Fishing continues to be good if you can find the right conditions. Two weeks ago we had a really good run of dolphin and it continued for almost a week. Fish ranged from schoolies to 20lb. fish and we had our best action south off Hillsboro Inlet off Fort Lauderdale. Then the wind picked up and spread the fish out again. We still caught some dolphin but nowhere near what we expected the bite to be after the week prior. Despite the slowdown we had a dolphin that would have pushed 40lbs. spit the hook right next to the boat. Running offshore we found some nice weedlines this past thursday and the dolphin were on the small side, with only a few in the keeper range. Coming back in on the reef we caught some snappers both yellowtail and mutton snapper for a nice tasty meal. Friday we had more of the same as the winds had picked up and scattered the weedlines. We again came back to the reef and finished off with some snappers and small groupers to have some food fish in the box. Saturday captain Corey fished the reef and managed some kingfish, as well as some silky sharks and some AJ's off the wrecks. It seems as though the dolphin have moved out though I know of at least one charter boat that caught some wahoo and dolphin off a capsized boat in their morning trip. Sunday we loaded the well with chummer sized pilchards and headed to the reef again to see if we could make the fish bite. Conditions were slow again off Boca Raton, until we hit the 100ft. depth and the kingfish responded well to our live chum, most of the fish were small in the 6-12lbs range. After that we got a call there there was better current to the south and a move was made to just off Deerfeild Pier. As the last kite bait was being let out on the south kite the line popped thinking it was a clip malfunction we reeled tight only to have the line come tight and peel off a 100yds or so of line. About 10 minutes later we boated a 35lb. wahoo. Definitely a suprise as the Conched Out doesn't have the best luck with wahoo but this year seems to be going better for us. We finished the day with some skipjack tunas and bonitas that responed to the live chum. We really need some more cold fronts to get the sailfish moving and its only a matter of time now till they pop. We have been having shot at one a trip but usually when we start to catch the skipjacks the fishing turns on so its only a matter of time.
Daytime swordfish continues to be hot on the calm days. Again the fishery is for the big breeder fish and should be released even though most fish are not being released at this time. I heard of at least two fish over 400lbs caught this week with the bigger fish most likely in the mid 500lb range.
