Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Mallet

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Made it into the new year. Waiting for the winter to show itself still. We had a good amount of south breeze during the last week that held the fish north. A few Kingfish, Bonita and some nice size Cero Mackerel today, but no Sailfish since last week more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The weather is changing as fast as the fishing this season. So far we have seen a warm pattern and the migration of fish has been slow. Some days the conditions feel right then the next we get a blast of southern heat and it puts us into wait mode un more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The east winds have kept the fish close to our inlet. We picked at the Dolphin yesterday, between 4 and 10 pounds. As they head south they are taking live baits in 140-300 feet of water. Mixed in are Kingfish but in 55-160 feet of water. The Sailfish more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The weather was perfect for fishing on Thursday. The bite was good too. We landed a decent size King, some Cero Mackerel and and an Atlantic Shark. We had Dolphin swim up to the boat but got away with the goods (bait). A few more reels went off screa more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The last few days gave us a southern taste of what winter can do. The morning temps hit the 40's and although I prefer warmer weather I know this is what is needed to get the fish here and feeding. It did produce as expected. A few days ago we la more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The northern weather keeps teasing us but no dice. A few cool evenings helped to bring the ocean temps down and move some bait into our area. No huge run yet though. I hear they are still north a ways. We are getting into the Kingfish, Cero Mackerel more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - It finally feels like we are getting a break from summers grip. Some northern breeze over the last week has broke up the humidity and storm patterns. This has showed on the water too. Lots of bait moving through this week. The fall run of fish has st more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - It has been a while since my last update. I have spent most of the last month traveling. I did get to spend some time fishing my old stomping grouds and had some outrageous Bluefish action on Long Island Sound in NY. They said it was the best bite in more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The weather had us keeping one eye on the sky and the other on the rod. We did get lucky though, the rain went around us the last few mornings and the rods bent. The offshore action has been mostly Kingfish and Bonita in the 10 to 20 pound range. Not more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - We are into some of the peak action we get here. Spring is when the fish are heading north for the summer, swimming right past our inlet. The Kingfish bite has been very strong. Most fish in the 10 to 20 pound class but a few larger ones too. The Dol more...
Capt. Ron Mallet - Fort Lauderdale