Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports

Mahi - Mahi bite on FIRE + 95lb Amberjack - August 24th, 2008 First thing on the list this morning = cut fresh strips! Keith, the mate, cut tons of strips for the day ahead of us. Repeat anglers, George, his wife Deborah and their two kids, boarded the LP II to fish with Captain David more...
Capt. David Ide - 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

Fort Lauderdale Summer Action - We dodged another one. Lots of rain and fireworks but no real bad winds. Now that it has passed we are into the sports again. The offshore scene has held up well while live baiting a mile or so outside the inlet. Mostly Kingfish and Bonitas. The more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report - LP II lands 5ft Barracuda! - We headed out Port Everglades with six people on a split charter this morning. We went straight to catching live bait and had the trolling gear ready to hit the reef. It was a pretty quick bite this morning. 20 minutes into the trip we landed a nice more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Sailfish, Blackfins, Wahoo, Kingfish - Sometimes fish forget what time of the year it is and show up when they aren't supposed to. This past weekend we had a wide open sailfish bite, the only problem was that we were fishing a tournament that they don't count for. We had shots at 6 fish more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report - August - The Lady Pamela II crew has started August off just right, it's been a very exciting and productive summer here in Fort Lauderdale. We dove the lobster condo's in Bimini, went deep dropping for Yellow Eye Snapper, ran into schools of kingfish and more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Late Summer Fishing - As with any time in the Summer fishing is best early and late. Right now the fishing can be great if you concentrate you efforts during those times. Inshore the snook fishing has been fantastic, most of the fish are in the inlets and around lit dock more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

July's Hot Summer Fishing - Wow summer always gets here too quick. However it hasn't bothered Fort Lauderdale's fishing a bit. From June through August you can expect pretty much the same action on fish. Lots of kingfish, lots of bonitas an occasional sail, a few sharks and more...
Capt. Mike Johnson - Fort Lauderdale

Sweet Summertime - It's a great time of year to enjoy the calm sea off of south Florida. Nine out of ten mornings we leave the inlet and enter mirror calm seas. The early morning bite has been active with alot of 10-20 pound Kingfish action. Sailfish are moving i more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale July Fishing Report - Our South Florida summer has been pretty typical, weather wise -calm seas and afternoon thunderstorms! As for fishing, July has been a very active month for the Lady Pamela II crew here in Fort Lauderdale. We have caught several different types of fi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale