Hello everyone, Capt. Vinnie here, this weeks fishing report off of Fort Lauderdale we are going to start offshore, as for right now it seems that the mahi have taken a break for a few weeks and have been M.I.A right now but that doesn’t mean that you couldnt get lucky if you ventured offshore looking for them. In previous years we always tend to have a good run of mahi in the middle of August and then we have a better run towards September, so technically based on previous years we should start to see a few mahi showing up in the next few weeks as we approach the month of September. Inshore is where the action has been, early mornings trolling the reef has been exceptional with a wide variety of species. Kingfish, bonitos, barracudas, and yes sailfish have all been prevalent on our morning deep sea fishing charters. Trolling the reef from depths as shallow as 100 feet on our to as deep as 180 is where most of the action has been. Surface baits fished with fresh bonito strips have been getting a fair amount of action on the sailfish as well as bonitos and a few barracudas. While our other baits fished under the surface using planers have been seeing mostly kingfish and barracudas lately. Mornings have been better then afternoons right now but in the afternoons we have been seeing some quality blackfin tunas ranging anywhere from 5-15lbs. The blackfin tuna have been in depths from 180 feet to 250 feet and eating smaller baits like mylar skirts and squid imitation lures. This week for a bottom fishing report I can say it has been good as well, on our longer trips that we normally would go offshore looking for mahi we have been anchor fishing for yellow tail snapper and doing well at that. The yellowtail snapper have been biting fairly well in depths around 80 feet, anchoring up and chumming is going to help you build the spot. It does take time for the snappers to get comfortable before they get into a frenzy to eat. While fishing for yellowtail there are certainly other species of fish that you are going to bring into your chumslick like mackeral and possibly kingfish so its always nice to have a rod rigged with a wire leader just incase. Last but not least there has been some solid vermillion snapper action in depths around 200 foot, when the conditions are right and the current and wind are cooperating we have been doing well on the deep water snappers. Fresh bonito is going to be the bait of choice and you want to use the lightest lead possible to get to the bottom. Average size on the vermillion snappers has been 2 to 4lbs. This week please be sure to check out some of the recent photos we have of some recent catches that were caught while out on our deep sea fishing charters in Fort Lauderdale and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like facebook and instagram @Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. As for the next few weeks we have availability for anyone that is looking to come down to fort Lauderdale and do some deep sea fishing we would love to show you a great time on the water. Fishing should continue to stay pretty consistent over the next few weeks, hopefully the weather will hold as well, should start to see some more mahi action soon so be on the lookout in future repots…more later
Capt. Vinnie (954)-559-4700
