Fishing Reports by Capt. Mario Cote

Lots of Fish In-between the Waves - Sailfish, mahi, kingfish and bonito this morning. With a cold front in town, I told my customers it will be a little choppy and cold, but they said they were ready for it. So, we headed east out Port Everglades Inlet, and then north, to the Steeple more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing in March can be Red Hot - Fishing off Fort Lauderdale in March can be red hot if you have current, nice water and some wind to go with it! When needed, we try to cover as much territory as possible. On recent trips, we've caught kingfish and some nice jack crevalle in the more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Ft. Lauderdale's Steeple Produces Trophy Fish - We had some good trips lately with trophy size fish. We've had some first time sailfish catches and a good variety of fish for our customers. The weather has cooperated with some wind to fly our kites. On Thursday, with a strong northwest wind, more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Port Everglades Inlet: 'Nice' Weather Makes For Tough Fishing - Fort Lauderdale fishing the last few days has been either good or slow. With no wind to fly the kite, and no current, we slow trolled our live baits with a spread of 2 deep lines and 2 flat lines. On recent trips, we've been fishing around the Port more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Port Everglades - Calm Seas Make Fishing Tough - Fishing near Fort Lauderdale remains slow, but we do have some very nice weather. The deep blue sea is flat calm and not much current to speak of. Our customers love it, but it makes for very tough fishing. We've been fishing north for the last mo more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Hillsboro for Sailfish, Wahoo and Kingfish - Fishing in Fort Lauderdale has been hit or miss for the last few days with no wind and a flat sea. Our customers are enjoying sunny South Florida weather, but it's making fishing a little slow. In spite of dealing with our good weather, we've had more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

A Variety of Fish - Including Sailfish - Fishing is not really hot or steady, but if you have some live baits (pilchard and goggle eyes), you'll have a better chance at some nice fish! We've been fishing mostly north of Port Everglades between the Steeple and Hillsboro Inlet. On recent more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Sailfish Newbies Score off Hillsboro Inlet - On Friday, we fished with Tony Skupas of Wisconsin. Tony wanted to catch sailfish, so before leaving the inlet, we loaded up with 3 dozens pilchards from Julie's Live Bait and a dozen goggle eyes from Tim's Live Bait. We setup a little north of the more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Light Tackle and Skipjacks Equal Fun - Every trip, before leaving Port Everglades Inlet, we make sure we have a load of live pilchards (from Julie), and when available a load of frisky goggle eyes (from Tim). I want to thank our local live bait suppliers that make my job much easier and more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale

Tough Conditions Send Us Shallower for Kings and Ceros - Several of our previous trips saw some nice fish come over the gunnel. This past weekend we had some very cold weather and we expected an excellent sailfish bite would accompany the cold front – wrong! The wind remained out of the northwest, instea more...
Capt. Mario Cote - Fort Lauderdale