Author Archives: Captain Andy

About Captain Andy

My name is Paul Roydhouse. I've been fishing the waters off Fort Lauderdale almost every day of my life since I was 17 years old. It's been 40 years now, and I still love it. Fishing is the most fun thing to do in the whole wide world. It takes skill, but it's fun even if you don't have any skill. And anyone can pick up the basic skills of fishing pretty quick. It takes patience. Not on every fishing trip are the fish going to be jumping in the boat. You have to wait for the bite, sometime for an eternity and then be ready when it does hit. Fishing tests your wit, your patience, your resolve and sometimes your sanity. It's my favorite way to spend my day. As I have been for my entire life, I enjoy taking people fishing and using my skills to help them catch lots of fish.

Fort Lauderdale Drift Fishing Report for January

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Captain Andy

Happy New Year!  With a new year brings a new season of fishing. As of January 1st, groupers are now out of season. Fortunately for us the action on the reef is still plentiful. Kingfish are biting good on the … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Christmas Week Fishing in Fort Lauderdale

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Captain Andy

The fishing is good this week in Fort Lauderdale.  Kingfish are biting good on the morning and afternoon drift fishing trips.  They kingfish are staying pretty deep this year, out in 150-160 foot of water.  We are catching most of … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Ft Lauderdale Wahoo Fishing Getting Good

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Captain Andy

The wahoo fishing is getting good in Ft Lauderdale.  The past couple days they’ve just been everywhere, 100, 200, 300 feet of water.  Trolling, live baiting, drift fishing, anything, they are just biting everything.  They haven’t been monster wahoo, but … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Fort Lauderdale Sailfish Bite Heats Up

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Captain Andy

Sailfishing in Fort Lauderdale is heating up this week with the 20+ mph east winds we’re getting this week.  The Out of the Blue is crushing the sailfish on their sportfishing charters, kite fishing in 100-150′ of water.  Yesterday’s morning charter landed 2 … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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30 Dolphin caught on Mary B III All Day trip

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Captain Andy

The Mary B III had an awesome all day trip yesterday with a catch of 30 dolphin.  Eight anglers went out on our open party all day fishing trip that we go out on every day.  We started off trolling … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Sailfish and Dolphin Fishing Excellent in Fort Lauderdale

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Captain Andy

The heavy east winds we’re getting are making the seas rough and the fish snap!  Dolphin are all over the reefs in 80-150 feet of water.  We are catching scattered dolphin on almost every trip this week.  Mostly schoolies, but a … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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The Bite Is On!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Captain Andy

We are having an awesome couple of days of fishing here in Fort Lauderdale.  The fishing on our reefs has just gotten incredible.  Sailfish are biting all over the place, big bull dolphin are being caught in 150 foot of … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863

Fort Lauderdale Sailfish Fishing HOT!!!!

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Captain Andy

The fishing in Fort Lauderdale is getting hot this month.  Sailfish are slamming on the reef.  On our sportfishing trips, we’ve caught at least one sailfish on every single trip this week and a few trips where we’ve caught doubles … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863

Offshore Fishing in Fort Lauderdale Excellent

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Captain Andy

The fishing offshore of Fort Lauderdale is excellent this week.  There are some big dolphin biting about 6-10 miles offshore and lots of schoolie sized dolphins biting too.  We are finding the bigger dolphin near to and underneath the big … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863

Swordfishing offshore Ft Lauderdale is HOT

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Captain Andy

We went daytime swordfishing offshore of Ft Lauderdale today.  We ran offshore 20 miles to our swordfish grounds and made some drops.  The first couple drops, we didn’t get a bite.  On the third drop, we had the bait down … Continue reading →

Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863