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Cold Tems Hot Fishing In Fort Lauderdale
Capt. Vinnie Sacks
January 29, 2026
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Hello everyone Capt. Vinnie here, what a great report this week i have for you guys. To say the least it has been cold as a mother for us here in south Florida although i know what we think is cold here is not even close to the cold thats going on right now in the rest of the United States but don't make fun of us haha. Anyways it seems that the fishing has picked up very strong this week specially with live bait. This most recent cold front that just moved through seems to be the one that we needed to get the winter fishing patterns going. Live bait fishing with a kite has been our go to, kite fishing is very visual and a lot of times you see the bite before it actually happens. Sailfish is the main target but plenty of other fish with eat a live bait fished from a kite like, tuna, mahi, and king macks. As of late though there seems to still be some really nice mahi mahi around and we have been catching them while kite fishing, when i say nice im talking 10-20lb fish. Hard fighters and good eating also. Most of the kite fishing action has been scattered all over from super shallow in 80 feet and as deep as 200 feet. Every day is different though different conditions with currents and changing wind directions so the challenge becomes where are the fish going to be. Other then live bait action i have something very cool this week, we recently took out a great client of ours Daniel from Georgia on a 10 hour swordfish trip, Daniel has fished with us before and wanted to test his luck on catching a sea monster. We took Daniel and family out daytime swordfishing and after about 2 hours of fishing we hooked up with a monster! Raining sideways rough as heck and lightning cracking every where it was like something out of old man and the sea. After a 3 hour battle we landed a true beast of a swordfish a 300lb monster! (pictured) This was the trophy we were looking for. After a long ride back to the dock it was all smiles and we had a crowd of people when we pulled in to the dock and needed help getting it off the boat. It was one of those things were you had to be there to believe it. Im glad we were able to catch such a great fish for one of our great clients. Congrats Buddy! This week please be sure to check out some of the great photos of some recent catches that were caught while out on our deep sea fishing charters in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood/Dania beach and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like facebook and Instagram @Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. Coming up for the next few weeks I would imagine the sailfish action to remain steady for the next few months as well as scattered mahis and blackfin tuna to remain prevalent on afternoons trips, should be a great winter. If your coming down to south Florida and looking to do some deep sea fishing we have some availability for the month of February and March and as you can see from the recent photos fishing is HOT. We would love to have you out with us and we would love to show you a great time on the water. More later.....
Capt. Vinnie (954)-559-4700
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast:
winds 10-15 North Seas 2-4 feet
Target Species:
tuna dolphin wahoo sailfish mahi snapper grouper swordfish
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