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Big hammerhead shark caught and released aboard the Big Game The fishing is heating up in Fort Lauderdale this week.  Sharks are snapping in 350ft of water.  Hammerheads, makos and thresher sharks are all out there and moving

The weather has been super nice the last few days here in Islamorada. We had some windy weather late last week but by Saturday afternoon conditions got beautiful. A lot of boats are venturing offshore and I would say the mahi bite has been decent ov

We ran out close to 280 Rocks before we set out the lines and headed North. From the inlet to around 50 fathoms we were in 44 degree water. The break was the hardest one I have ever fished. It was 50 degrees in the green and 70 in the blue and you

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 80%  Numbers at a glance: Marlin 52% Sharks 39% Tuna 7% Dorado 5% Other 9%  Striped marlin lit-up released by Chic McSherry aboard Tiburon MARLIN: We are sooooo happy to finally have some sta

Nice dolphin caught on our Fort Lauderdale fishing charter. Some very good catches are showing up on the Fort Lauderdale reefs and wrecks this week.  We are right in the heart of the best fishing season of the year for south Florida an

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 95% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 89% Other 43% BILLFISH:  A superb week in Cabo with superb catches throughout the week.  The good old days are back!  Striped marlin were thick and a fe

Huge bull dolphin caught on a family reunion fishing trip aboard Mary B 3. What a bite!  The dolphin fishing in Fort Lauderdale is going off this week.  Big dolphin are showing up between 180-600ft offshore Fort Lauderdale. &a

The Charleston Bump is a deepwater bottom feature 80 to 100 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The Bump rises from the relatively flat Blake Plateau that lies beyond the edge of the continental shelf off of South Carolina and Georgia. It

NEW YORK HARBOR TO RARITAN BAY Ambrose Channel has been the focal point of fluke fishing lately. Those using braided lines and heavy sinkers or jigs have been enjoying steady action with enough keepers to provide a meal. Fred Fessel and I fished the

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 99% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 49% Sharks 73% Other 46% Photo by our anglers Tommy & Delafuente BILLFISH:  We’re back!  Finally after months of small game fishing we saw a return thi

American Mustang weighed a 280-pound mako shark Saturday in the Mako Mania Tournament sponsored by the Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association at Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant and was never seriously challanged before the contest conclude

The west coast of the state is fishing well for a multitude of species at present with the offshore scene really on fire. The Port Fairy and Portland region has been red hot for kingfish and tuna with loads of bait around. There have also been some

Bill Anderson and crew with very nice 309lb thresher aboard the Benchmark during the Brett T Bailey Mako rodeo. We also had a 100lb Mako and several Blue sharks throughout the day.

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   Judy and Carl Ods, along with their children, Liz and Carl, Jr., and friend, John, from Michigan were vacationing in Fort Lauderdale, FL and chartered the Happy Day Today alo

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 94%   Marlin 70% Sharks 20% Dorado 13% Tuna 12% Other 20%  MARLIN:  We are so pleased that fishing has stayed on track and continues to improve after a season of scarcity during the

It's still busy here deep sea fishing in Islamorada for July. The majority of the boats have been fishing offshore most days and a couple boats have been staying on the reef on their half day charters. The mahi bite was a little on and off the p

It is Shark time off Sydney at present with Mako’s   Blues and Whalers on the bite. On the  week-end  a  rare Thresher Shark was also caught and a couple of Whites were encountered.       Now that the Bluefin

Anthony Mattarazzo was fishing hard bottom down the beach yesterday with Capt. Erwin Heinrich on Scales n Tales from Atlantic Highlands when he boated an 8 1/2-pound fluke. As if that wasn't a good enough day he then added a doormat that tipped

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 83% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 38% Other Species 63%  Bentley caught his 1st Marlin ever aboard our Tracy Ann. In 2 fishing trips our little friend and his dad Matthew released 1 striped marlin

The post 23 May 2017 appeared first on Rip Charters: Fishing Charters. It's been a busy weekend for Rip Charters. Fishing out of Sorrento Pier and Queenscliff Harbour we did several trips over Saturday and Sunday. With fantastic May weather and