Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - June 2005 Fishing for Mahi-mahi has been good. Schools of fish from3 to 7 lbs are being caught in 300 to 800’ of water. There have been some bigger fish any where from 12 to 25 miles offshore. The Sailfish and sharks are still around when more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - May fishing is as good as it gets! This is a great time of year to fish. The Black fin Tuna have showed up on the outer edge of the reefs. Schools of Mahi-mahi are showing up any where from 300’ of water to 25 miles offshore. Wahoo have been bit more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mixed Bag Fishing is still real good. We have been fishing everyday and quite a few nights for the past 3 weeks! Sailfishing has been good. In the Miami Billfish Tournament, in three days of fishing by 80 boats, there were over 400 Sailfi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - March Winds have blown in lots of fish! We have seen every kind of fish within 2 miles of the beach this week! Free jumping Swordfish in 200 feet of water, tailing Sailfish on the reefs, Mako Sharks, Mahi-mahi and more! Saturday we had more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - February Fishing is Good! A lot of times, our February fishing slows down. This year it slowed down a little, but it is still real good. The King Mackerel moved in. Most fish that you catch trolling on spoons and strips on the wire line or downr more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Nice sized Swordfish! The Swordfishing continues to be red hot! When the weather is decent, we’ve been getting out Swordfishing and we have caught some real decent fish! Feb 1st we ventured out with Fred Donbrow. He wanted to fish all stand-up g more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Can’t ask for more! (Well, maybe a little more current) The weather has been great, the fish are biting and we’ve been fishing everyday! Kite fishing with live goggle eyes have been producing Sailfish. Anywhere from 1 to 5 a trip! The fish hav more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The winds are blowing, so the fishing is good! The winds have been strong out of the East for the past two weeks. The seas have been a bit rough, but when we have been able to fish, the fish are there! The Sailfish are really strong right more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - November 9, 2004 The fishing is Great! This season is off to a great start. NE winds have pushed the Sailfish, Mahi-mahi, Wahoo and Sharks all within 2 miles of the beach! The bait continues to get pushed down the beach with lots of differe more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The storms have passed and were still here catching fish! Usually after a storm, the fishing gets good and this time it’s true. We have caught our limit of King Mackerel, some nice sized Mahi-mahi and Barracudas, trolling the reefs and out to 600 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale