Ft. Lauderdale has set new records for heat lately. Not ridiculously hot, just warmer than on record. Visitors in town lovin it, us not quite so much., but certainly not complaining. Breeze up last couple of days and with this latest breeze the fishing has Finally picked up . Notice the capital “F” in Finally, that is not a typo. We have caught some fine fish the past week and we have also mightily struggled on other days. Six hour charter Wednesday without a fish making it successfully to the boat. That was brutally tough fishing. Charter had been down that road before in their fishing history and were a great fun bunch. And Thankfully so. Another capital letter there mid sentence. So as I mentioned some catches with Sailfish, Wahoo, Kings, large Amberjacks, large and small Sharks throughout the week. But now this morning, grey and breezy, not the postcard perfect day. . Boats just got in. Couple of Sails, Giant Hammerhead, Nice Amberjacks taken off wrecks, a Genuine Red Snapper, Yelloweye Snapper. Boats off the dock now for the afternoon charter. Deep sea fishing in FT. Lauderdale or fishing anywhere sometimes comes down to you never know until you go. Enjoy the photos of some of the anglers who have joined us here, and we have fun here no matter if the fishing is good, bad or ugly. Or exceptional, as this morning. As the 1st captain I worked for here in Ft. Lauderdale over 40 years ago said to me (Bill Timms was his name, relocated here in FT. Lauderdale due to the cold winters on the Chesapeake Bay and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware). “You like what we;re doin here, fishin most every day?” My answer was “Yessir”, to which he replied “Good (he liked me)., remember there are good days and bad days, just some more memorable than others”, now get after it”. Capt Rick direct @ **hidden content**. No need to push the “chat” button, rings directly to me.

Deep into our winter now but one would not know it as many daytime high records have been rewritten despite the awful series of storms in the northern states. 83 the high today, yesterday another record fell as we topped out @ 85. Slightly cooler this weekend with forecast highs of 78/79 degrees, and with that a chance for rain, which we actually need, and some wind. So everything associated with a frontal system except a significant temperature change. And that is something we would like to see as fishing charters in Ft. Lauderdale continues to fall back on erratic. A couple of good catches and then a struggle. The forecasted NE breeze en route to us should add up to better fishing but some cooler weather this time of year is welcomed with those frontal systems. The last front (as the approaching one) was wind and little cooling did kick it up a notch with Mahi-Mahi and Sailfish action, so we are ready and will think along those lines, despite shorts, sandals, and shirtsleeves. So some Sailfish pics, Wahoo pics, Tunas, Jacks and big Cuda photos of recent anglers and their fish, but the fishing has been erratic as I stated. Some good fish around but not every day. You never know if you don't go. We are, fun in the sun. Here's hoping for more stable fishing as we move into February.

And just like that we are into the middle of January. This report of fishing in Ft. Lauderdale features all photos of kids. Little kids, big kids. All of them really good kids that chose to bring their parents along with them for their fishing charter in Ft. Lauderdale. Boys and girls of all sizes and fish of all sizes too. When children get older they as we all know can be a bit harder to please, where as to a child most every fish is Moby Dick. The weather has been as diverse as the ages of these recent angler children pictured with some pretty chilly mornings recently. Afternoons now back into the 70s and the ocean has been very family friendly with slight sea conditions. We have had some decent fish along the drop offs at the outside reef line and also some good bottom fish on the deep water wrecks, but the catching continues to be erratic. This is not all that unusual for this time of year, but January can be less of a challenge as we get more cooler to cold weather. We are doing a lot of moving around and trying different depths on many days to bend the rods and actually hoping for that cooler to cold weather. Remember this is south Florida and cooler to cold fits nicely in the 40 to 50 degree range. Fun in the sun. Tight lines, see you on the rip, and get those kids fishing. Love that 1st photo. In the chair, rod bent, hat on backwards with his new Marlin My Darlin T shirt on and a hooked Sailfish heading for the horizon. Making memories on that one.

Hope everyone had a great start to the new year. Weather has been beautiful and the ocean has been very reasonable. And some of our caught species have been beautiful as well, and others not so reasonable. In more accurate terms the fishing has been very similar to last weeks. Some very nice fish on one hand and some difficult fishing days on that other hand. It has been very busy here with our fishing trips in Ft. Lauderdale@ Marlin My Darlin. We have gone every day. Several Wahoos, several Sailfish. One wreck continues to hold good sized Amberjacks. A few Kings and Tunas, and then tough fishing regardless of what we attempt. So here we go into the next day tomorrow morning with a reasonable forecast again and we;ll see what they give us. Backside of the moon and a bit cooler, here we go. Sunshine, Palm trees and bikinis. Here's to a few more fish please to add to our south Florida January. See you on the rip, enjoy the photos of some of our anglers.

As we make our way to the end of 2022 we find ourselves completely booked out thru the end of the year. The lows in the upper 40s will be a memory as Friday and Saturday lows are forecast to be 71 &72 with highs of 79 & 81. Something to look forward to for sure. We have had some good catches and again as in the last report there have been difficult days. Some Kings, a Sail, 3 Wahoos, a couple of Tunas on our two boats on the 24th. Closed on the 25th Christmas Day. Out there this morning (26th) the 46 which had a great catch the 24th just pulled in from the morning's trip with nothing more than a couple of pulled hooks on a very few bites. Repeat anglers aboard both our boats this morning. Our 53 has three fish at this point. So tomorrow will be a good one hopefully. Full court press this afternoon will hopefully have some more fish this afternoon. Doing different presentations with live and dead baits today, several hours left till lines out. Enjoy the photos of recent anglers who have joined us here for a fishing charter in Ft. Lauderdale, we're short one photo. Happy Holidays to everyone here from all of us here @ Marlin My Darlin.

I easily recall when it used to rain here....at times it rained a lot.....As I write this fishing report for Fort Lauderdale I honestly cannot say when we had our last rain, or even a brief shower here on the coast. That said it will possibly rain some on Friday as we have a cool front forecast to push into South Florida. We like the fronts for fishing fortunes and will roll with the chance of rain to have the opportunity to fish this system. And do look forward to the front as our fishing has been erratic with good fish and memorable catches followed by tough fishing. So we have enjoyed good fishing in stellar weather and then had difficulty the next day, but, the bright spot, again in stellar weather. So when we struggle offshore we remember that it is widely held to be a better day than a good day at the office. That gets our vote, we love what we do. We do truly believe that as we just revisited that yesterday as we caught , but struggled, in calm seas and clear skies despite the rabbit's foot.. But today is another day and we are ready for what awaits as we head out the inlet to enjoy another trip. Knowing Mother Nature will smile on us again with this fantastic weather, and hopefully King Neptune or whoever is in charge down there will open the gate a little further and increase our opportunities to fish. Enjoy the photos of some of our recent anglers, we hope to add to them today.