Fishing Reports by Capt. Mario Cote

Hot Springtime Fishing - Springtime is here and fishing has improved a lot lately in the Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood area. The Fishing here in Fort Lauderdale in May is one of my favorite months. The weather has been nice on most days so far but we also had some choppy d more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Bottom Fishing Providing Lots of Action - Fishing in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood area the last month has been a little tougher than usual. But with hard work and perseverance, we've managed some good catches bottom fishing and wreck fishing. We caught some big amberjack, some very nice alma more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Cold Fronts and Kite Fishing - I'm very excited to see drop in temperatures. And with the first cold fronts coming our way in South Florida, this means better fishing for the coming month of November - here in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. As just an example, our last trip ri more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Mahi-mahi Tops this Summer - I apologize for the delayed fishing reports with the last one in late April. I wanted to take a quick moment to thank all my customers who have joined us for the many fishing trips in the past 3 months. Lots of fish were caught such as mahi-mahi, sa more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Lots of Quality and Variety - It's been a long time since my last report. We've been really busy and today is our first couple days off. I'd like to say it's been a great couple months that's for sure, we caught a lots of fish for our customers, and we caught variety of species more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Kingfish Dominate - Before going out of Port Everglades each and every trip we call our bait suppliers the night before to reserve some live baits for the next day's trip. The most common bait choices are pilchards and goggle eyes - and we really like to have both of t more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Lots of Action Offshore - This is our first report of 2017 and all of you are probably wondering why I didn't do a report since the 20th of December. Well, we were really busy during the holiday season and most days we fished 2 trips each day. Being on the boat on every day more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Lots of Variety Offshore - Fishing for us remains very good here in the Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale area. Since our last report, we have been catching a large variety such as blackfin tuna and skipjack tuna. There was a week straight that the bite was really good in the la more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Weather and Fishing is Improving - If you remember in my last report, I mentioned that fishing was going to get better and yes it has. The weather has been really nice with some cooler temperatures and a really nice breeze. Like always, we really like to live bait fish, but a few more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing is Only Going to get Better - I know it's been a while since my last report, but yes, we fished a lot and had great time with our customers! We also caught lots of nice trophy fish. Fishing in the local waters of Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale has been pretty good for the last s more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale