Fishing Reports by Capt. Mark Houghtaling

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers have been all smiles these past two weeks. Up and down the Miami coastline has been non-stop Dolphin fishing. Fisherman is having no trouble limiting out on dolphin catches, and many of the “schoolies” have been big enough to make you think t more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - I was getting a little worried that they would never show up! But this week, we found numerous dolphin under birds and boards off the Miami waters. Surprisingly many of the fish were real 5 to 8 pound fish. In fact many of the fish had to be gaffed, more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - You got to love the month of May. There is a great variety of fish of available to the offshore angler this month. Dolphin are beginning to pour into our area. The anticipation of the dolphin is great enough, but this month we also start to see the l more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers are anxiously awaiting the beginning of our dolphin season. They have been showing up one day and they’re gone for the next four. While typically, you can find dolphin further offshore, anglers have been making long runs to the dolphin ground more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Less than five days ago, you would have thought there wasn’t a sailfish in town. Anglers were complaining of dirty water, south currents, and virtually no sailfish around. Then, along comes the Boat Center Yamaha Bob Lewis Billfish Tournament and the more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Sailfishing continues to be excellent off the Miami area. They can be found from Ft. Lauderdale to Key Largo in good numbers. It’s not uncommon to hear of six to seven releases per day. Live bait is the key, and most anglers are either kite fishing o more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Probably some of the best sailfishing of the year so far, is occurring right now off the shores of Miami. Anglers have been recording double-digit numbers of fish all week. Two weeks ago, a strong showing of fish was noticed from Miami down to the Ke more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - After a week of very slow fishing week, yesterday (December 20), we had a terrific day of fishing. Just when you think you know a lot about fishing, you realize you don’t know anything. Conditions on this day were not the best, overcast, rainy, comin more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers are having their ups and downs this past week during their offshore fishing outings. It’s on again off again fishing. The biggest problem has been lack of current and dirty water. When the current has been strong to the north we have been hav more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This past week we had calm winds which didn’t help fishing any. Lots of kingfish are starting to show up from Ocean Reef in north Key Largo to Haulover Cut. Anglers are catching them using live baits slowtrolled on the downrigger and trolling deep ri more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami