Our Daily Fishing Reports

This afternoon was a typical gorgeous June day. The skies had a few scattered thunderstorms, but that didn’t stop the guys! They headed out right off of Port Everglades, starting the afternoon with the standard trolling spread. They trolled down the reef zigzagging between 80 feet and 150 feet of water, completely covering the water column. We trolled south and managed to catch some real nice king mackerel.

We moved out a little deeper and I saw a school of small black fins feeding and jumping out of the water. I made my way over to them and we caught several. They were about 3-6 pounds each. Small tunas but very tasty! We continued to head off shore and turn back north with the current. I found a beautiful edge where the sargasm weed was starting to build up in a line. I got on the outside edge on the blue water and continued trolling north. All of a sudden I saw 2 large Lagerhead Sea Turtles mating… the male clinging on to the big females back. As I made the pass by them, all 5 rods got bit! There were mahi everywhere! We reeled them all in successfully and I continued to make a circle around the mating turtles. The dolphin just kept biting!

They weren’t the largest mahi, but they were numerous and most of them made the required size limit (20 inch fork length). The limit on these fish is 10 per person or 50 for the boat. On this day, we did not nearly reach that, but we managed to put together a really nice catch! We harvest these fish for their edible value.

They are one of the best eating fish in the ocean and a real treat to fight. The gang had a blast catching the small schoolie dolphin one after another. It happens to be some of the most exciting fishing out in the gulf stream of the Atlantic Ocean. I took a couple quick of the full cooler before we began our fish cleaning marathon.

Hope to see you guys next year!