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Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report, Bob's nice WAHOO and mixed bag
A good day on the on the water, Bob and his wife were out this morning and we ended up catching a Nice Wahoo, plus six Mackerel and another 3 Bonito.
The Mahi and Wahoo bite has been pretty darn good. We are targeting these fish offshore Fort Lauderdale and inshore and having great success. 
FWC bringing live TV show celebrating Florida fishing to Miami
News Release
July 28, 2010
Contact: Gabriella Ferraro, 561-625-5122 or 772-215-9459
Florida seafood is fresh and delicious. Despite the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the majority of our state's waters are open to fishing. Florida continues to be, hands-down, the fishing capital of the world.
These are some…
Boat Owner Who Couldn't Fish Off Gulf Coast Because of Oil Comes to Key West and Wins Drambuie Marlin Tournament
KEY WEST, Florida Keys -Clayton Syfrett hadn't been able to deepwater fish off the northern Gulf of Mexico coast for more than two months.
Federal fishery closures due to the Transocean/BP oil spill had prevented that.
So the Panama City, Fla.,…
Miami Peacock Bass Fishing Report 7/24/2010
Published on Monday, July 26th, 2010
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We love having kids on the boat and kids love peacock bass!
Today was another great day for peacock bass fishing here in South Florida! Eric Snider brought his son and nephew out for a day of peacock bass fishing here in Miami. Our day…
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report, OLD PHOTOS: 19' Squid caught in 1984
This is an old picture of a giant squid that Captain Tommy Zsak captured. There are a good number of old photographs taken in the 1978 to 1980's to present day. If you are interested in looking at some old photos taken on the "Happy Day Today" check out the photo gallery and look…
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report, Fort Lauderdale fishing/ Big Sharks
Fort Lauderdale fishing/ big sharks
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Fort Lauderdale fishing remains strong with good numbers of Kingfish, Bonito and a few Wahoo on the outside reef line. What we are seeing is an increase of adult Sharks in these same areas. Sandbars, Dusky, Spinners and still an occasional Hammerhead…
Sea Horse Deep Sea Sport fishing Islamorada
Dolphin/Mahi are still in the Islamorada area. We are catching good size Mahi on rigged Ballyhoo and trolled lures. Most of the fish are found under birds in open water in 700 feet of water. Look for small packs of hungry fish moving against the current. Floating debris and weed lines are still all time favorites for locating fish. However these things…
U.K. Angler Wins Del Brown Permit Tournament
KEY WEST, Florida Keys -- Mark Richens of London, England, caught two permit on fly, measuring a total of 48.75 inches, to win the 2010 Del Brown Invitational Permit Tournament honoring the late angling legend.
Richens earned the title of grand champion angler fishing with Captain Mark Krowka of Islamorada, Fla. Krowka was named the tournament's…
No oilNo spoil
Our Beaches are CleanOur Waters Pristine
Tim Reid fished near-shore with me, about ten miles off the beach Saturday morning, 7/17. Winds and seas, which were calm most of the week, had picked up quite a bit and seas were a little sloppy, so we decided to stay near-shore and do some shark fishing. We site-casted on…
Captain's Weekly Fishing Report
July 25, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Jim Klopfer - Adventure Charters
Fishing was very good this week. There was a lot of bait on the flats around the passes and the water was nice and clear. We have been tossing Cotee jigs for the first hour or so, catching speckled trout to 22", ladyfish, and bluefish at Marker #5. As the…
MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010
Fast and Furious
Jeff Haskins was in town with his family, visiting from Tennessee, and scheduled to take in an Amelia Island backountry fishing trip for him and his two sons, Lucas and Jacob. We met at and left from the south end boat ramp at 7am this morning and ran up the Amelia River to the mouth of Jackstaff. I had…
FWC discovers nonnative lionfish in Gulf of Mexico
News Release
July 23, 2010
Contact: Carli Segelson, 727-896-8626, ext. 2076
Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissions (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute collected two juvenile red lionfish (Pterois volitans) last week from the Gulf of Mexico. With the exception of a probable aquarium release from the Tampa Bay…
St Johns River July 23, 2010
With Tropical Storm Bonnie skirting Central Florida we were able to get on the water and enjoy a not so hot day with a nice NE breeze. My clients from West Virginia had a blast catching 14 largemouth weighing up to 8 pounds and 8 or 10 small Sunshine Bass weighing around 2 pounds each. The action was steady for most…
St Johns River July 23, 2010
With Tropical Storm Bonnie skirting Central Florida we were able to get on the water and enjoy a not so hot day with a nice NE breeze. My clients from West Virginia had a blast catching 14 largemouth weighing up to 8 pounds and 8 or 10 small Sunshine Bass weighing around 2 pounds each. The action was steady for most…
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
Quality over Quantity
Trevor Ruble has been visiting Amelia Island for years - has done some offshore fishing here - but wanted to do some backcountry stuff. Trevor is Founder and Executive Director of Hooked for Life Ministries and is an accomplished angler, teaching classes on fishing at his local Community College. We left the south end boat ramp at 7am with…
JULY 25, 2010 Fishing Report
Dolphin Fishing is OK right now, lots of small fish to catch and throw back and some gaffers. There are a few larger fish being caught. At the Hump amberjack are biting and some days the blackfin tuna are biting. On the reef the yellowtail are bite is as good as it gets and there are grouper and mutton snapper biting from the reef…
Rubber Hooks
Fish getting better of anglers after two days
BY J.W. COOKE Citizen Staff
jwcooke@keysnews.com
KEY WEST -- So far the score in the 2010 Drambuie Key West Marlin Tournament is: Fish 7, Anglers 0, as the 28th edition of the event has yet to have a prize catch. After weather threatened early on the second day of fishing, Friday came to…
After a few weeks off the water my clients and I enjoyed some fairly good action in both the gulf and the bay. A couple of trips offshore of Anna Maria and Longboat Key produced numerous spanish mackerel. One trip in particular had a number of jumbo spanish coming aboard. It is interesting that there are still so many mackerel in the area in mid July. The biggest of the…
Fishing Report
Fort Pierce - Port St Lucie - Vero Beach - Jensen Beach
July 23, 2010
INSHORE REPORT:
With the weather bringing windy conditions around the Indian River this week, it was a little more challenging out on the water. I had the privilege of attending the DOA Outdoor Writers Festival again this year. Not…
JULY 21, 2010 Fishing Report
Dolphin Fishing is OK right now, lots of small fish to catch and throw back and some gaffers. There are a few larger fish being caught. At the Hump amberjack are biting and some days the blackfin tuna are biting. On the reef the yellowtail are bite is as good as it gets and there are grouper and mutton snapper biting from the reef…
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
Redfish and Manatee Thick as Fleas
If you've kept up with this months fishing reports you've seen that almost every trip has seen anglers having huge success's with fish catching and the Redfish have been so abundant that I proclaimed them today "thick as fleas". I've never seen anything like it! With the exception of a few trips, most of these Reds…
Our Coast is Clear! - Jul 22, 2010
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(Photo of Rob Wilkins holding a redfish he caught yesterday with Capt. David Heinke)
Today at 6:00 pm NOAA will have made smaller the federal waters closed in the Gulf of Mexico - This is a step in the right direction folks! We are so very fortunate not to have been literally…
Well summer is most definitely here. Where was this 7 months ago. Right! This weather by far is much more acceptable than the cold snap here of 2010 that occurred. I welcome this weather year round. I am sure most of us would agree with this too. With that said the fishing the past several weeks has been outstanding. Epic days for sure. With the days being extremely hot out…
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010
New Law could Tax Fishing Guides
PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives and ask them to oppose H.R. 3619, Sec. 301. If enacted, this law would allow State and Local governments to tax the services of Fishing Guides. That means my 1/2 day trip fare of $350 could have an added cost of $45! Wow, when will these yahoo's every learn? Read…
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report, Nice King Mackerel off Ft. Lauderdale
Nice King Mackerel off Ft. Lauderdale
This afternoon was steady action with Bonito and King Mackerel. We fished in 100' to 160' feet of water
trolling strip baits and Ballywhoos. The bite has been decent in the afternoon and averaging 5 to 7 fish a half day trip. The benefit to fishing out of South…
Captain's Weekly Fishing Report
July 18, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Jim Klopfer - Adventure Charters
Fishing was excellent this week, I am attributing it to the lack of rain allowing for the water to clear up. The water around the passes is nice and clear with baitfish everywhere. Bird Key, Otter key, and Marker #5 flats and the middlegrounds were all very productive. Live pilchards…
Capt. Rick Grassetts Fishing Report for 7/4 through 7/17/2010
