Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

Big Spring Dollies - Our spring dolphin run has begun with a lot of fish being caught in the 20-40lb. range and I have heard fish up to 57lbs. being caught. Bigger kings have shown up on the reefs with the bigger fish in the 25lb. range. As the water gets warmer the fi more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing - As promised March truly kicked off South Florida fishing. Our Fort Lauderdale waters have been alive with kingfish, bonitas, mahi mahi's, sailfish, amberjacks and sharks. Now with April here expect more of the same. Here on the Local knowledge 95 more...
Capt. Mike Johnson - Fort Lauderdale

Holy Mola - Holy Mola! Spring is here and in full effect. These past two weeks of March fishing in Fort Lauderdale have been unbelievable, literally. Along with soaring Sailfish and schools of Mahi-Mahi, we caught two very rare fish offshore, a 400 lb. Mola M more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report - The wind has blown hard straight from the east the last few days. This has really pushed the fish into the harbor. With our huge inlet facing straght to the east it has allowed lots of weeds and debris to enter due to the winds. We found a nice weed more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

450 lb. Thresher Shark caught and released on the Big Game - There are some sea monsters off the coast of Fort Lauderdale right now. Today's fishing report is a 450 lb. thresher shark caught and released on one of our half day fishing charters. These guys got to the boat in the morning and said, We want more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Transition Time - Good fishing remains on the reef with more spring species showing up everyday and the winter sailfish still showing when conditions allow. Over the past week we have caught a handful of king fish from 10-20lbs., along smaller 5-15lb. blackfins, scho more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale hot spring fishing action - Fort Lauderdale fishing heats up this month as our pelagic gamefish that have made South Florida a fishing mecca begin their assault on our reefs and offshore waters. Inshore waters from the jetties out to about 60 feet of water are home to swarms o more...
Capt. Mike Johnson - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Florida Fishing Report - The bite and weather has been hot. We had some great offshore action during the past week. Most boats were getting shots at multiple Sailfish, up until Sunday. The winds went west and shut off the bite a bit. We did get Kingfish and a Bluefish while more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Game Shark Showdown off Ft. Lauderdale! - March is finally here and the game shark bite is on fire right now off of Fort Lauderdale; they sure have arrived! They've had a long winter and now they are ready to party! Shark fishing season has just begun and it's been better than ever. Withi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Sailfishing Season - I haven't been reporting for a while but fishing has remained good. Sailfishing remains good when the right conditions are present, north tide the fish are there, south or no tide and the fishing slows. Yesterday we fished half day and went 2-5 on more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale