Great Winter Fishing
Capt. Ryan McBride
January 27, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
After a slow December and early January things have really heated up over the past two weeks. Any day there has been possibility of double digit sailfish releases as well as runs of dolphin, kingfish, groupers, snappers, and cobias. We have been averaging 6 fish per half day over the past two weeks with 3 days in double digits. The bite has been consistent up and down the coast with boats having similar results from Palm Beach to Keys. We have been targeting them as usual off the kite with goggleeyes, herring and tinker mackeral. Our best bites have been from Boynton to Fort Lauderdale.
Kingfish have take up residence on the reef just shallower than the sailfish, with most of the fish in the 10-25lb fish a few bigger ones are mixed in. A little deeper we seem to be having a good run of dolphin again most of the fish on the smaller size but a few 20lbers have been keeping it interesting.
Two weeks ago we had a area of cold water push in and really concentrated the snappers and groupers. Most of the snappers are our winter vermillions and the gags are on the deeper wrecks. Mixed in with them are a few cobias and decent numbers of AJ's.
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