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

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is Great & Business is slow! Hardly anybody is out there and the fish are biting! Lots of Kings and Bonitas on the troll on the reef. One 50 lb King was caught on live bait. A few others over 20 lbs were caught on live bait. Yesterday more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Fall Bait Migration Has Arrived Fall must be here! Thursday morning as I was fueling the Cutting Edge I heard several large busts in the marina, I looked around and under the boat and could not believe what I was seeing, a large school of Finger more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 9/16/01 I would like to start this fishing report expressing my sincerest condolences and heartfelt sympathies to the victims and their families from this past Tuesday’s horrific events. This is a great nation and as a nation, we will definitely o more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - I am finding it difficult to write about fishing this morning, but while writing this fishing column I was interrupted with the horrendous news from New York and Washington. Being a firefighter and paramedic here in Dade County for over twenty one more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mixed bag. The bait is starting to move down the beach. We had scools of pilchards moving South out in 300' of water. Bonita's and kings are still on the reef. We did catch a few kings over 20 lbs live baiting. We also saw a cople of Wahoos th more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - I can feel fall wanting to show. We are getting an occasional large school of mullet in the canals and a steady showing of the smaller schools. If you can find a nervous pack of bait at first light try to pitch a hooked member of the species back int more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Slight Drop in Action With the drop in winds again and the still seas fishing has slacked off a bit. I have been working on the Cutting Edge for the last couple of days trying to keep it perfect and in the best shape possible for the up coming sea more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 9/4/01 The passing of Labor Day usually hints at the change in seasons. Although here in Florida, we do not see the effects of seasons as do our friends to the North, the same does not hold true for fishing. The summer patterns we have seen for t more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Full Moon Dilemma With a full moon most of the week and a shortage of bait in the area, you had to make the tough decision each morning whether to catch live bait or go strait out. If you elected to go strait out you have to hope the fish you fin more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Fish around Late All week we were able to find Dolphin,today though the fishing slowed down. We were not out long enough to give it a good shot, but the boats that did stay out caught very little. The early week up to Friday was steady with Thursd more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne