Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

Bring your suntan lotion - Wow, its getting hot! Early morning temps are nice but by 9am that sun is already kissing your skin. You can count on the bite in the early am but typical summer patterns have the bite shut down by early afternoon. Thats not a rule but for the most p more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Hot, Cold, Hot fishing - Last week we had consistent fishing for blackfin tunas, kingfish and sailfish though start on friday it started to slow. By Saturday the fishing completely died off. Some fish remained but fishing was dead, with most boats fish struggling to catch more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Huge Hammerhead caught off Fort Lauderdale - Today we had 5 different people from all over the country looking to do some deep sea sportfishing off Fort Lauderdale. We headed out Shallow Harbor in search for bait. We tried the local bouy and a few anchored ships but the bait fish were scarce to more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Hot weather/hot fishing - Hot weather has been the norm recently and fishing has been just as hot. Early in the day blackfin tunas have been biting and double to quad hookups have been then norm. Mixed in with the tunas are kingfish, most of the kingfish have been in the 15 more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

65 lb Mahi-Mahi - May 30th, 2008 This afternoon we headed straight to Lauderdale Marina to buy live goggs. Conditions were perfect to fly the kites. Bryan Boyd and his boys from Virginia had been deep sea fishing off Fort Lauderdale before, but not like they did t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Double Header Sailfish all week offshore of Fort Lauderdale - Sailfish are here late this year and I'm not complaining one bit. The action on sailfish off Fort Lauderdale has been exceptional this year and what's best is that they are hanging around very late into the season. This is usually the time of yea more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Yellow Eye Snapper in Bimini, Bahamas - Reporting from Bimini, Bahamas! Memorial Day weekend was a blast. Wheather was decent, seas were a little choppy, but the fish were biting. We knew of a great yellow eye snapper spot, so we decided to go deep dropping in 830 ft of water. We fis more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Plentiful catches of big game fish with Fishing Headquarters - The Fort Lauderdale fishing has been red hot these past few weeks. Great action on the edge of the gulfstream with sailfish, mahi-mahi, blackfin tuna, wahoo, and some huge big game sharks. There has been a lot of baitfish around and whenever they more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Daytime + Nighttime Swordfishing - Daytime Swordfishing + Nighttime Swordfishing Captain Paul Paolucci and mate Mike Maldoon headed out Saturday in the afternoon looking to do some daytime swordfishing. Captain Paul said they were fishing in about 1600 feet when they got the fir more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Great Fishing - The past couple weeks the fishing has been great. We are in our normal pattern and any day can be the best. The tunas have showed up in full force, with most trip resulting in 1-3 fish and up to 6. The good news is that mixed in with the normal 20 more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale