Fort Lauderdale Fishing Reports (November 2024)

Doug Harris
Wellington, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Sun,Feb 19,2023 We went in search of butterfly peacock bass today,and it was a smash fest!! Topwater plugs with live bait mixed in kept us chasing rods and grabbing the net!! Stephan and Steve from Toronto were duly impressed with the power and outright ferocity of the peacock bass today..one...

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Doug Harris Wellington, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Sun,Feb 19,2023
We went in search of butterfly peacock bass today,and it was a smash fest!! Topwater plugs with live bait mixed in kept us chasing rods and grabbing the net!! Stephan and Steve from Toronto were duly impressed with the power and outright ferocity of the peacock bass today..one of those trips you don't soon forget!!

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Yoan Alvarez
Miami, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been great, the peacock bass is great on the urban canals as on the Everglades, with days of 50+ fish with some of giants 5+ range, large mouth bass has been good as well with numbers and fish close to double digits on Lake Okeechobee

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Yoan Alvarez Miami, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been great, the peacock bass is great on the urban canals as on the Everglades, with days of 50+ fish with some of giants 5+ range, large mouth bass has been good as well with numbers and fish close to double digits on Lake Okeechobee

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Shawn Safris
Pompano Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Beautiful weather bite has been a little slow but there are quality fish rather than quantity. So if you get a bite its gonna be a trophy!!!!

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Shawn Safris Pompano Beach, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Beautiful weather bite has been a little slow but there are quality fish rather than quantity. So if you get a bite its gonna be a trophy!!!!

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Taco Perez
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

WOW what a great way to start out the New Year fishing here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Trolling the reefs has been a bit slow this January however when we ventured out just a little deeper between 200 and 400 hundred feet of water the black fin tunas...

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Taco Perez Fort Lauderdale, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

WOW what a great way to start out the New Year fishing here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
Trolling the reefs has been a bit slow this January however when we ventured out just a little deeper between 200 and 400 hundred feet of water the black fin tunas have been biting ok in the early hours of the day but seemed as we got into the afternoon hours they were biting real good.
Not real sure what happen but the last few years has been producing more and more Wahoo’s also mostly in the same depth as the black fins.
I’m pretty sure they are feeding on the black fins.
Not just us, but all the boats seem to be bring in more and more Wahoo this being the best year I’ve seen yet.
Also while the Mahi mahi are not really in season right now BUT this year they seem to be showing up way before spring and what a welcomed surprise this is always a great crowd pleaser.
The bottom fishing has been expectedly good this year as lone as we have a little north current. No current no good too much current no good BUT a knot to a knot and a half good I mean real good.
Catching the vermilion snappers reel good along with quite a few red snappers ranging from 8 to 20 pounds another great crowd pleaser. And the best new of all we are catching them in state waters so we get to harvest them.
And once again showing up early the Greater Amber Jack SEA DONKEYS, talk about a fight! We had seen many a man give up the rod before landing one of these 30 to 80 pounders.
However an unwelcomed catch nice groupers are also biting BUT Sad to say out of season.
Some times I think these fish know they get to be set free. LOL

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Doug Harris
Wellington, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

It's spawn time in Okeechobee, waters high, Okeechobee is fishing small though. The fish are ganged up in certain areas. Good thing is, it's a really picturesque place to fish! Crappie are biting as well... some good ones too, slabs!! The senko bite and chatterbait bites getting hotter by the...

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Doug Harris Wellington, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

It's spawn time in Okeechobee, waters high, Okeechobee is fishing small though. The fish are ganged up in certain areas. Good thing is, it's a really picturesque place to fish! Crappie are biting as well... some good ones too, slabs!! The senko bite and chatterbait bites getting hotter by the day for largemouth on okeechobee!! Local canals are doing well, even after the cold snap that caused a fish kill for cichlid species. Bass, peacock bass, and clown knifefish are all biting really well on both live bait and artificials."

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Brian Kmiotek
Delray Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been really steady! Morning bite has produced plenty of peacock bass including some large ones in the mix! Clown knife fish are showing up almost every trip.... Some nice sunshine Bass as well have been caught this last week

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Brian Kmiotek Delray Beach, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been really steady! Morning bite has produced plenty of peacock bass including some large ones in the mix! Clown knife fish are showing up almost every trip.... Some nice sunshine Bass as well have been caught this last week

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Shawn Safris
Pompano Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Its been a little slow but there are still so pretty good days mixed in.

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Shawn Safris Pompano Beach, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Its been a little slow but there are still so pretty good days mixed in.

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Yoan Alvarez
Miami, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been good overall, slow down for a couple of days for the peacock bass do it to the cold front bit everything went back to normal, largemouth been good as well on Lake Okeechobee with some big ones

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Yoan Alvarez Miami, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been good overall, slow down for a couple of days for the peacock bass do it to the cold front bit everything went back to normal, largemouth been good as well on Lake Okeechobee with some big ones

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