Fishing Reports by Capt. David Ide

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - March Winds have blown in lots of fish! We have seen every kind of fish within 2 miles of the beach this week! Free jumping Swordfish in 200 feet of water, tailing Sailfish on the reefs, Mako Sharks, Mahi-mahi and more! Saturday we had more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - February Fishing is Good! A lot of times, our February fishing slows down. This year it slowed down a little, but it is still real good. The King Mackerel moved in. Most fish that you catch trolling on spoons and strips on the wire line or downr more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Nice sized Swordfish! The Swordfishing continues to be red hot! When the weather is decent, we’ve been getting out Swordfishing and we have caught some real decent fish! Feb 1st we ventured out with Fred Donbrow. He wanted to fish all stand-up g more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Can’t ask for more! (Well, maybe a little more current) The weather has been great, the fish are biting and we’ve been fishing everyday! Kite fishing with live goggle eyes have been producing Sailfish. Anywhere from 1 to 5 a trip! The fish hav more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The winds are blowing, so the fishing is good! The winds have been strong out of the East for the past two weeks. The seas have been a bit rough, but when we have been able to fish, the fish are there! The Sailfish are really strong right more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - November 9, 2004 The fishing is Great! This season is off to a great start. NE winds have pushed the Sailfish, Mahi-mahi, Wahoo and Sharks all within 2 miles of the beach! The bait continues to get pushed down the beach with lots of differe more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - The storms have passed and were still here catching fish! Usually after a storm, the fishing gets good and this time it’s true. We have caught our limit of King Mackerel, some nice sized Mahi-mahi and Barracudas, trolling the reefs and out to 600 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Hurricanes! Due to the weather, we have not been out fishing for 3 weeks. We do expect the Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish) to come through around the floating debris. I did see a lot of bait (mullet) coming down the beach. This means that the Tarp more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishing is good and the seas are calm! For the past two weeks the seas have been calm 12 out of 14 days. The only two days it got rough were from Hurricane Charley. We hope to benefit from the storm as debris should be floating and maybe some nic more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Bonitos, Scattered Mahi-mahi and King Mackerel. The waters have really heated up without any rain for the past two weeks. Fishing has been decent one day and slow the next day. It did rain this weekend which we hope will cool the waters do more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale