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

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Variety is the spice of life and we must be spicy this week. Friday we fished live frigate bonitos on the down rigger and flat lines and got 5 nice king mackerel, 4 barracuda a 80 pound hammerhead shark and a false albacore. On the same trip we al more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish! Last Saturday night (8/10/02) we went out Swordfishing. We set up in 1,500 feet of water off Dania. We put out 3 live Blue Runners. One at 100', one at 125' and one at 200'. We didn't have the baits out 5 minutes and the deep bait wa more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - What a day we had yesterday. I had two boys and their father out looking for dolphin (mahi-mahi). We ran and searched the seas out to 20 miles offshore and back without seeing a single sign of fish. No birds, weeds or debris. That fuel burned and more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/19/02 Autumn fishing doldrums – Everyone has heard it, but that is the exact opposite of what is going on. The fishing on the reef has been very good, with lots of sailfish, wahoo, dolphin, bonitas, and a few kingfish. On Saturday we fish the more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/14/02 Well, if it’s action your looking for, the edge has plenty. Lucky for the bonitas that they are not good table fare. I guess that factor has really made them thick on the reef. Bonitas, in their own right, are great fighting fish. A more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Bonita, bonita, and more bonita. If you just want a pull on the end of your line, then there are plenty of bonita cruising the edge of the reef to make you happy. During a recent trip off Miami, we had a blast catching bonita on 4 pound test line and more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Good Today Today we had a half day and I was a bit worried because yesterday nobody did much while I took a day off, to go diving. But as I crossed the edge a friend called me over to some diving hawks and from that point on we were in fish for 2 more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Bonitas and more Bonitas! The Bonitas are here in force. A troll along the reef in 70 to 160' is all Bonitas. We did manage to catch a few King Mackeral out of all the Bonitas that are around. The Swordfishing has been absolutely fantasti more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 07/29/02 The two types of fishing that get me going during the summer are swordfishing and trips to the Bahamas. During the past week, we got to experience both of them and the outcome was good. The latter part of last week, I had two swordfish more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Fishing Picking Up Today we used only about half the day to find a limit of seventy five dolphin. The fish are getting bigger and smarter. It took everything we knew to get them to bite but they would eventually fall for the live pilchards and Blu more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne