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Finishing Up August With A Bang In Fort Lauderdale
Capt. Vinnie Sacks
August 28, 2025
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Hello everyone, Capt. Vinnie here. Its been a great week this week fishing here in Fort Lauderdale still super calm weather and some excellent catches as well. For the report this week we are going to begin on the reef. Trolling in the early mornings there has been pretty much non stop action on the false albacore right now, depths around 100 feet to 200 is going to be the best place to target them. Surface baits have been working well, also baits fished below the surface using a planner with a spoon has been just plain deadly. Other then false albacore there has been a few blackfin tunas mixed in and a few king mackeral are starting to show back up as well. This week we did manage to get super lucky and catch what I would say is the fish of a lifetime specially for our waters here in Fort Lauderdale. We caught a 70inch wahoo weighing 63lbs (pictured) in 600 feet of water on one of our deep lines with a sea witch and fresh bonito strip combo. We do catch a fair amount of wahoo through the year here but not many are as big as this one they seem to average 15-25lbs. Staying offshore there has been a few mahi mahi around but some days they are just easier to find then others, recently we had a bunch of wind from the west and that made it somewhat difficult to find the mahi, the west wind pushed them offshore so to speak. I still would continue to look for weed lines as well as birds if your heading offshore and it wouldn't hurt to bring a few live baits as well just incase. Bottom fishing report has been super solid this week with some great catches of vermillion snappers as well as a few porgies. There has been very light current this week so we have been able to target these fish more accurately. Depths with structure around 200 feet has been producing consistent results of nice snappers. Average size on the snappers has been 2-3 lbs with a few almost in the 5lb range. 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 and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram @Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. For the upcoming next few weeks looks like some great weather on the horizon, and the month of September is notorious for some great catches while out deep sea fishing. We should see some sailfish, as well as some great mahi mahi action and some bigger ones at that. Also bottom fishing for snapper is something that is great in the month of September. A lot to look to specially in future reports, so if your thinking about coming down to south Florida for maybe a few days or even for an extended vacation the month of September is a great time to get out and do some deep sea fishing. Look us up we would love to have you and show you a great time on the water…
Capt. Vinnie (954)-559-4700
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast:
winds and seas calm
Target Species:
tuna dolphin wahoo sailfish mahi snapper grouper
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