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Swordfishing in Fort Lauderdale Excellent This Fishing Season
We had an exceptional swordfishing charter this week…. as soon as the bait hit the bottom, the fish hit. We fought the fish for about 45 minutes before we got him to the surface. He took some small runs during the course of the fight, but no fast/hard runs as you would expect from a fish this size. As soon as the fish came within sight of the boat, the fish went ballistic. He thrashed and shook his head, made a crazy fast run and jumped out of the water. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Deep Sea Fishing Action on the Reef this Summer – Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report
The King Mackerel bite is hot this month too. The Kings are averaging 4-10 pounds and are biting excellent on both the drift fishing and the sport fishing trips. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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60 Dolphin Caught on the Wednesday All Day Dolphin Trip
We fished on that same drift for over an hour, catching dolphin literally non-stop. The waters around the boat were swarming with streaks of yellow and turquoise as dolphin frenzied and circled the boat. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Deep Sea Fishing Action Great in September
The deep sea fishing action has been excellent for the Fort Lauderdale fishing boats. Lots of kingfish are making it easy to catch everyone a fish or 2. The kingfish this time of year average 4-10 pounds, but the occassional Autumn kingfish can sometimes be 20 pounds or bigger. The reef has been holding a lot of kingfish, but these months also offer some other big fish on the reef. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Fishing Action is Hot This Summer in Fort Lauderdale
Sportfishing trips have been very good lately too. On our longer trips, 6 hours or more, we’ve been trolling offshore for mahi-mahi. June is the best month of the year for finding schools of mahi-mahi offshore along weedlines. The dolphins have been mostly peanuts, but the numbers of them have been great. One good school of fish can fill the box and max out your daily limit of 10 per person. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Summer Fishing Action in Ft Lauderdale
June is best month for offshore mahi-mahi fishing. It is during this and next month when the ocean calms down, heats up and the big piles of sargasm weed stack up. This is prime conditions for big schools of mahi-mahi. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863
2 Swordfish on the Friday Night Swordfishing Trip
It wasn’t long before we got the first bite. It ate the flat line, the one bait we had only 30 feet off the back of the boat. It wasn’t a big swordfish, but a swordfish none-the-less. We caught him in about 20 minutes. It was strong for such a small one. We had him on our closest line, which was also our lightest tackle rod accordingly. The fish was almost legal, only an inch short. We pulled the fish up and released him. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863
Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing in May
From now until the end of September, is about the best few months for our drift fishing boat, the Catch My Drift. The kingfish, bonito and tuna drive a major migration through our waters this season. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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Action Packed Fishing in Fort Lauderdale
April has been one exciting month for us here in Ft. Lauderdale. Our drift fishing boat, the Catch My Drift has been pulling in a lot of big kingfish on their morning and afternoon fishing trips. Kingfish were scarce for us this winter, but have made a strong comeback. They are biting in 100-200′ of water, just outside the reef. Mixed in with the kingfish has been the occassional blackfin tuna and sailfish. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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41 pound Bull Dolphin caught on the Big Game in Ft Lauderdale
We had one helluva sport fishing trip out of Fort Lauderdale the other day. There have been some big fish showing up, so we were expecting just about anything that day. As we headed out the inlet to fishing grounds, I noticed a gorgeous current edge in about 350′ of water. There was a rather strong breeze that day, so I set out 2 of our heavy wind kites and suspended some fresh live goggle eyes from them. Continue reading
Capt. Andy Roydhouse
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754-214-7863