Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Summer days are here again! The seas are calm and the fishing is great! The bonitas have moved in. Lots & lots of them. With them came some kings and cudas. The Sharks are here with them. Blacktips, Hammerheads and even a Mako has been caug more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - DOLPHIN *** WAHOO *** DOLPHIN *** WAHOO We currently have been offshore quite a bit. The dolphin we have been catching for the last week have been ranging in size from about 10lbs to 40lbs, with the majority of them in the 25-30lb range. Tro more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - With the weather breaking and the moon passed, fishing has really picked up. Yesterday was a fantastic day. There were hammerhead sharks, sailfish, blackfin tuna, dolphin, kingfish and barracudas. With the conditions we have right now, more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Welcome east winds!! The front that passed through last week not only gave us the east winds and bumpy seas, it also gave us some great fishing. During this past week, we have caught quite a few nice dolphin, some larger kingfish, wahoo and yes, more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sharks! Sharks! Sharks!! The sharks have finally arrived in full force. We have been catching hammerheads, thresher and some makos. All have been in the 8-11ft range. Action on the reef has also picked up. We have been catching kingf more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - It Just Keeps Getting Better This week has produced some nice sailfish. We also have been catching some rather larger amberjacks on the wrecks (45-84lbs). The hammerheads that have been around have also been very large. The kingfish have fi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - It's Getting Better Fishing has finally started picking up. The sailfish have turned back on this week. We also have been catching some schoolie dolphin and kingfish. This week has also produced a few hammerhead sharks and some thresher shar more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sailfish! Sailfish! Sailfish! The sailfish bite has been real strong for the past few weeks. Along with the sailfish, we have been catching some small dolphin (5-10lb range), some black groupers, amberjacks and barracudas. Here are just a few more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The Sharks Are Here! There has been alot of shark action this week. In the last few days, we have caught a tiger shark and a few hammerhead sharks along with some blacktip sharks. Along with the sharks, there has been sailfish and cobia. One b more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Sails & Dolphin The Sails turned on so good last week that this is the first chance I've had to update this report. One boat caught 15 sails in one day last week. We were averaging 2 to 4 shots at the sails a day. One fish we caught was 80 lb more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale