Happy half day with our good friends the Hannochs! A grip of nice vermillion snapper black margates and almaco jacks made it past the...

Fort lauderdale inshore fishing report July 07 2023 Lots of action in early july with a good amount of smaller baits (pilchards) showing up seeing a lot of action on pilchards and small lures. Finding choice […] The post Fort lauderdale inshore fishing report July 07 2023 appeared first on Flat Bottom Charters.

07-06-23 The last few days have been fun fishing. I fished with 2 of my favorite people Ross and Mindy on Thursday at Flamingo. Ross loves Tarpon and we were able to hook a few. We doubled up first thing. Ross was throwing a Berkley Gulp Swimming Mullet and I had a live Mullet drifting off the back of the boat. Ross stayed hooked up and landed the...

I had two trips today rare for this time of year and both trips went well.  In the morning I fished with Matt and his wife Danielle and you couldn't meet nice people.  Since they got to the marina about 30 minutes late we decided to fish for bonefish south of us and avoid a long time consuming run to the ocean side of the bay.  The fishing started...

If there is one word to describe tailing bonefish in ultra shallow ultra calm water is SPOOKY!  I got an early start today with and his friend in order to target bonefish and permit on fly.  Six AM at the dock before things got hot and crazy and off we went where the tailing bonefish have been as predictable as it can get.  They were there and the...

I always like to end the month on a high note and June was no exception.  Man was it hot today as Fax and I chased bonefish on fly!  We started at 7am and by 8:30am it was scorching.  As I poled all morning long after schools of bonefish the heat felt like it was increasing every half hour.  But it was worth it.  As I poled along we blew out a few...

The backcountry is alive right now with Tarpon Snook some Redfish. and assorted other species. In 5 hour trips we are hooking 30 to 50 Tarpon per trip and there are plenty of Snook mixed in. It a good trip for people who either can’t fish all day or have some where to be later on in the day. We dont waste allot of time running around. Paul and his...

This weeks fishing report has been hit or miss. Some days the trolling on the third reef Between 80-350 foot has been great with quite a few Bonitas and king mackerels still biting consistently. The wreck fishing in the deeper... The post Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Late June first appeared on.

We have been catching these beautiful large Mutton snappers around …

Deep sea fishing off Key Largo has steadily improved over the past month. Increased catches of schoolie and gaffer size mahi mahi as...

I got a last minute call from Bobby and he wanted to go fishing with his wife Rachael while down here on vacation and since that was my only open day I was open and we decided to head out.  I gave them the two best options for fun fish sharks or bonefish as the snappers run small in the summer.  Bobby decided to bonefish and so we were off.  It wa...

I had my morning trip with Brian and his daughter.  They wanted to try out fishing in Biscayne Bay while on vacation so we hit the flats and shark fished.  They ended up hooking 4 sharks and losing them all.  That was weird but that was not it.  We ran back to a flat at my favorite stage of the tide for a quick change up.  This one was more for Br...

Maria she's awesome and she brought her super cool friend Joe along for a full day of fishing the flats on fly and spin.  Maria had the fly rod and Joe had the spinning rod and we were targeting bonefish.  Well we had a great time and using shrimp Joe hooked and landed 4 bonefish on her first time bonefishing.  Wow!  Maria armed with the fly rod w...

Happy Father's Day everyone!  I was able to take Father's Day off because my Sunday charter rescheduled due to weather.  I was back yesterday with long time client Kevin and his friend Bart but we got run off the water by storms after losing two bonefish on fly.  Today was a different day as I worked an afternoon trip out of the Ocean Reef Club in...

I was down at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo today for a fun dad-son tournament as these dads were celebrating their sons graduation from Middle School.  I had Dave and his 14 year old son Hunter aboard and they told me to not stress out as they wanted to relax and have a good time.  So we did but we did go bonefishing.  To keep it light I decid...

This week’s fishing report consist of lots of Bonitas…. Both of The Marlin My Darlin Boats had large catches of Bonitas and Kingfish consistently this Week. We have also caught some larger barracudas including Two very nice Wahoos as well.... The post Fort Lauderdale Fishing Mid June first appeared on.

On Wednesday I had two trips.  My morning trip was with Gustavo from New Jersey originally from Argentina.  Gustavo has been fly fishing for a while but never in salt water so today was his first salt water fishing trip ever.  He didn't really know what he wanted to catch on fly as he just wanted to check things out.  Well this time of year the be...

Our summer run of Key largo's most acrobatic fish Mahi Mahi has begun. Also known as dorado and dolphin fish mahi are the fastest...

I love fishing with Alec and he brought his friend Mark along again.  This time we decided to skip fishing Biscayne Bay and fish in the Everglades.  Right off the bat Alec caught a nice snook on a lure and then Mark caught a trout lost a snook or two and maybe a redfish.  Heck we could have had a grand slam in the first 45 minutes of the trip!  Th...

Louis and I had to reschedule due to weather but we worked through it today.  Louis is a big fisherman and had caught tons of fish but he started fly fishing 2 years ago and wanted to catch a bonefish on fly.  I have to tell you the weather was tough with lots of breeze and cloud cover.  At our first spot a squall moved through and we got rained o...

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...