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Happy Fourth of July
Capt. Vinnie Sacks
July 4, 2026
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Hey there Capt. Vinnie again from the command center to bring you another great deep sea fishing report. This week has been a busy week with lots of great clients from all over the world due to the world soccer cup that is going on right now, and we are very grateful for all of our great customers. Fishing this week has been good for the most part some days better then others which is pretty standard right now, one thing that has been making it really tough is the seaweed! Which sounds crazy to blame a slow day of fishing on something like that but i'm here to tell you it is a real thing and it is a real problem somedays. The biggest problem with the seaweed is the fact that it makes the crew have to work four times harder then normal, specially the first mate. His job is to keep our baits clean and days when the weed is very bad that becomes and all day job that never ends. Another problem is the fact that the seaweed may dictate where you can and can't fish. But we are professionals here and we are good at our job and the old expression of persistence pays is true and I can attest. Grinding it out is the only thing we can do and the days the weed is light best believe I take full advantage. For the fishing this week we have had a variety of a few different species biting, early in the week we landed a very nice wahoo just before the full moon. Depths around 200-300 feet have been producing a few blackfin tuna if you find an area weed free. Other then tunas in the 200 depths there has been some really nice sized barracudas. This week we did have a flurry of sailfish which is pretty rare for the month of June, but always a great fish to catch no matter what time of year. Funny story we had some great clients from Tennesssee that wanted a sailfish this week and I told them it was unlikely just for the simple fact they are not around and low and behold we did catch a sailfish, goes to show no matter how many years we have been doing this you just never know what your going to catch. Bonitos have been around but not in the numbers that they normally are this time of year but everything has been a little late on there migration patterns this year so more than likely they are not far behind schedule. We have been having some really blue water this week so kingfish have been somewhat a little difficult to find some days, but the days the water is dirty it is worth trying for them because there has been a few around and they have been nice sized. Moving offshore there has been a few mahi mahi scattered around, depths around 800 feet seem to be the best place to be looking but the mahi have also been on debris and seaweed patches, a lot of the mahi we have been fisning have been in a school so if you happen to get lucky and hook a few it's important to make sure you have some other bait to cast to them just incase. You can go from catching 3 mahi to possibly catching 20 mahi if your ready for them when a school comes up following your fish. Average size on the mahi have been 5-10lbs. The mahi were hot earlier in the week but faded a little as the full moon approached but we tend to see slow fishing all around right on the moon for all species, best times are just before and just after. Being on the backside of the moon I have high hopes for this week and hopefully some great new pictures of great catches for next weeks report. This week please take a minute to check out some of the great photos of some recent catches that were caught on our deep sea fishing charters and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram at Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. Coming up for the rest of the month of July availability is good for deep sea fishing charters, if your heading down to Fort Lauderdale and looking to get out to do some fishing check out YB Normal, servicing Fort Lauderdale, Dania, and Hollywood beach, we would love to show you a great time on the water......
more later.....
Capt. Vinnie 954-559-4700
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast:
winds and seas calm
Target Species:
tuna dolphin wahoo sailfish mahi snapper grouper swordfish
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