Early Season Sailfish
Capt. Ryan McBride
November 1, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Sailfish remain our main target fishing from Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale. Finding the right water and bait has been the key to finding good numbers of sailfish along our coast. We have averaged 3 bites per half day and usually 6 or more on a full day. It is really great to have these fish around early in the season and should only get better with the next few cold fronts. Today we had 3 bites and saw 3 more freejumping and just wouldn't eat. There is a population of sailfish that are shallow right now that is concentrating on ballyhoo and a population that is on the deeper side that is concentrating on the bullet bonitas and blackfins that are around. If one group is cooperating one day then the other seems to be.
Also a few kings are around but really the action has been a little slow. The dolphin have been here one day and gone the next, but that has more to do with what way the wind is blowing. On the east wind the fish have been on the reef and when the wind slacks or shifts the the west we have been having to run farther to find the fish. Most of the dolphin have been from 5-15lbs.
Mullet are still coming through and on our trips that we fished them this week we caught tarpon, sharks, bluefish, jacks, and spanish macks. The action has been non stop when you find a school of mullet that is being actively fed on.
We haven't run any swordfish charters in the last week but did talk to some that caught fish in the 50-100lb. range.
Fishing should heat up later this week as the NE wind picks up Thursday. Give me a call if you would like to go fishing.
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