Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southeast Florida (Miami to Palm Beach)

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish & Threshers Sailfish are still biting when the wind blows NW to the NE. The Sharks are moving through. Thresher Sharks are being caught in 300’ of water using Kingfish and Bonitos for bait. There was a big Mako shark caught that more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 02/17/03 Same as last week’s report - The fishing has been pretty steady for the past few days. It seemed to die off a bit today, although we did catch 2 sailfish today as well as some bonitas. For the past few days, the sailfishing has been p more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Offshore report updated (2-17-03) Saturday, 2-15-03 This morning we were greeted with 15-20 knot winds out of the SE and seas were 4 to 6. We fished within 3 miles of the Port Everglades inlet with 3 men from the Michigan area. With 3 men aboard we more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Whether You Fish Inshore or Offshore, The Action is GOOD!! I have been very busy with fishing trips and the Miami Boat Show since my last report. This is the first opportunity I have had to bring everyone up to date with what has been going on wi more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 02/13/03 Fishing has been pretty steady this past week. There have not been a lot of huge numbers of sailfish caught, but we have been averaging 1 – 5 sailfish per day. There has been a lack of good North current and good clean blue water for mos more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Sailfishing continues to be excellent off the Miami area. They can be found from Ft. Lauderdale to Key Largo in good numbers. It’s not uncommon to hear of six to seven releases per day. Live bait is the key, and most anglers are either kite fishing o more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Fishing is warming up on Bouncer’s Dusky 33. Tarpon are solid and hungry in Government Cut. They are eating shrimp day and night. Our last trip for them produced 3 jumped and 1 released in only 1 hour of fishing. We had good sailfish action more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Strictly Sails The last few days have been consistently warm with the exception of quick cold mornings. But today, Saturday, a small front came through blowing from the NNW. I have to admit I was a little worried about the bites. We set up shallow more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Slow but Steady Todays' bite was incredible! Seas were 2-4 feet and winds came from the south at 7-10 knots. We set up north of the Port and didn't find much of any current. But that didn't matter today. Our first bite came screaming from the do more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 02/06/03 Fishing off of Miami continues to produce decent fishing. With the exception of one half day trip last week, we have been getting anywhere from 2 – 5 sailfish per trip. The sailfish have been sort of scattered. Depend more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami