This Week's Fishing
Capt. Steve Souther
November 3, 2017
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
It has always amazes me how much sea conditions can change, and how quickly, as they did in this week's fishing. And with these changes come different types of fish you can catch.
North current can change to none or south in minutes. Water color can go from blue to green or vice versa quickly as well. Many times that green water has to do with rain as it did the other day while catching bait. The Ballyhoo came to the chum bag quickly but would not come to the surface for quite some time, the fresh water keeping them down a foot or so.
This week's fishing has been very good however, even with these changes. Bait is very thick migrating through the area and has Dolphin and Tuna in close to shore. Live bait has always been the most productive for Dolphin but trolling gives you the ability to cover ground and find these fish. As our sea temperatures drop, this will change and mostly live bait will be the big producer.
Sailfish activity is also on the rise. At this time of year, the smaller, younger Sails frequent shallow waters near the reef. Some bigger Sailfish are a bit further off shore and again found on the troll.
Bottom fishing has been excellent! Grouper and Amberjack have been found on the deeper wrecks with the occasional Snapper or Cobia as well. There are some BIG fish down there… We don't always win this battle. Some broken leaders have us wondering what that was and how big. LOL
All in all it is a great time to be out there catching fish as you can see in the picture. Andrew and his new wife Jessica had a great day with us catching a variety of fish. They could only hold 4 for the picture on the way in.
This week's fishing has been good. We're expecting the same for the next few weeks.
Captain Steve
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Dolphin, Tuna, Swordfish, Kingfish, Barracuda and more...
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