 This time we have a strong Ft. Lauderdale Deep Sea fishing report for you, and of course that’s good news everybody. And the best of the best is our favorite Winter target species is back in town and in good numbers. Our last two trips aboard my boats have yielded eight releases on Sailfish. Live bait is of course best and we have been sticking with that approach with either the kites or presenting our baits out of the outriggers. Get in front of the fish and you will get bit either way. At least four of the fish were over 50 # which is a big number for a Florida Sailfish. The majority of our Winter fish are typically 30 to 35 #. A fish weighing from 30 to 60 pounds will usually be 61/2 to just over 7 feet in total length. With the larger fish in our Ft. Lauderdale fishing area we have had some really great acrobatic fights. That is David in the photo (and Andrew) with a fish that was a real heavyweight. The weather has turned flat calm and warm, which is great beach weather, but can spell doom for Sailfishing, but the Marlin My Darlin already has two releases so far this morning with Capt. Kopper and 1st mate Andrew and lots of time left on the clock. Kingfishing has also improved with good numbers of hungry, but again smaller fish, inside of 70 feet. Only an occasional Wahoo right now and there are some bigger Amberjacks for anyone wanting to do some wreck fishing. More and more sharks in the area also. Take a day and do a little Ft. Lauderdale Deep Sea fishing when the Sailfish are biting, it’s a great time to fish here.
Capt. Rick Brady
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