Sailfishing Season
Capt. Ryan McBride
March 10, 2008
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
I haven't been reporting for a while but fishing has remained good. Sailfishing remains good when the right conditions are present, north tide the fish are there, south or no tide and the fishing slows. Yesterday we fished half day and went 2-5 on sailfish as well as a bunch of small kingfish and a giant wahoo that skyed through our mono kite baits set up for the sailfish. Lost the fish but still a cool site to see a big wahoo launch itself after a goggleye. Bait fishing has been decent and that only means that fishing will only improve as spring creaps up. A few small tunas remain when the water is clear and enough chum bait can be cast netted in the intracoastal to chum them up for some light tackle fun. The Blackfins have been small and most fish are in the 5-10lb range. Kingfish are still on the small side but enough big ones are still around to keep it interested. I have heard of a few dolphin offshore which will be more plentiful as March passes. Swordfish boats have been doing well and it should heat up as we approach the week before the full moon. On the wrecks AJ's are starting to get thicker and you can always have a shot at a grouper or snapper or two. We usually have the best luck with bigger fish around this time of year so hopefully the big fish will be here soon.
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast:
Look for sails to remain on the reef when there is north tide, big kingfish will begin to move through, dolphin start to show offshore.
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