the kite up. I saw a boil on the short kite bait and the next thing we knew a Blue Marlin was jumping under the kite. Three hours later more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Blackfin Tunas & Kingfish The Pompano Rodeo was fun to fish and there was a lot of fish caught. I can’t tell you the number of King Mackerel we caught and threw back because they were under 15 lbs. (All the fish eligible had to be over 15 lbs. Bla more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - It’s like summertime! The Dolphin (Mahi-mahi) are biting good! Quite a few decent size fish too. 20 to 45 lbs. We had 25 fish 2 days ago. Most were school size and a few were over 10 lbs. The fish were on a small weed line in 580 feet of water. more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is still great! Sharks, Sailfish, Amberjacks and Dolphin. (Mahi-mahi) They have been biting almost every day! The highlights from the week are: On 3/25/03 Troy Harshman caught a 40” Amberjack. A couple of days later, Paul Chestnut more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sharks, Sharks and more Sharks! Threshers Sharks, Mako Sharks and Hammerheads are really biting this week. All big Sharks, from 300 to 500 lbs! They have been biting in 350’ of water. A little current is necessary. We have been using Bonita’s more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale