Captain
Dave Allen

Member since October 2019 Fort Lauderdale, United States
Background
If you're looking for a local guide with 20 years of experience and who spent most of his life fishing, Captain Dave Allen is your guy! He was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale and the area's waters are his playground.
Techniques
Kite Fishing, wreck fishing, reef fishing, deep water fishing

Hey, I'm Captain Dave Allen

Fort Lauderdale, United States
Background
If you're looking for a local guide with 20 years of experience and who spent most of his life fishing, Captain Dave Allen is your guy! He was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale and the area's waters are his playground.
Techniques
Kite Fishing, wreck fishing, reef fishing, deep water fishing
Anglers Choice
248
Reviews
45
Fishing Reports
Verified
Our Team
Seth S.
First mate

My Charter Listing

SoFlo.Sportfishing Offshore&inshore charters

Federally permitted
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(248 reviews)
Angler's choice
Fort Lauderdale
 Last booking: 1 day ago
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Trips from US $200

Fishing Reports

Giant wahoo
Giant wahoo
Jun 17, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
What an epic day caught this wahoo in 200 feet of water while trolling first thing in the morning book now while the fish are biting
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Epic May
Epic May
May 29, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
Mahi tunas sailfish sharks grouper snapper we been catching it all great month of fishing hopefully it continues thru the summer months ahead the troll bite has been amazing offshore for the mahi mahi fish so pretty they named it twice. Always fun hunting the mahi schools in the summer I feel like they showed up early this year
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Epic May
Epic May
May 29, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
Mahi tunas sailfish sharks grouper snapper we been catching it all great month of fishing hopefully it continues thru the summer months ahead the troll bite has been amazing offshore for the mahi mahi fish so pretty they named it twice. Always fun hunting the mahi schools in the summer I feel like they showed up early this year
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Fishings starting to heat up
Fishings starting to heat up
Apr 17, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
Epic day on the water moring and afternoon released another 30 smaller dolphin, seen a blue marlin chasing mahi so we will be dragging some bigger baits while me fish for mahi mahi. Bigger Tunas are starting to bite also.
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Mahi mahi fish so pretty they named it t
Mahi mahi fish so pretty they named it t
Apr 17, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
Found a big piece of debry holding fish in 300ft, the ocean is a blue desert whenever these fish find structure they tend to hangout, its like an open buffet for the pelagic species
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The sailfish bite has been pretty good
The sailfish bite has been pretty good
Apr 2, 2025 Fort Lauderdale
Kite fishing live baits has been producing some larger size fish
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 248 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (321)
Once in a lifetime trip!
Once in a lifetime trip!
Once in a lifetime trip!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
96%
Friendly captain
99%
Recommend this charter
100%
Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
89%
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Ryan S.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Good times!

VERIFIED   Half Day AM Sportfishing on November 27, 2024
Captain Dave and Seth are amazing! Even though we didnโ€™t find what we were looking for they pushed to get us somewhere where...
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Randy P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great people great boat!

VERIFIED   Half Day AM Sportfishing on November 14, 2024
These guys work hard trying to get you on the fish. Unfortunately the weather we had was terrible. So we caught a few. Enjoyed...
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Timothy U.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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VERIFIED   Half Day AM Sportfishing on March 22, 2025
Great crewโ€ฆ.
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Chris W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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March fishing trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on March 1, 2025
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Andrew L.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great time for dad and boys

VERIFIED   3hr for beginners and kids on November 21, 2024
Took my dad and my two sons.ย  Everyone had a great time!ย  Captain and first mate were very friendly.ย  We caught some nice...
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