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Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades
Capt. Cary Hanna
May 11, 2006
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Ft.Lauderdale report for New Lattitude
The past couple of weeks has been on fire to say the least. Last year the Dolphin bite was very slow as most of them were on the bahama's side. But this year the run has been on our side with many big catches coming to the docks for those trolling for them. I personally witnessed a 70 pound Dolphin being weighed in at the 15th street docks last week. It was the biggest one I have seen pulled out of our local waters ever.
Live baiting on the reef is unbelievable this week. If you want to have alot of fun you need to have plenty of bait. We actually fished for Pilchards the night before our trip on Wednesday and had about 8 dozen large live Pilchards to play with. We caught so many kingfish up to 35 pounds our arms were whipped. I had taken George Murphree who was by himself. We had so many double headers with a few triples, so I had some fun myself whipping some fish to the boat. Large blackfin Tuna are here right now and are one of my personal favorites to fish for.
We also managed a Thresher Shark about 150 pounds. That was a nice species to see since we don't see them all to often. The Shark ate a goggle eye bait. Bonita are around but are not that thick yet, which is a good thing.
I'm setting up Dolphin trips which is basically running the ocean looking for birds and weedlines or just blind trolling in good water. The way I'm doing this is you will pay for the usual trip (6 hours recommended) and also the cost of the gas that we will burn. You can expect to burn around 50 gallons on a trip like this depending on how far we travel. We fish for live ballyhoo first and then head offshore. This trip is alot of fun and the next couple of months are the time to do it as the seas are calm every morning.
Thats it for now, I have plenty of openings available as the tourist season has seemed to slow down a little. So take advantage of some of the best days on the water and reserve your offshore excersion today.
Captain Cary Hanna
954-907-0967
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