Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish and Swordfish Well the cold weather is here and the Sailfish have shown up. Yesterday, we went to the area off the Steeple in North Fort Lauderdale. We set up in 135’ of water. The water was Blue and the current was going to the more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Made it to the new year. We even had a bit of cold weather recently. Not much bait on the inshore waters. This mean the fish are scattered and some searching is needed to find them. The usual spots are working though, the best action is coming around more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Where are the Sails??? Now that the cold fronts are coming through, the Sails have been scarce. We have managed to catch one here and one there, but not like we expect this time of year. Friday (12/13/02) we went out of Port Everglades. The wi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The fall run has turned out to be more of a walk so far. No real big pushes and only a few days that required jackets. We have had a good showing of mullet and they are keeping the local predators fed. If you can find and shool early in the morning y more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! The past two cold fronts have brought a good run of Sailfish. The Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament had 70 boats catch 250 Sailfish. The winning boat had 13 Sailfish in 2 ½ days of fishing. We went out on Friday 11/15/02 during the more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Winter is trying to get here. Only one semi cold front so far. It did spark a bit of action but as the temps warmed up the action cooled down. We are forcasted to get another push of northern air this weekend. It should bring another boost of bites. more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Kingfish & Swordfish The Kingfish have been thick one day and disappear the next day. We limited out last Monday 10/21/02 trolling planers with spoons and strips in 80' to 200' of water. We couldn't get any big ones on live bait. Go figure! The more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Report from a recent Charter: On Friday, October 3, 2002, four of us went fishing on the Lady Pamela II with Captain Kunta Smith. We left the dock on Las Olas Blvd and A1A at about 4:30 PM for a full night charter. Capt. Smith took the boat more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The fall bait run has begun. Mullet are in the canals and the predators are set up to greet them. Jack Crevalles and Barracuda ae eating well. Tarpon are jumping on once in a while too. The fish are prefferng the live bait over the usual scraps that more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish, Sailfish and Kingfish We have still been catching the Swordfish. However they have not been as big as the last one. In the past 6 trip since August 22, we have caught 10 Swordfish. The smallest being 40 lbs and the largest being 12 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale