I have to admit it's been a tough December so far well until this week.  The first week or so of December I was busy with charters and it was a grind.  The weather was good the moon phase was great and the water temps were perfect and yet fishing was a grind.  During this time we didn't catch and bonefish or snook and most of the trips were worki...

Finally the winds have calmed down and it’s back to deep-sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Today we had Kolton and 4 of his best friends down from Michigan to celebrate Kolton’s birthday! Everyone got to the boat this morning a little disappointed due to the Detroit Lions losing to the Buffalo Bills on Monday night football. A few beer...

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Today deep sea fishing Fort Lauderdale started out real good fishing light tackle and catching some nice rainbow runners and blue runners. We trolled the reef with 2 planner boards running about 45 feet deep and 3 baits on the surface looking for some king fish but the water was very clear and blue so the king fish bit was slow. So we brought in t...

Welcome back everyone to my monthly report. It's been a crazy busy month as I've been on the water almost every day and the last half of the month we've had absolutely perfect weather. However the fishing has been up and down. In spite of some struggles we've been able to make it happen on most of the trips  beginning with my trip with Barry durin...

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Well folks I have to admit November weather has been highly disappointing. As I've mentioned before November weather is usually absolutely perfect but so far this month it's been pretty tough with high winds cloud cover and all around difficult conditions. In spite of the tough conditions fishing remains pretty solid and most of my fishing has con...

I’ve been fishing out of Key Largo and Flamingo If you read below It seemed like we might get some day with less wind. If it was calm I wasn’t fishing! The benefit of wind is it makes stronger current along the Mangrove points in the back country. There is a very good Snook bite in all of Whitewater Bay not giants but real good numbers. As of 11-1...

Wow November has not been like it typically is. Usually November we have absolutely perfect weather conditions but this November we have been beat up by some high winds. There were a few days where I was fishing in 25 to almost 30 mile an hour winds. However as of today the wind dropped and we started off with really calm conditions which was such...

It’s been a tough fall season for tarpon fishing in Fort Lauderdale the past few weeks with all the high winds but last night we had em’ goin for the entire outgoing tide. Ive been […] The post Light tackle tarpon! Night fishing in Ft. Lauderdale appeared first on Flat Bottom Charters.

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It's been a good month with excellent fishing and then a nice long vacation before my season gets cranking and I have no time off.  So far this second half of the month there have been small tarpon willing to eat flies bonefishing has been pretty good and snook have been around but thought o entice out of the mangroves.  This month we've had big k...

Mahi Mahi are the few fishing trips that are coming in now seem to be having banner days fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Our last trip one of our regulars Matt and his crew that works with him on a yacht based out of Ft Lauderdale. We went offshore trolling in hoping to find some Mahi once we got about 4 miles off shore we had 2 bites at...

Mahi Mahi are the few fishing trips that are coming in now seem to be having banner days fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Our last trip one of our regulars Matt and his crew that works with him on a yacht based out of Ft Lauderdale. We went offshore trolling in hoping to find some Mahi once we got about 4 miles off shore we had 2 bites at...

It’s been a while since I updated my report page. Fishing has been good even though we have had a couple serious hurricanes skirt Miami and the Keys. I fished the Take stock in children and the FNLGA tour the first week in October. The water in Fl. Bay had a pretty bad Algae Bloom that along with some serious storms made it interesting. There was...

Greetings from Marlin My Darlin! As October rolls in it’s a thrilling time for fishing enthusiasts. The latter half of September has marked the peak of both hurricane and offshore fishing seasons. Although Hurricane Helena caused havoc on the West... The post Fort Lauderdale Charter Fishing Report – October 4th 2024 first appeared on Ft Lauderdale...

Well the first week of October provided both great weather and terrible weather. The terrible weather has been courtesy of now hurricane Milton out in the gulf and definitely had us working in some tough conditions towards the end of the week. However the first part of the week the weather was absolutely gorgeous and fishing was firing on all cyli...

The ‘cooler’ fishing month of October is finally here and that means Wahoos & some Sailfish are starting to show the Ballyhoos in tight on the reef. So NOW is the time take advantage of fishing charter discounts here in Fort Lauderdale! To book your Fort Lauderdale Fishing Charter   call Captain Taco direct – 954-608-7000 and don’t forget to ask a...

The ‘cooler’ fishing month of October is finally here and that means Wahoos & some Sailfish are starting to show the Ballyhoos in tight on the reef. So NOW is the time take advantage of fishing charter discounts here in Fort Lauderdale! To book your Fort Lauderdale Fishing Charter   call Captain Taco direct – 954-608-7000 and don’t forget to ask a...

Finally the winds have calmed down and it’s back to deep-sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Today we had Kolton and 4 of his best friends down from Michigan to celebrate Kolton’s birthday! Everyone got to the boat this morning a little disappointed due to the Detroit Lions losing to the Buffalo Bills on Monday night football. A few beer...

I have to admit it's been a tough December so far well until this week.  The first week or so of December I was busy with charters and it was a grind.  The weather was good the moon phase was great and the water temps were perfect and yet fishing was a grind.  During this time we didn't catch and bonefish or snook and most of the trips were worki...