Fort Lauderdale~Miami~Boca Raton fishing report

[Captain Ron Mallet]

The weather had us keeping one eye on the sky and the other on the rod. We did get lucky though, the rain went around us the last few mornings and the rods bent. The offshore action has been mostly Kingfish and Bonita in the 10 to 20 pound range. Not as many bites as earlier in the week but it is just a trend, by tomorrow it is old news and the action might be fast and furious again?

We did get a nice gift today, at the end of our morning we saved exploring time to try something different inshore. The first bait out got hammered by a nice Snook in the 10 pound range. Over the next 20 minutes or so we pitched 11 live baits and had 11 instant bites. We released 6 Snook, 10 to 18 pounds, 1 Jack about 10 pounds and pulled the hooks on another 4 large fish. It was a blast on spinning tackle and a first for the anglers. This was some of the best Snook action I've seen in a long time considering it was high noon, in a busy waterway. All fish were quickly released. The ending went well too, we tied up the dock lines and it started to pour!