Fishing Reports by Capt. Rod Roydhouse

We're Catching the Crap Out of Sailfish in Fort Lauderdale - Traditionally, sailfish are a winter fish here in south Florida. But in recent years, the sailfish bite has moved later and later into the year. Last year, the most epic sailfishing actually happened in April and May. This year it seems, is foll more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Monster Game Sharks Are Biting On Our Shark Fishing Charters - Shark fishing season is here! Hammerheads, makos, threshers and more are making their way through the waters offshore Fort Lauderdale. Every year like clockwork, the big sharks start biting. We call it the shark train. Sharks get stacked up o more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Rough Waters has us Fishing the Intracoastal & Catching Big Fish - The seas have been extremely rough this week off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Winds have been 20-30 mph, kicking the seas up and making the ocean rough. We've still been fishing though. A few trips are going deep sea, but most trips have opted more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Swordfish Are Biting on our Daytime Swordfishing Charters - There are some big swordfish biting on our Daytime swordfishing trips. We caught 2 this week on 2 different charter trips. For swordfish, we travel about 14 miles offshore to get out to 1100ft of water. We drop down with electric reels and wait more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Off-The-Scale Shark Fishing in Fort Lauderdale this Week - Shark fishing season is here! The big sharks have begun their annual journey northward along our coast. Hammerheads, makos, threshers and more big game sharks have herded together in on a once-per-year migration through our waters. This week, we more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Monster Sharks Biting this Week out of Ft Lauderdale - February is here and that means the shark bite is on! Every year from February through May, we have a big migration of sharks that swim down the coast. They are a mix of hammerheads, mako, thresher, bull, dusky, nurse, tiger and more. There are more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

The Best Time of Year for Big Game Fishing in Fort Lauderdale - This is the best time of year for big game fishing in Fort Lauderdale. Anglers come from all around the world in February through May for our world class shark fishing action. This is the start of the big shark migration down the Florida coastlin more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Great Day Fishing on our Fort Lauderdale Fishing Charter - It started out slow but it quicly turned into a great trip. We left the dock at 8am and started off catching a bunch of small bonitos that we kept alive in our live bait well. We usually start the trip off this way to catch some fresh live baits more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Huge Fish Are Biting in Fort Lauderdale- Big Mako & Sailfish - There are some big fish biting off the coast of Fort Lauderdale this week. Sailfish action is at it's best for the whole year. January and February is the peak of sailfish season and this year is turning out to be an excellent year for sailfishin more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Shark Fishing Season is Heating Up... Sailfish Too! - We're coming into shark fishing season at full speed. The big sharks are already biting good and we're just in the first couple weeks of the season. This week we've caught several big hammerhead sharks, a few duskys and one big mako shark (exotic more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale