My favorite time of the year to fish.
Capt. Ryan McBride
April 22, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
My favorite time to fish of the year is upon us. April and May bring the best of winter fishing and mix it with the best of the spring and summer. Sailfish continue to be around, with most charters having at least one shot. If the right conditions are present the fishing can still be hot, just yesterday Miami had a wide open bite and lots of boat had over 10 fish.
Off Fort Lauderdale we haven't had that hot of a bite, but quantity of sailfish have been replaced by giant kingfish. Most charter we have had shots at fish over 30lbs. with a lot of fish in the 40-60lb. range to keep you on you heels. As usual the fish are coming slow trolling and kite fishing on the reef.
When the winds turn out of the east dolphin have been around. Should be any day now where the bigger fish show up but for now most are in the 5-15lb range, perfect eating size. Most of these fish have been on the deeper edge of the reef our to 15miles.
The wrecks are holding some big AJ's as well as some cobias. Best bet has been live bait, though I have yet to see one ignore a vertical jig dropped on their noses.
If the weather allows swordfishing has been good and this time of year you can almost always expect the some bycatch of dolphin and possibly a sailfish.
I have an opening for a group of two this coming weekend(4/25), so if you would like to save a little money on a charter give me a call and we can make it happen.
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