Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Hurricanes! Due to the weather, we have not been out fishing for 3 weeks. We do expect the Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish) to come through around the floating debris. I did see a lot of bait (mullet) coming down the beach. This means that the Tarp more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is good and the seas are calm! For the past two weeks the seas have been calm 12 out of 14 days. The only two days it got rough were from Hurricane Charley. We hope to benefit from the storm as debris should be floating and maybe some nic more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Bonitos, Scattered Mahi-mahi and King Mackerel. The waters have really heated up without any rain for the past two weeks. Fishing has been decent one day and slow the next day. It did rain this weekend which we hope will cool the waters do more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Good Fishing & Calm Waters! The seas have been very calm and a lot of Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish) have been moving through. We have been catching a few decent sized fish along with lots of schoolie sized fish. We have been finding the fish under more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The winds have calmed and the Swordfish are biting! We fished the past 5 out of six nights. We averaged 2 fish per night and 3 bites per night. The biggest fish was 247 lbs and we released fish up to 100 lbs. Most of the fish ate squid baits do more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mahi-mahi and Sharks! The consistent East winds have blown in a lot of Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish). We have had some fish over 20 lbs. and plenty of gaffers. Some schoolie sized fish are around too. Most of the fish have been in 300 to 500 feet of more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The Sharks are in town! Hammerheads, Mako, Threshers, Bull Sharks and more. One Mako was caught by another boat that weighed in over 700 lbs. Just 1 1/2 miles off the beach! April is when the Sharks migrate through and it looks to be a good s more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mahi-mahi, Sharks and more! With the March winds blowing, it has produced lots of nice sized Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish). We had one day last week of 20 fish with over half of them in the 10 to 20 lb class. (gaffers) We also had 4 Wahoo of 10 to 20 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - A little of everything! Fishing has been challenge to say the least! When the current is moving, the fishing has been decent. One day last week the current was dead and nothing was biting! We went above Pompano Beach just to catch a fish! The more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Amberjacks, Sails, & Sharks! The Amberjacks have showed up on the wrecks. This also means that the Sharks are following them here! When the current is moving you can catch an Amberjack over most of the wrecks offshore in 200’ to 350’ of wa more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale