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Andrew Roydhouse

Nationality: USA
Languages: English
Experience: 29 years

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Captain
Andrew Roydhouse

Member since March 2015 Fort Lauderdale, United States

Background: I am a 3rd generation fisherman here in Fort Lauderdale. My dad is a fisherman, so I grew up in the charter fishing business... in fact, my parents actually met at the dock where I still work today. I fished alongside my father throughout my high school years, as a deckhand on fishing charters as well as fishing the Bahamas Billfish Champion Circuit every year. I got my captain's license the first month I turned 18 years old and have been fishing full time ever since.
Techniques: We drift fish on the reefs during the day, bottom fishing with chunks of squid, ballyhoo and sardines. We fish mainly for snappers, groupers and the whole array of small bottom fish that are good eating. On the day trips, you can also jig (no braided line allowed aboard) or you can flat-line. The mate will rig you up however you ask him to.

Hey, I'm Captain Andrew Roydhouse

Fort Lauderdale, United States

Background: I am a 3rd generation fisherman here in Fort Lauderdale. My dad is a fisherman, so I grew up in the charter fishing business... in fact, my parents actually met at the dock where I still work today. I fished alongside my father throughout my high school years, as a deckhand on fishing charters as well as fishing the Bahamas Billfish Champion Circuit every year. I got my captain's license the first month I turned 18 years old and have been fishing full time ever since.
Techniques: We drift fish on the reefs during the day, bottom fishing with chunks of squid, ballyhoo and sardines. We fish mainly for snappers, groupers and the whole array of small bottom fish that are good eating. On the day trips, you can also jig (no braided line allowed aboard) or you can flat-line. The mate will rig you up however you ask him to.

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Captain Andy – Party Boat Fishing

4.5 / 5

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4.5 / 5

(944 reviews)

Fort Lauderdale • 75 ft • 30 persons

Last booking: 2 hours ago

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Night Snapper Fishing Is Excellent This

Jul 19, 2019 Fort Lauderdale

It looks like the mangrove snappers are spawning off the coast of Fort Lauderdale this week. Last night we caught over 100 mangrove snappers, plus some other snapper species mixed in. The mangrove snappers bite this good when they are doing their annual spawn. They spawn on the full moons of the summer but it usually doesn't get this good until we get into August and September. This year, it seems they showed up a little early. I love it! The next few days are going to be good night fishing and then we should get a few more runs of them over the course of the next few full moons. Good luck to everyone fishing with us. I'll sea you on the water. Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Great Snapper Fishing On Our Party Boat

May 28, 2019 Fort Lauderdale

We're getting into the snappers really good this month. Tons of yelloweye snappers, which I haven't seen hardly any of in the past few years are biting. It's a great sign of improving snapper fishing and I love it because they are so good eating. Plenty of other bottom fish species such as grouper, grunts, porgies and triggerfish are biting. Some throw backs but a lot of keepers too. We've also managed to catch a few really nice cobia this week. Cobia are an elusive fish that we catch on the reef and they get big. They tend to follow sea turtles, big sharks, whales and other big creatures. They are great eating and they are always a crowd pleaser because they are so strong and fight so well. Other bigger fish that we catch sporadically this month are kingfish, blackfin tuna and mahi-mahi. You never know what you might catch this week, there's a lot going on out there. Good luck to everyone on our fishing trips this month. I'll sea ya on the water. Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Yellowtail Fishing At Night

Apr 8, 2019 Fort Lauderdale

Great yellowtail snapper bite this week on our night anchor trips. This is our trip that departs at 7:30pm. It's been our best producing trip this month with a pretty steady yellowtail and mangrove snapper bite. Action has been pretty decent for most of our trips with the slow trip being the exception, not the norm like it was last month. Fishing usually improves this month as we get into the later spring season and into the summer season. Look for the best fishing to be on the afternoon and night trips in the near future and for the rest of the summer. Good luck out there everyone. Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Some nicer fish starting to show up for

Mar 23, 2019 Fort Lauderdale

We're starting to get into our best drift fishing season of the year. Technically it is May through August, but we start doing better and better as we get into late March. Mutton snappers are showing up for us and not all of them have been throw back. A few nice ones here and there are biting. Groupers are biting like mad of course. They know when they aren't in season. Lots of other small bottom fish like lane snappers, mangroves, grunts, porgies and triggers are biting too. If you want to fish for kingfish, you have a decent shot of hitting one. Good luck to everyone fishing this week. I'll sea ya on the water. Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Snappers are starting to bite good

Mar 1, 2019 Fort Lauderdale

The snapper fishing is beginning to improve immensely. It's much better than it was a week ago and more consistent too. Each day it's getting a little bit better. Deepwater snappers such as vermillions are biting on chicken rigs. And shallow water snappers such as yellowtails, mangroves and mutton snappers are biting better too. They are biting on chunks of squid and sardines in 40-90ft of water. Snapper fishing generally gets pretty good for us in March and it continues all the way through the summer months. We're ready for snapper season. Let's go fishing! Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Great Snapper Fishing Action

Nov 25, 2018 Fort Lauderdale

We're getting a good amount of snappers on our drift fishing trips this week. Lots of yellowtails, mangroves, muttons and lane snappers are biting out there. Our best bite lately is north of the inlet in 40-60ft of water, just on the inside edge of the reef. We're getting the best action on the afternoon and night trips, but morning is holding it's own too. Most of our catches lately have been snappers, but we have been catching some other species too such as grouper, kingfish and mahi-mahi. November and December are generally good months for action when fishing in Fort Lauderdale. Good luck to everyone fishing this week. I'll sea ya on the water. Capt. Andy Roydhouse

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4.5 / 5

out of 5 stars from 944 reviews

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4.5 / 5

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4.7 / 5

Experience

4.4 / 5

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4 stars		180
3 stars		67
2 stars		31
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Good experience
	85%
Friendly captain
	98%
Recommend this charter
	88%
Appropriate for children
	92%
Satisfied with the boat
	94%
Caught fish
	58%

Appropriate for children
	92%
Satisfied with the boat
	94%
Caught fish
	58%

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Michael F.

Dayton, OH

2.0 / 5

Experience:

2.0 / 5

Boat

2.0 / 5

Crew

2.0 / 5

Overall

Half day

VERIFIED Party Boat Fishing (AM) on June 5, 2018

Michael F.

Dayton, OH

2.0 / 5

Jun 5, 2018

Party Boat Fishing (AM)

Half day

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No fish. Boat caught about 5 total.

Michael F. does not recommend Captain Andy – Party Boat Fishing

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Andrew Roydhouse (The Captain)

Replied on June 8, 2018

Hi Michael, I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy yourself. Fishing is fishing. The more you go out, the more you learn and the better you get at it. You’ll get skunked a lot while learning to fish. You can learn more from days when the bite is tough than on days when the fish are eating anything they come across. Keep fishing and learning each time you go. Even when you are an expert fisherman, you will still get skunked sometimes, but you’ll catch fish more often. The best... More

Andrew Roydhouse (The Captain)

Replied on June 8, 2018

Hi Michael,

I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy yourself. Fishing is fishing. The more you go out, the more you learn and the better you get at it. You’ll get skunked a lot while learning to fish. You can learn more from days when the bite is tough than on days when the fish are eating anything they come across. Keep fishing and learning each time you go. Even when you are an expert fisherman, you will still get skunked sometimes, but you’ll catch fish more often. The best way to approach fishing is to enjoy the act of going on the water and fishing, even if the fish don’t bite. That way you’ll never get disappointed and you’ll always have a good time. Sea ya next time!

Capt. Andy Roydhouse

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weonho p.

Bronx, New York

2.7 / 5

Experience:

3.0 / 5

Boat

3.0 / 5

Crew

2.0 / 5

Overall

Never again!

VERIFIED Party Boat Fishing (AM) on July 8, 2015

weonho p.

Bronx, New York

2.7 / 5

Jul 8, 2015

Party Boat Fishing (AM)

Never again!

VERIFIED

Booked for 7 had 8,we get there no record of the booking had to show 25%deposit paid… Been fishing over 30 years.. Never had to pay tax.. Most of all all shorts maybe 10 caught total for the boat 3 keepers LMAO

Booked for 7 had 8,we get there no record of the booking had to show 25%deposit paid… Been fishing over 30 years.. Never...

weonho p. does not recommend Captain Andy – Party Boat Fishing

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Benoit L.

Hallandale, Florida

2.3 / 5

Experience:

3.0 / 5

Boat

2.0 / 5

Crew

2.0 / 5

Overall

Fishing with Andrew

VERIFIED Party Boat Fishing (PM) on January 5, 2017

Benoit L.

Hallandale, Florida

2.3 / 5

Jan 5, 2017

Party Boat Fishing (PM)

Fishing with Andrew

VERIFIED

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Margaret J.

Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

2.3 / 5

Experience:

3.0 / 5

Boat

2.0 / 5

Crew

2.0 / 5

Overall

Disapointed

Party Boat Fishing (PM) on December 11, 2015

Margaret J.

Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

2.3 / 5

Dec 11, 2015

Party Boat Fishing (PM)

Disapointed

had to ask what to do the crew did not seem to be intrested in people who had never fished before .and thee captain asked twice for us to TIP the crew between $8-10 each person , far to many people on boat all lines were tangled , staff stood waiting for tips as we got off the boat .

had to ask what to do the crew did not seem to be intrested in people who had never fished before .and thee captain asked twice...

Margaret J. does not recommend Captain Andy – Party Boat Fishing

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