Free Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale Sailfish Bite is Hot

Andrew Roydhouse — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:07 +0000

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report

The sailfish bite is going off this week in Fort Lauderdale. 200-300ft of water, wherever the blue-green water color change is that day, is the hot area for the bite. A lot of these sailfish are multiple hookups too, pods of 3-4 fish. May is usually one of the best spring fishing months to catch sailfish. Some will get caught in the summer months of June-September, but this next couple weeks will be the best sailfish bite we’ll have again until next October. The strong east wind is a big factor for the good sailfishing this week too. For kite fishing, the best technique to catch sailfish, we need some wind, which also means some choppy seas. The choppiest days are usually the best days for sailfish. Kite fishing in 200-300ft of water is also very good fishing for blackfin tuna and cobia. A few of these fish are also patrolling the color change in search of food, always keep a pitch bait ready for something unexpected.

Sailfishing good in Fort Lauderdale this week

Bottom fishing on the shipwrecks also deserves an honorable mention. Groupers, which have been off-limits to us since January 1, just opened up on the first of this month. They are on all the wrecks, you just have to drop a bait right on their heads. Black groupers, gag groupers, warsaw grouper and the deepwater snowy groupers are out there and ready to be caught. On these wrecks there are also amberjacks up the wazzoo, and a few cobia schools moving through. Make sure to catch your fish quickly though, sharks are also in season and ready to pounce on any struggling fish you hook into. We’ve been known to loose more than a few fish this time of year to big bull sharks around the wrecks. Great fishing this week in Fort Lauderdale. May is my favorite month to fish in South Florida, because of the great variety of gamefish in the area, and the sheer bio-mass of fish in our waters. It’s great to see so many fish biting.

Nice amberjack caught sportfishing in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast for the next couple weeks

Drift Fishing trips in the morning are going to have good kingfishing, snappers biting better in the afternoon. A few cobia and blackfin tunas will be mixed in. Watch out for a few smoker kingfish to get caught over the next few weeks.

Night Snapper fishing will also get really good this month. The muttons are biting good around the wrecks and on the reef if you chum for a long time. Yellowtails too are biting, with some mangrove snappers on the bottom. The full moon in June is the mutton spawn here in Fort Lauderdale. Try fishing on the June full moon to catch get in on some awesome mutton snapper fishing.

Sportfishing- Wrecks are hot action and as guaranteed a catch as you can get in Ft Lauderdale. Big amberjacks, groupers, cobias are stacked up. You shouldn’t have to wait long for a bite. Kite fishing in 200-300 ft of water means you can catch anything and everything that bites on top… sailfish, sharks, big dolphin, even marlin. Some of the biggest gamefish of the year will get caught over the next few weeks. Dolphin fishing is good too, but you need a full day of fishing to get out there, they are mostly 10-15 miles offshore these days.

Nice grouper caught in Fort Lauderdale on a sportfishing charter

FORGET ABOUT RAIN AND WIND…HANK AND ADAM BEAT UP BASS!

Pursuit of Bass — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:03:56 +0000

TALKING THE NIGHT BEFORE, HANK AND CAPT. SKIP DEBATED TO GO..OR NOT TO GO?…AND THE RIGHT CHOICE WAS MADE…GGGOOOOO…

DEPITE THE LOOMING BAD WEATHER, HANK AND ADAM WERE TREATED TO A NICE BITE OF STRIPED BASS RIGHT FROM THE START. THER WERE SOME SLOWER TIMES WHEN THE TIDE WAS CHANGING..BUT THE GANG LIMITED OUT, AND SPENT THE REST OF THE MORNING, CATCHING AND RELEASING CLOSE TO 20 BASS FROM 10 -18 LBS.

WHILE WE WERE TROLLING, HANK HAD A NICE HIT…CONTINUED THE FIGHT…AND PULLED IN A NICE 27″..7 LB. DOORMAT FLUKE…

THEN THE CREW FOUND THE BASS STACKED UP, AND HAD A NICE JIG BIGHT ON LIGHT TACKLE…WOW…WHAT FUN…

THE CREW CALLED IT QUITS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, AND LEFT EM BITING..NICE JOB GUYS…GOOD FISHING WITH YOU…

HANK AND ADAM WITH CATCH

HANK WITH A 27" FLUKE

ADAM RELEASING ANOTHER BASS

THE BASS MASTER!!!

EVENING BASS TRIP BEFORE THE RAIN PRODUCES HOT JIGGING!

Pursuit of Bass — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:59:46 +0000

AFTER WORK , THE BOYS SHOT OUT IN PURSUIT OF BASS, AND WERE REWARDED WITH SOME NICE FISH TROLLING, AND A SUPER JIG BITE…

MIKE , RICK AND CAPT. SKIP WERE HONORED TO HAVE LONG TIME HUNTINGTON YACHT CLUB DOCKMASTER, OTTO, JOIN US FOR SOME A HOT JIG BIGHT IN THE EVENING…

THE GANG TOOK A WHILE TO FIND THE FISH, BUT WHEN THEY FOUND THE BASS…FORGET ABOUT IT!!! EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF…FISH ON..AND ON…AND ON…

BY NIGHTFALL, THE CREW HAD OVER 20 BASS FROM 10 – 18 LBS….AND PLENTY OF FILLETS FOR DINNER…

WOW….NICE BIGHT TONIGHT…WOW!!!

OTTO, EGG-HEAD AND LITTLE DEBBIE, WITH STRIPED BASS

The Fluke are in!

capt.karl — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:42:43 +0000

May 12. Made our first Fluke trip of the year today with great conditions and sunny sky’s. With the whole fleet out it was hard to find a piece of bottom without a bunch of boats dragging hooks across it. We picked at the fish with a bunch of shorts and a few big keepers mixed in. Pool winner was a nice 6lb fluke caught on a strip. Water was still cold for Fluke with bottom temps of 58 deg. Looks good for the season.

