Bottom Fishing Is Steady In Fort Lauderd

Hello everyone, Capt. Vinnie here. I have a decent report for you guys this week so lets get right into it. This week in Fort Lauderdale starting off on the inshore side of things there has been some bonito as well as some kingfish just on the edge of the reef about 120 to 150 foot of water. Majority of the kingfish have been coming on our deep lines fished under the surface using planners while the bonitos have been biting everything from surface to deep lines. Also on some of our surface strip baits there has been a good showing of sailfish. The sailfish have been kind of all over from 100 to 300 foot so its been more of a random thing. I would say its a little early to try and specifically target sailfish right now but it is always a nice surprise if you happen to get that bite. Moving a little deeper into the 200 foot there has been a few blackfin tuna around but seems the earlier the better, if you can get out just as the sun is peaking your going to have that chance at tuna. Tuna have big eyes so low light conditions are always going to be best, also with the moon being full this week that gives the chance for wahoo. Trolling quicker than normal and staying in depths from 200 to 400 foot is going to give you the best chance for that wahoo bite. Bottom fishing this week has been the hot topic specially the deeper bottom spots. Vermillion snappers have been hot this week and some large ones at that. Structure in the 300 foot range has been holding some nice sized vermillion snappers right now anywhere from 2-5llbs. The bait of choice is going to be fresh bonito. Also mixed in with the vermillion there has been some yellow eye snappers as well. Yellow eye snappers are not something we catch all the time but when there here and biting they are always welcomed specially for the dinner table. On the shallower side of bottom fishing there has been some nice sized mutton snappers biting mostly on structure around 150 feet. Live bait like pilchards are going to be a good choice to get the mutton snappers to bite. Mutton snappers are very wary so a long leader is a good choice, the further your bait can be from your sinker the better. Last but not least dolphin or mahi have been somewhat scarce this week, if your heading offshore its been a total crapshoot. There hasn't been much bird activity but if you can get lucky enough to find some kind of floating debris thats where the mahi are going to be. The few mahi reports that I have heard of the fish have been far offshore 15 miles plus so if your going to make the trip you are pretty committed for the day, hopefully soon we will see a nice run of mahi in the month of October so be on the lookout for that in future reports. This week please be sure to check out some of the great photos of some recent catches that were caught while out on our deep sea fishing charters out of Fort Lauderdale, and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram @Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. For the rest of the month of September we do have availability so if your coming down to Fort Lauderdale and looking to do some deep sea fishing we would love to have you and show you a great time on the water. More later...... Capt. Vinnie