Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - We are into the winter pattern. A few days of breeze from the north, the temps hit the 50's at night and the ocean temp is starting to come down too. This is what we need to push the fish south and into our waters. This past week has shown some promi more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish & Swordfish! The Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament was held last weekend. There were 365 Sailfish caught from 67 boats in 3 days. Most of these fish were caught right out front of Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Boynton Beach. There were more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Billfish Time The chances of hooking into a billfish right now are pretty high. 3 out of 4 trips are producing Sailfish over the reef if not everyday. The Kingfish bite is not bad either. It's whoever gets to the bait first. Sailfish seem to be fir more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Winter is trying to show its face. During the last few weeks we have had our share of wind and rain. This is normal for this time of year, although a little late. These patterns help to push the fish south, back to our waters after roaming north duri more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! The sailfish have been biting real good. The weekend of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show (Oct. 28 to Nov. 3rd) we caught 5 sails a trip for 5 days straight! Some of the fish were 10 to 15 lbs (5 1/2 feet long)and up to 65 lbs (7 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - November kicks it off! Bring your rain gear and come aboard. In between cold fronts the rain has been dumping on us. It's actually kind of fun, once you get wet it doesn't matter to much anymore. The fish still bite. This past Thursday the ra more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Great time to get on the water In between fronts the weather has been so gorgeous. I love this time of year when the wind keeps the temperature in the low 80's. As we ventured out this morning it was almost to cold to wear shorts and tee shirts, more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Sails Improving! Tuesday morning we headed out in search for Sail fish so I could get some pictures for an upcoming article that’s due for November. We caught our baits and set up the rods. We went 1 for 3 on the Sail fish and had some great actio more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The north breeze blew a few days this week and it started the fall push we have waited for. Lots of baitfish in the area, and the gamefish are following. Blackfin Tuna, Kingfish, Sailfish and Dolphin all travel with the bait and they stop to play wit more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

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