Marlin My Darlin Fishing report Ft Lauderdale 1-13

[Fishing Report]

Ft. Lauderdale deep sea fishing has had some erratic days offshore to start our new year. One day we will catch a Sailfish or two and we have had a decent catch of Mahi-Mahi and some Kingfish a couple of days, but nestled in between the good days there have been some slower ones. On the slower days we have spent quite a bit of time targeting Kingfish as we can usually find a few willing to bite even on the toughest day. A good number of these fish are inside of 100 feet of water. When we decide to go after these Kings for an extended time frame it really is a “pound the pavement” approach to try and put some fish in the box. We have found them as shallow as 65 feet the last two days and that is abnormally shallow for our Ft. Lauderdale fishing area. There are some Hammerhead Sharks moving through just outside the reef line and we have had some fun with several sharks. Cold front on the way and we are hoping it will get some better numbers of sailfish into our front yard. Ft. Lauderdale deep sea fishing is hopefully going to take off with the cold front passing through.


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.

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