Fishing Reports by Capt. Paul Roydhouse

January Fishing Action in Ft Lauderdale - There's a good variety of fish biting on the Fort Lauderdale rip. The little chill spell we had this week got the sailfish frisky. Sails are biting in 130-180ft of water, right on the current edge. Trolling and kite fishing are both effective te more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Night Fishing for Snappers Red Hot - The anchor fishing for snappers is hot this week off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Mangrove and Yellowtail snappers are biting excellent this year, perhaps the best year in a decade. Our numbers of yellowtail snappers lately has been double that more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Mixed Bag of Fish Christmas Week - We're fishing non-stop on all our daily trips this week. Lots of action on the drift boat and sportfishing boats. Our drift boat is catching good numbers of snappers, with some king mackerels mixed in and a few groupers. The sportfishing charter more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Great Dolphin and Sailfish Fishing in Fort Lauderdale - It's been a windy and rough week for our fishing boats this week, most days with winds over 20 mph. It was also some of the best fishing we've had in months. Mahi-mahi dolphin are snapping lately in only 100-300ft of water (that's just a mile and more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Wahoo are Snapping in Fort Lauderdale - What a great trip we had yesterday with a total catch of 4 wahoo, blackfin tuna and kingfish… all in a half day sportfishing charter. The wahoos were snapping in 300ft of water off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. We were out on a half day sportfish more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Good Action Fishing Fort Lauderdale This Week - September is a great month for fishing in Fort Lauderdale. It's officially our last month of summer and the beginning of our fall fishing season. We get the best of both seasons. First off, the summertime action on the reef has not slowed down. more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Great Action Fishing the Fort Lauderdale Reefs - There's a multitude of fish showing up on the Fort Lauderdale reefs. First off, on our drift fishing trips, we're catching a lot of mangrove and yellowtail snappers. An occasional big grouper might be caught on one of our drift trips too. Mainly more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

500 pound Swordfish caught on Daytime Swordfishing Charter - There are some monster fish biting off the Fort Lauderdale coast this week. Sailfish and sharks have been active, lots of action on the reef and there are some pretty large fish biting around the shipwrecks. That's not all though. Today we had a more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Hot Reef Fishing Action in Fort Lauderdale - The fishing is picking up this week in Fort Lauderdale. The drift boats are catching lots of yellowtail and mangrove snappers. Sportfishing boats are catching a mix of tunas, bonitos, kingfish, mahi-mahi and wahoo. Some big fish are showing up a more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Off and On Fishing in Fort Lauderdale - A line from one of my favorite books, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times pretty much sums up the fishing this week in Fort Lauderdale. We had some awesome trips where we hit wahoo, mahi-mahi or some big fish off the wrecks and w more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale