Fishing Reports by Capt. Ryan McBride

Switching to Spring fishing - Fishing remains hot and cold as we switch from a winter pattern to a spring pattern. Over the past couple of weeks we have had good fishing for dolphin. The fish have ranged from 3-20lbs. and I heard of one fish caught around 30. The wind has been more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Great Fishing and Boat Shows - We have been having a week of wind and then a week off, but the fishing has been hot no matter the conditions. Sailfish have continued to move through with at least one fish coming on each of our charters. Sails have been coming off the flatlines a more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Great Winter Fishing - After a slow December and early January things have really heated up over the past two weeks. Any day there has been possibility of double digit sailfish releases as well as runs of dolphin, kingfish, groupers, snappers, and cobias. We have been av more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

December Report - Sailfishing conditions have remained strong most of December, with moderate winds from the North and East most days. We have been averaging 4 sailfish bites over the past few weeks but have had up to 15 in a day. We are doing best kite fishing with more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Winter Fishing - Good swordfishing, sailfishing, kingfishing, and the start and end of grouper fishing. Over the past couple weeks the fishing has been driven by the weather and current conditions. When the wind is blowing N and the current is heading north the sai more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Hot Winter Fishing - The Sailfish have shown up, the swordfish are biting deep, wahoos are in the bahamas, grouper are starting to congregate on the wrecks, mackeral are on the beaches, and it is getting cold. We have experienced some great fishing over the past coupl more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Mild winter fronts, bringing winter bites. - Fishing remains strong when conditions allow you to get out. Over the past couple of week we have had a couple of mild cold fronts come through and stir up the seas. Hopefully these next ones will bring more sailfish to us. There was a small run o more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Hurricane Debris - The past two weeks we have been having a lot of debris floating by offshore. With it have been a lot of dolphin and weehoos. Anywhere from 5-20miles offshore have been a good amount of floating trees that are just covered with fish. Are best day i more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Fall Fishing - It seems that we are in full swing of fall. Lots of bait around and hot fishing one day followed by slow the next. Following Ike we had a couple days of slow fishing followed by some hot dolphin fishing. The dolphin we caught ranged from 13-28lbs. more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Post Fay Report - Last week TS Fay came through and stirred up the water a little bit, this is good for summer fishing. Tropical storms stir up the warm summer waters and will make fish congregate shallower and make them feed like they haven't in weeks. Snapper is t more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale