Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

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

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Fresh start In between fishing days I have made time to install some new electronics. We now have updated to Raymarines RL70CRC 7 inch color display unit with a RAYNAV 300 digital gps and a DSM250 digital sounder module. These 3 units make fishing more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Classic spring action. The Kingfish are smacking the baits as quickly as you can get them out. The average size has hovered around the 12 to 15 pound mark but each day gives up a 30 to 50 pounder to one of the local boats. Some days it's mine. Blackf more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Swordfishing We fished the Broadbills for 3 nights in a row ending Tuesday night passed. I had the priveledge this time of fishing on clients boats instead of mine. Sunday night I was on a 28 foot Proline walkaround that handled pretty well and had more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Swordfishing conditions We headed out to the Sword grounds last night with a SE breeze at 5-10 knots. Seas were 2-3 feet and the current was ripping at 5 knots all night and overpowering the wind as we got sucked out into the deep instead of inside more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - 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

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Dolphin are here! On Friday the 25th, we headed out with Mr. Ruben and his 4th grade daughter from the Long Island, Islip area and as we headed out of the inlet 3-5 foot seas said hello along with 20 knot winds from the SE. We took our time getting more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The bite is on. We had one of those days yesterday that almost felt like work. Lots of Kingfish. Some large ones and a nice mix of mediums. At times they were on the baits as soon as it hit the water. A nice size Dolphin jumped in on the party too. C more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Tuna Time They finally reached us. I have been waiting for the Blackfin Tuna bite to show up all month and they are finally hanging around. Early mornings or early evening trips are the best times, these guys are sensitive, to light that is. When a more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Spring is here and so are the fish. We are getting a good showing of Kingfish, and the usual big boys are mixed in. This is the time of year to grab a 30, 40, 50 or larger! A few Sailfish will be mixed in with the bunch. Dolphin are scattered, but he more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale