Day and Night Action

Hey there Capt. Vinnie here, its been a solid week of deep sea fishing here in Fort Lauderdale and we have the pictures and report to prove it!. This week just like the title says full moon deep sea fishing, the moon and moon phase plays a very big part of what is biting out there. The moon being full is best for wahoo usually a few days before and a few days after. Which we did get lucky enough to get a very nice one this week "pictured". Trolling this week hasn't been to hot, most days has been slow unless you are catching bonito, the moon has made a very strong current out there and a lot of fish usually don't like to feed in that type of tide. But the one thing that was hot this week was snapper fishing. We had some great trips this week anchor fishing on shallow reefs. Summer time snapper fishing is great around the moons because thats when the snapper are spawning specifically mangrove snapper. Now mangroves are more of night time feeders but we happen to anchor up on and old spot I used to fish in the night time for them around this time of year and the fish were there. We ended up limiting out very quickly, and all this is due to the moon phase right now. When we fished other spots while on anchor we had a great bite of yellowtail snapper as well as some really good kingfish action. The crazy part is all this has been taking place very shallow around 30 feet of water, just because you are shallow doesn't mean there are not big fish, its all timing. Knowing where to be at what time. Majority of the mangrove snappers we caught where around 3-4lbs with a few pushing 5lbs, and for the yellowtail snapper around 2lbs was the average. Bottom fishing has been the name of the game for the last week or so but as we get on the back side of the moon i'm pretty sure there will be some wahoo to catch, as well as blackfin tunas too. As for a mahi report this week they seem to getting to be steady but they have been way out there close to 20 miles so your going to need a full day trip in order to reach them. Still looking for birds is going to be a key sign that life is in the area, as well as weed patches and anything floating too. We are getting closer and closer to the time when there going to be steady in the next few weeks I will hopefully have a nice mahi report. This week please be sure to take a minute and check out some of the great photos of some recent catches that we have caught this week while out on our deep sea fishing charters, and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram at Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. For the month of August we have a good amount of availability for deep sea fishing trips and this month usually yields great fishing and great weather, so if your heading down to Fort Lauderdale looking to get out fishing check out Yb Normal servicing Fort Lauderdale/ Dania beach/ and Hollywood beach. more later... Capt.Vinnie

Hello there, Capt. Vinnie here... What a great week of deep sea fishing it has been here in Fort Lauderdale. Once again I would like to thank all of our great clients that have kept us busy during the month of July, we are very grateful for you guys and we always try our best to make sure everyone has a good time. For this week the fishing report which is what you all came for has been very good. A few days this week we had a southwest wind which helped with the seaweed problem we have been having. The southwest wind helps push a lot of the weed offshore which is like a double edges sword, it makes the fishing inshore easy for trolling but that type of wind is bad for offshore fishing specially dolphin. This week we did have some really good catches while trolling on the reef including a few very nice wahoo. We don't typically catch a lot of wahoo in the month of July but the ones we do catch are usually very nice sized. The bonito are here now and in full force although they aren't great eating in my opinion you can eat them and we do have some customers that really like them, but if your looking to just catch fish and something that pulls hard they are a great fish for that. Other then those species previously mentioned there has been some kingfish but they are sporadic, i think when the mullet show up in the fall is when the kingfish are going to be really solid but until then it will be a slow to steady pic. Blackfin tuna have been hard to come by this week, seems that they are taking a break unless you go late in the afternoon like as the sun is going down, or as they say the witching hour has been really productive. The depths from 180-300 have been really productive but just keep in mind this has been a late evening bite only. Last but not least dolphin or mahi mahi have been very sporadic some days they have been in close and other days way offshore like over 20 miles. I still think its to early for us to be getting them really solid the fall months seem to produce better results. If you do travel offshore looking for mahi you have to find birds if you find birds you will find the mahi, but like i said previous they have been all over and its been hard to pin point where there going to be, i would say just be patient and soon the mahi will be here. This week please be sure to check out some of the great photos of some recent catches that where caught while out on our deep sea fishing charters, and remember to give us a like and follow on social media platforms like facebook and instagram at Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing content. On the horizon ahead, the fishing should remain consistent for a while and same with the weather, I am predicting that the mahi will show sooner then later, and bottom fishing should start to heat up for fish like yellowtail snapper. All in all good fishing and great weather, all thats missing is you, if your thinking about heading down to south Florida and looking to do some deep sea fishing look up YB Normal servicing Fort Lauderdale, Dania beach, and Hollywood beaches for deep sea fishing charters... more later.... Capt. Vinnie

Hello everyone Capt. Vinnie here, first id like to say sorry for the delay in reports we have been super busy with a lot of sport fishing charters and we are grateful for everyone of our wonderful customers that have come out deep sea fishing with us over the last week. Now for the report.... Fishing this week in Fort Lauderdale has been good some days and some days it has been slow and a lot of the reason it has been slow is due to the seaweed, I know that sounds like an excuse but there are days that it is everywhere and it makes it very hard to troll, live bait, and bottom fish. The main problem is it gets on your line and your lures and that makes endless job for crew to keep baits clean in order to fish properly. But on a side note the days the seaweed is light and we can fish the way we know how we have been catching a good amount of fish. Trolling on the reef has been productive for species like kingfish, bonito, and a very few summer time sailfish if your lucky. Inside of 150 feet of water is where most of this action takes place. Trolling with surface baits and deep baits fished with planers has been the best way to get bites, a lot of our bites have been coning on our deep baits specially when the sun is up and the temps are hot, the cooler water below the surface seems to keep the fish more active. Just outside of the reef if the seaweed is light there has been blackfin tuna and also the predators that eat them being wahoo. Depths around 200 feet on out to 400 has been the most consistent for these type of fish, and in my personal opinion the afternoon specially late afternoon have been best for tunas. For the wahoo early morning seems to be the ticket but outgoing tide with a north current has been the perfect recipe for wahoo, pretty much everything has to line up right in order for them to be around and hungry. Other then that this week we had some really good bottom fishing. We had some great catches of snapper, mostly vermillion snapper and a few nice yellow eye snapper too. Most of the rock piles around 240 feet have been productive but some days you have to hit a few spots to put a catch together. August is a great month for snapper fishing out here in Fort Lauderdale so stay tuned in future reports for more snapper action. 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 including a summer time sailfish and some really nice wahoos. Also give us a like and follow on social media platforms like facebook and instagram at Ybnormalsportfishing for daily fishing reports and content. On the horizon we have a busy week, I predict fishing to stay very consistent through the rest of July but i'm hopeful for light seaweed, but sometimes I don't think we can have it all. Either way we will continue to grind away as we do and try to show our guests a great experience out on the water. There still is a fair amount of available dates for the rest of July so if your thinking about heading down to South Florida and looking to get out fishing we would love to show you a great time on the water, look up YB Normal servicing Fort Lauderdale, Dania beach, and Hollywood beach for deep sea fishing charters! more later...... Capt. Vinnie