Fishing continues to be good in the coastal gulf for tarpon and in Sarasota Bay for trout, blues, Spanish mackerel and more. Fly anglers fishing with me on my flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CBs Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action towards the end of the week of 7/4. Conditions were poor early that…
SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010
Family Day of Fishing
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The John Fagan family was in town, visiting from Mississippi, and took in an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip. We met up at the south end boat ramp this morning and headed up the Intercoastal, making a brief stop at the Longpointe docks to pitch some mudminnows to…
July 11, 2010
Today we fished with a couple very skilled junior anglers determined to have a great day out in the water with their father. We started off the day with a bang and nailed a monster bonito out front of Boynton Inlet around 8:30 am. The big bony weighed nearly 20 lbs! After that we caught a football sized blackfin tuna on a small lure fished way…
No Oil Guarantee
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Even though theres no oil on our coast, for some people theres the perception its everywhere. Just this week Governor Christ asked for another 50 million from BP for advertising, but was turned down. I say, Good! In my opinion, all the money that was spent on advertising should have instead gone to the people whose livelihoods are ruined…
7/14/2010
Tearing 'em up for a full day offshore with
Josh, Aaron, Jeff and Pawpaw from Arkansas.
Today my fishing buddies were Jeff, Josh, and Virgil Bennett and Josh's best friend Aaron Tubbs from Arkansas. According to Jeff who booked the trip he and his family have been coming down for the last few years and had a deep sea fishing trip on…
Great week of Fishing Charters in Key West
July 20th, 2010
The word about no oil in Key West is finally getting out and let me say there is not any oil in Key West. Charters are starting to run steady again and the fishing has been very good. The Dolphin bite has been tough as it can be in late July , so we fish the reef…
Florida Keys Fishing Report
June - 2010
We have been pretty busy out on the water and so I have neglected the website for a while! That said Mahi Mahi season has been pretty spectacular! Don't miss out on this fun, action packed not to mention great to eat, Mahi fishing season! Give us a call and we'll get you on the water catching fish! Toll…
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Report, Fort Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
Fort Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
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Fort Lauderdale fishing charter
Today we had Scott and his dad out of Windamere, Fl on our Fort Lauderdale fishing charter. Kingfish were biting very well for us to the south of our inlet. Scattered Bonito
were scattered within the same area.…
Seven Species Targeted at Herman Lucerne Memorial Tournament
KEY LARGO, Florida Keys -- Everglades National Park provides the backdrop for the Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship, set for Sept. 24-26 in Key Largo.
Participating anglers vie for seven different species: black drum, bonefish, redfish, snook, snapper, tarpon and trout. To be awarded overall grand champion honors, the individual or team needs to…
Key West tarpon and permit fishing continues to be strong. Fishing in Key West harbor on a half day it is common to release between 4-6 tarpon a trip ranging from 60-200 lbs. It has been a really good bite on the incoming tide drifting back cut mujara. It is a very hands on fishery with a bit of a learning curve. Many find it hard to realize the bite…
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July 18, 2010
While large numbers of small flounder continue to be caught in the bays the real action this week was offshore.
On Monday of this week, Ed Rock and his crew comprised of Chip,…
Captain Vic Tison's Fishing Report, Jax., Fl. Areas
Ahoy there Anglers,
I know, I know, you all haven't heard from me in a while. I know, I didn't write a May fishing report. I have a good excuse. During January and February of this year the weather was so bad and continually cold and windy, (can you say global warming?) that I…
Capt. Rick Grassetts Fishing Report for 7/4 through 7/17/2010
Fishing continues to be good in the coastal gulf for tarpon and in Sarasota Bay for trout, blues, Spanish mackerel and more. Fly anglers fishing with me on my flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CBs Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action towards the end of the week of 7/4. Conditions were poor early that…
Fishing Report
Fort Pierce - Port St Lucie - Vero Beach - Jensen Beach
July 16, 2010
INSHORE REPORT:
It has been a wonderful summer so far. Warm temperatures, light winds and lots of fun out there fishing. This week was a special treat for both myself and my wife, Eva. We took the…