Capt Karl

1ST ANNUAL SEA ROBIN ROUND-UP…SAT. JUNE 30TH 2012

Pursuit of Bass — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:17:51 +0000

JUST A REMINDER OF THE 1ST ANNUAL SEA ROBIN ROUND-UP ON SAT. JUNE 30TH 2012…REGISTER AT HIGH HOOK BAIT AND TACKLE…ADULTS ARE $30 AND KIDS UNDER 17 IS $20…

ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT…

THERE WILL BE TEE-SHIRTS…PRIZES…FOOD, DRINKS..RAFFLES …LIVE MUSIC…AND FAMOUS N.Y.C. CHEFS ON HAND TO COOK YOUR CATCH AND TEACH SOME GREAT DISHES!!!

PLEASE SIGN UP TO MAKE THIS A GREAT SUCCESS , FOR A GREAT CAUSE..

PURSUIT OF BASS WILL BE DONATING A FULL DAY CHARTER TO HIGHEST BIDDER…AFTER FISHING …AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO CHARTER PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT!!!

SEA ROBIN ROUND-UP

WE ARE READY TO ROUND-UP THESE GUYS!!!

“MOTHERS DAY BASS BITE WAS RED HOT IN THE AM!

Pursuit of Bass — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:48:30 +0000

LEAVING THE WOMEN IN BED FAST ASLEEP ON MOTHERS DAY MORNING…THE CREW OF DONNY, RON, RICH, KENNY AND SKIP, WERE OUT BEFORE SUNRISE TO BEAT UP THE BASS…AND OH BOY DID THEY!

DONNY STARTED THE DAY WITH A NICE STRIPED BASS OF 22 LBS., AND ALL THE OTHERS FOLLOWED SUIT WITH FISH AFTER FISH , FROM 10 – 20 LBS…

THE BOYS REACHED THEIR LIMIT IN NO TIME , AND HAD PLENTY OF CATCH AND RELEASE ACTION AS WELL!!!

THE CREW THEN CALLED IT A DAY, AND WERE ON TO MOTHERS DAY ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR FAMILIES BY 10:30…

WOW!!!IT ALMOST FELT LIKE “FATHERS DAY”…CAN’T WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH…

DONNY WITH 22 LB. SLOB!!!

RICH, KENNY, DON, RON WITH NICE BASS!!!

DAN AND SKIP HIT THE WEEKEND BASS BITE !!!

Pursuit of Bass — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:38:35 +0000

BETWEEN SATURDAYS CHORES, DAN AND CAPT. SKIP SHOT OUT FOR A MID-DAY BASS RUN…

NOT TO BE DISAPPOINTED, THE GUYS GOT PLENTY OF BASS FROM 10 – 15 LBS. ON THE TROLL..

THEY CONTINUED TO DO SOME JIGGING WHEN THEY HAD SOME BASS MARKS ON THE BOTTOM…THE MID DAY JIGGING WAS A BIT TOUGH, AS THE DUO ONLY HAD 1 FISH , BUT QUICKLY WENT BACK TO TROLLING WIRE…IN ALL, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON THE WATER…AND BASS FILLETS FOR DINNER!!!

DAN WITH TONIGHT'S DINNER!

Croaker, Redfish, Black Drum and Flounder

York River Charters — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:45 +0000

Our recent charters have enjoyed good catches of Croaker such as in the photo above in the York River with fish weighing up to 2 pounds. They have also enjoyed consistent catches of Flounder. Unfortunately, most of the flat fish have been a half to an inch shy of minimum size limit. The good news is that they are showing up!

On evening trips to Fishermans Island, Redfish (Red Drum) 40 pounds and up have been the norm. Also of note, Black Drum are being caught in increasing numbers.

Tight lines,

Capt. Alan

TEAM TUMA BANGS UP THE BASS

Pursuit of Bass — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:49:03 +0000

TODAYS TRIP STARTED WITH CALM SEAS AND RAIN, BUT BY THE TIME ” TEAM TUMA” WAS FISHING, THE WEATHER BROKE AND SO DID THE FISHING.

DAVID, BYRON, AND MIKE HAD NON-STOP ACTION WITH SOME NICE 10- 20 LB. BASS ON THE TROLL…

BYRON NAILED HIS 1ST EVER STRIPER IN NO TIME, AND HE WAS HOOKED… TIME AFTER TIME, THE CREW TRIED TO GET A JIG BITE GOING, BUT TROLLING KEPT PRODUCING QUALITY FISH!

THEN…AS THE TIDE AND WIND PICKED UP, THE JIG BITE WAS ON…ALL

WERE HAVING A BLAST JIGGING AND PULLED SOME NICE BASS…THE LARGEST OF THE DAY WAS A 25 LB. BASS CAUGHT AND RELEASED BY THE CAPT.

BY MID AFTERNOON, THE WIND WAS HOWLING, WITH 5-6 FT. WAVES..SO THE GANG CALLED IT A DAY WITH OVER 25 BASS CAUGHT…

WAY TO GO GUYS..NICE FISHING!!!

MIKE AND DAVID WITH 15LB. PLUS STRIPED BASS

MIKE AND DAVID HAMMING IT UP!!!

"TEAM TUMA" MIKE, DAVID, BYRON!!!

New Charter Website

Helen-H Charters — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:57:07 +0000

The Helen-H Fleet has launched a new website devoted solely to our charters boats. We will be posting reports here as the season moves along!

Check out our new website at http://cape-cod-fishing.com/