Fishing Reports by Capt. Steve Souther

Lois Ann Fishing Report - While the Fanntastic Fishing website is primarily about sport fishing we also have a drift boat. Today we will talk about the Lois Ann, our drift fishing boat. The Lois Ann, a 65' aluminum craft, is designed as a head/ party/ drift boat that carry more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Tiger Shark Makes Day - We have had an interesting week here with a Tiger Shark making one customer very happy. But I'll get to that in a moment. Our week begins with calm seas, light west winds and some great fishing. Trolling on the reef produced good catches in Kingfi more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Back to Fishing - It has been a while since my last fishing report. The last month or so has been preparing for Irma, moving the boats and securing the dock. Then waiting for the storm and weathering that. Once it had passed, bringing the boats back to the dock th more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report - Our daytime Swordfish trip ended a great week of Fort Lauderdale fishing. Schoolie Mahi-mahi invaded our off shore area with large amounts of seaweed making it hard to keep baits clean. But when they were clean, the fish had no problem biting well. more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing With Women - Today I was very lucky to have the people I had on both my morning and afternoon trips. Both groups were happy and excited as neither had really done anything like this before. And both groups had one gal on board that wasn't really there to fish… more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Great Deep Sea Fishing - There are many things that make a great deep sea fishing trip. The first, of course, is fish. But just catching fish doesn't always make a great deep sea fishing excursion… unless you have the right people. It just so happens those people were on more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

First Deep Sea Fishing Trip - It is time for your FIRST deep sea fishing trip. You are on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood or Miami with your family and one of the things you have decided to do is go fishing on the deep blue sea. You are excited for yourself and your family more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Daytime Swordfish Trip - A daytime Swordfish trip is a bit different than the evening and nighttime trips. Other than the obvious ability to see during the day, nighttime trips allow for more rods to be in position to hook and catch Swordfish. During a daytime Swordfish t more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Let's Go Fishing - With the holiday weekend upon us, many people are saying Let's go fishing. I know this to be true because my phone has been ringing quite a bit, even yesterday with all the on and off rain. So what might you expect if you do go fishing this weekend more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing With Kids - One of the greatest rewards in this business is fishing with kids. Taking folks fishing everyday does have its rewards, but fishing with kids has a sort of rejuvenating power of excitement, as did our trip yesterday with 3 youngsters that are picture more...
Capt. Steve Souther - Fort Lauderdale