April was nothing short of a spectacular springtime fishing season here in Fort Lauderdale. The month was marked by a flurry of incredible catches including sailfish large trophy game sharks blackfin tuna and mahi-mahi. We even snagged a handful of nice-sized wahoos over the last 30 days. In summary April was fantastic and we’re optimistic […] The...

OFFSHORE- Fishing remained good offshore this week with a nice variety of species around. Dolphin have been scattered from 200-1000' of water depending on wind and ocean conditions. It hasn't been big schools of dolphin; but instead smaller packs of fish. Trolling small ballyhoo bonita strips and squid remains a great way to go for the dolphin. Bla...

Inshore Fishing Report  May is one of the most productive months for inshore fishing in Stuart Florida. With warm water temperatures usually calmer conditions and bait becoming more abundant anglers can expect excellent action in both the Indian and St. Lucie Rivers. Snook: Our late spring Snook fishing has been heating up for anglers in […] The p...

OFFSHORE- Decent mixed bag spring action continued offshore this week. Dolphin fishing remains good with fish scattered across a wide range of water depths. East winds in the forecast should help push the dolphin in a little shallower for the weekend. The usual assortment of bonita strips squid and small ballyhoo will be a good way to go for the do...

​SHOP NOTE: Closed on Easter Sunday...Publix told us it was OKOFFSHORE: Fishing remains very good offshore this week with a wide variety of action available. Dolphin action has been good though scattered with reports coming in one day from 100-15o' of water and 15 miles offshore the next day. Fairly strong east/southeast winds in the forecast for t...

WOW what a great way to end the month of March. We did have some pretty rough days out here we also had some great Fort Lauerdale fishing trips. The Sailfish have been coming through pretty good along with some real nice Wahoo’s as you can see in the photos posted but we also had some real unusable catches as well like this nice African pompano al...

Hello! Todd is fishing up north in a Redfish Tournament so we have taken over this week's fishing report. So let's get started!OFFSHORE- Fishing has been pretty decent offshore this week as April kicks in. The ocean does seem to be a bit rough through Saturday hopefully will calm down Sunday. We hoped that with the south east wind this week there w...

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Inshore Fishing Report  April is a prime time for inshore fishing in Stuart Florida! As we get greeted with warmer water temperatures we begin to see an abundance of baitfish and migratory species. Expect a variety of species to be active and hungry as water temperatures rise making for some great action in both the […] The post April 2025 Fishing...

OFFSHORE- Fishing has been good offshore this week with good springtime variety around. Dolphin fishing has been strong with catches coming primarily in 350-550' of water. Strong east winds in the forecast will likely push the dolphin in shallower this weekend. Trolling small ballyhoo bonita strips and squid have all been good choices for the dolph...

The last couple of weeks have been a reel up and down roller coaster fishing for these sail fish in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve had some days where we were catching 3 to 5 sails a day than out of nowhere the current shifted and went from north current to south current and BAM just like that the bite slowed down. Don’t get me wrong one here and one ther...

OFFSHORE- Reports have been relatively slow offshore this week (largely all weather related). Before the weather turned last weekend the dolphin fishing was good with lots of fish coming in 400-500' of water out of Jupiter. Trolling squid bonita strips and small ballyhoo remains a great way to go when targeting the dolphin. Conditions look good lat...

So...I hate to just make things up for the fishing report and I don't plan to start this week. Had one heck of a whirlwind week and a couple super cool opportunities. I fished in the Power-Pole National Redfish Tour stop in Steinhatchee last Saturday: Steven and I pieced it together for an eighth place finish (out of 85 teams). After a quick turnar...

Well it has been a real roller coaster fishing in Fort Lauderdale this month!! We started out this month with some of the best sail fishing I’ve seen here in 40 years I mean catching sailfish one after another not just us aboard the Hooked Up fleet I mean everyone was catching them As a matter a fact there was a 2-day sailfish tournament and they...

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OFFSHORE- Sailfish action picked back up this week. Teams fishing the Jimmy Johnson "Quest For The Ring" have released well over a hundred sailfish midway through the first day (at time of writing on Thursday afternoon) of competition. Conditions look good for the sails the rest of today and tomorrow; hard to say what will happen headed into the we...

This morning with we set out deep sea fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale with Harrison and 3 of his good friends for a few hours of kite fishing. We had no idea what a great fishing trip we were in for! We had 2 kites in the air with 2 live baits suspended from each kite once the trap was set the wait was not long with king mackerel striking...

OFFSHORE- Sailfish action absolutely went off last weekend with some of the best numbers of the season coming on Friday and Saturday. The sailfish numbers fell off a bit Sunday and early into the week but still a lot of boats with multiple chances over the past few days. This weekend is the Jupiter Billfish Classic; will be interesting to see if th...

Inshore Fishing Report  Snook Sheepshead/Black Drum Pompano Misc.  Offshore Fishing Report  Surface Bite    Bottom Fishing Cobia/Permit Surf Fishing Report Pompano  Misc. 5th Annual Sand Spike Shootout  Lake Okeechobee Fishing Report – Capt. Angie Douthit Lake Okeechobee has been fishing great for both bass and crappie and the bream are headingint...

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Season’s Greetings from Marlin My Darlin the premier family fishing charter in Fort Lauderdale! This Christmas season our fishing charters are delivering outstanding results. Kite fishing has been exceptional with consistent catches of sailfish mahi-mahi wahoo and tuna thanks to live bait and kite techniques. While trolling has been a bit slower r...