Switching to Spring fishing
Capt. Ryan McBride
March 16, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing remains hot and cold as we switch from a winter pattern to a spring pattern. Over the past couple of weeks we have had good fishing for dolphin. The fish have ranged from 3-20lbs. and I heard of one fish caught around 30. The wind has been blowing out of the east and these fish are on the reef all the way into 100ft of water. Kingfish have been spread out all over the depths with bigger fish coming in the 180-220 foot depth range and a lot of schoolies being caught shallower 80-120ft of water.
A few sails remain and have been scattered in different depths. We have caught them from 120-285ft of water and they are responding to goggle eyes on the kite. Whenever the current has been moving to the north we have been catching them consistently. Last week before the full moon we had a good wahoo bite for our area and but that bite was only consistent for a few days and has since fizzled out.
On the wrecks some smaller aj's/almacos, groupers, and cobias have been caught. We have been targeting them with jigs and live bait. The deeper wrecks seem to be holding more fish as usual so we have only been able to fish them effectively whe the current is running slower.
When weather allows offshore there has been some decent dolphin fishing if you can find some flotsam or temp break. Swordfishing remains steady with most of the fish smaller at night and a few bigger fish during the day if you like to crank.
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