Back to Fishing
Capt. Steve Souther
September 29, 2017
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
It has been a while since my last fishing report. The last month or so has been preparing for Irma, moving the boats and securing the dock. Then waiting for the storm and weathering that.
Once it had passed, bringing the boats back to the dock that thankfully was still there. Traveling on both water and roadways was difficult, debris from the storm in the river and waterway as well as loss of the electric. And with all the boats intact and back in service, we are again running our trips each day.
The ocean is an amazing environment. It needs these kinds of events from time to time. With the last living reef in North America just off our shore, wind and waves help clean the coral of silt. This allows for small fish to have a healthy place to live and we ALL know, small fish attract bigger fish!
The reef area has been yielding Kingfish both small and large, Skipjack Tuna and lots of small Barracuda with a few Bonitos mixed in. We've also had Sailfish attacking our trolling baits, it's getting to that time of year.
Further off the shore trees, branches and other things have been holding Dolphin and Wahoo. Sailfish have also been in the deeper waters.
Bottom fishing has been steady with a number of different types of Grouper being caught as well as some snappers and Amberjacks. The Black Grouper in the picture turned out to be my dinner the other night. Our guests were flying out that afternoon and didn't have time to enjoy it. Sean and I sure did though.
Yes, we're back catching fish and having fun. The upcoming couple of months are a great time to be out there catching what is migrating south.
Captain Steve
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Dolphin, Tuna, Swordfish, Kingfish, Barracuda and more...
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