Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southeast Florida (Miami to Palm Beach)

Kids Fishing Trip - This week on the YB Normal we had a bunch of great charters but there is one that really sticks out to me. We had a trip this week with three little kids ages 3,5,8. Here at the YB Normal in Fort Lauderdale we love children we encourage anyone that more...
Capt. Vinnie Sacks - Fort Lauderdale

So Much Fun! - We have had so much fun on our trips these past two weeks. The fishing has been great and the customers even better. The daytime swordfishing has been on fire and the fishing on the edge has been quite productive for October. Let's start with sw more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Some Giant Fish Are Biting in Fort Lauderdale - This full moon we had this past week got some really big fish biting. Some huge kingfish hit the dock this week. In fact, one of the biggest was a true monster, capping the scales at 65 pounds. The fish ate a live goggle eye fished out of the kite more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Sailfish Starting to Show Up - This week on the YB Normal the report is sailfish, one of my favorite fish to target, what is not to like with sailfish they jump they have super fast runs and is a trophy fishing considered by many. This week there has been quite a good amount of sa more...
Capt. Vinnie Sacks - Fort Lauderdale

Big Groupers Biting on our Deep Dropping Charters - Nice catches this week deep dropping in Fort Lauderdale around the many shipwrecks that lie at the bottom of the ocean. For many years, Fort Lauderdale had a huge artificial reef program where we would take old, decommissioned boats out and sink t more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing - This is a GREAT time of year to be offshore of Fort Lauderdale fishing. You just don't know what will bite. With all the bait migrating through the area and heading south down the coast, any species of fish can be present and give you a bite. As a fr more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Daytime snapper and wreck fishing - This week at on the YB Normal we have been doing things little different, in our daytime fishing charters we have been put the trolling equipment away and decided to do lots of bottom fishing for some tasty creatures, the trolling bite has been somew more...
Capt. Vinnie Sacks - Fort Lauderdale

Erratic fishing despite abundance of bait - Fishing in Fort Lauderdale has been all over the charts with a day of reasonable action immediately followed by a day of struggling to bend the rods. There is an old cynical saying among old timers at this sport that at times the more you go, the l more...
Capt. Rick Brady - Fort Lauderdale

Snappers Are Biting At Night in Ft Lauderdale - The yellowtail snapper bite is hot this week on our Fort Lauderdale night fishing trips. October is always one of our best months of the year for snapper fishing. While they bite pretty good during the day trip, it's night where they really snap. more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Here We Go! - We are now getting into fall and soon winter will be here. We had a few close calls with hurricanes and tropical storms but luckily all of them veered to the east and left us entirely unscathed. The same can't be said about our neighbors in the nor more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami