Fishing charters in Ft. Lauderdale Sailfish, Dorado, and Kings

Capt. John Logan
November 5, 2015
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report

Fishing charters in Ft. Lauderdale continue to offer good catches. The continuing on shore winds have pushed some Dorado (Mahi-Mahi /Dolphin) up inside and close to shore. Sailfish which almost always like a good breeze are working the bait along the outside and inside reefs and giving us opportunities both trolling and on live baits. And the Kingfish have remained in our area and are in the box every day. Still a good number of pint sized Cudas interrupting the program. With the good results from trolling and live baiting we have only tried the Snapper out deeper once on a slower day and Captain Kopper did well on respectable sized Yellow Eye Snappers, which was a nice surprise as we really don't catch very many of them. Good ones up to 4 and 5 pounds. Same exact spot the next day in over 300 feet of depth, but they had moved on. Vermilions instead. We have had some Grouper action on the bottom rod while kite fishing the surface. We continue to do the majority of our fishing within 2 miles of shore. This has been a poor moon for Wahoo for us but good catches of other types of fish have been available as we spoke. We have day and night Swordfish on the books and are looking forward to that.

Here comes the next front and these winds will swing around soon if the forecast is accurate. As for now we have the onshore breeze and it still has some punch but is winding down.
Current has been surprisingly light and there is nice clean clear water pushed with the wind and drawn in with the flood tides at or near the reefs. Pictured are some of our charters we have had aboard with their Sails, Mahi and Kings.

Tight lines and good fishing.

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