Tunas, Dolphin, Kingfish
Capt. Ryan McBride
June 10, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Tunas, Kingfish, Dolphin, and snappers have been present in good numbers over the last couple of weeks. We have been fishing from Fort Lauderdale to Boynton and if the water is clear all of the mentioned species have been present. The kingfish and tuna have been coming off the kites and flatlines, while the dolphin have just about been everywhere and eating everything. The kingfish have slowed in the past week with most charters only catching the smaller variety but the tunas have remained all over with the main body of fish 10-20 miles to the north of Hillsboro inlet.
The dolphin have been in blue water, dirty water, deep and shallow. The only thing that has been consistent with them is that we have been doing best with a couple days of east wind. Most of our dolphin have been coming on live bait on the reef, though we did head offshore one day last week and loaded up on fish in the 5-10lb range.
On the reefs mutton and yellowtail snapper have been holding on the reefs and wrecks with the best bites coming in the later afternoon trips. Or maybe it just seems that way because it is too hot at other times. Anchoring upcurrent of reefs has been best for the yellowtail snappers and the muttons have been best a little deeper on the edges of reefs. Mixed in are other snappers, small groupers, and pelagics swimming by on the surface baits.
We leave next week for a bahamas charter and will will be back for the normal South Florida summer sun the following. The kingfish, tunas, and dolphin should remain for most of the rest of the summer so now is a great time to get out there and catch good fish without much of a run.
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