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Welcome to LunkerDog.com's exclusive South Florida Fishing Reports. The following are fishing reports written by Captain Jeff Maggio! This section is updated constantly, so please check back to stay on top of the fish!
225lb Blue Fin tuna
I wanted to get away for the 4th of July so I decided to take some time off and go fishing. Loaded the family on Spirit Airlines and headed to Boston. My cousin Eric was waiting for us to head to the beach. Eric is a true LunkerDog and had everything ready […]
Joe and Joe Slaying Lunkers
Joe and Joe were down this week from Connecticut fishing down by Big Pine Key.
The weather was not treating them well so Joe called and asked me to take him and his buddy fishing here in Fort Lauderdale. You might reconize Joe from a recent post titled ” Humans and Tarpon”. Anyway we had a […]
Lunker Snook
Took out Angelo tonight from Earnies BBQ. It was nice to se him it had been over a year since we fished together. We started out fishing for tarpon but they no showed on us. We then started to hit some snook spots. We caught a few lunkers and called it a […]
Cobia Fort Lauderdale while snooking
Have not been able to pin point the snook as of yet. We have been getting a few on each trip but nothing to brag about. As I was working one of my favorite bridges my light rod doubles over in the rod holder. I grab it and can not believe the power of the […]
SailFish while snook fishing
Snook fishing off Fort Lauderdale has been weird as of late. They have not stacked up in the inlets very well, looks like they are already off shore. We were searching for them off Fort Lauderdale beach when we started to see sailfish just offshore from us. These sailfish were shallow in about 30 feet […]
Blackfin Tuna and Snappers! Food TV
Today I get a call from some people that want to do a cooking show.
Cook what you catch. The target was mangrove snapper, we landed a couple of nice ones fairly quick. We then went offshore and landed a couple of nice blackfin tuna. Nothing to big but perfect eating fish. One of the nice […]
Biggest Jack I have Ever seen
I’m on vacation, so I tell Jeff to keep me on the back-burner in case any charters cancel. He call’s me today while Im poolside and tells me he had a cancellation, and I’m in for a late afternoon session. I show up, and we launch. Its always something crazy with this […]
Tarpon All Sizes
Tarpon fishing is strong right now the fish are all sizes. Last night we released 3 tarpon, the fish were between 15 and 60 pounds. I also had a tarpon well over 100 pounds and a nice snook.
This is typical summer time action ” I love it”
End of season Snook party
Snook season here in Fort Lauderdale ended last night. Brad Ashlin from Ft laudedale wanted to get a couple of keepers before it was all over. We released several fish before getting our perfect keepers. These snook were at the top of size limit!
Being the only two snook I would keep this season I wanted […]
Big Dolphin Fort Lauderdale to Cat Cay
This week we took the Siren a 57ft Huckins sportfishing boat from Fort Lauderdale to Cat Cay in the Southern Bahamas. This is the kind of trip is we do often between now and the end of August. The main target is Blue Marlin, very challenging to say the least. We fished two and a […]
Fishing with Bill Dance
I got a call the other day from John at Momoi fishing leader manufacturer. He asked me if I would take Bill Dance fishing so they could film a TV show. I said sure, what kind of fishing would they like to do. John said well you are supposed to be the guide, what would […]
Last 15 Tarpon
Excuse me for not posting much as of late but I have been pretty busy this year and have not had much free time. I have done 15 tarpon trips in the last 9 days and the fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal. My anglers landed an astounding 19 tarpon out of approximatly 75 […]
Blue Marlin Aboard the NV
April 27, 2008
Today was the first official marlin excursion out of Port Everglades with my new offshore vessel the Nicole Victoria (NV). I had her rigged and prepared just the way I wanted to target marlin. My theory has always been that if the bait is there then more than likely, so are the […]
Michigan men on the tarpon
After a tough trip in the morning I picked a father and son team to fish the afternoon.
These guys were in town for their daughters swim meet at the Fort Lauderdale swimming hall of fame. The afternoon started strong with a nice barracuda on 12lb test. Also the tarpon started eating well. A fish well […]
Tarpon and Jack with Lock Jaw
I picked up Harry early as the sun was going up for some inshore fishishing around Fort Lauderdale. He brought his life long friend and son out with him. Sad to say it was a tough trip. We saw tarpon all over the place, probably the most tarpon I have seen so far this year, […]
Humans and Tarpon
>Last week I picked up a Psychiatrist ( Joe ) behind his Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel for some afternoon tarpon fishing. As we are headed out we are talking and getting to know each other. Joe looked at me and said is that a human floating up by that bridge; I briefly looked and said […]
Shark fishing Fort Lauderdale
We are seeing many sharks migrating through. Hammer head sharks right off Fort Lauderdale beach are normal this time of year. Last week Jr. angler Dominick released a nice 350lb hammer head shark and some really nice kingfish. Spinner sharks have been abundant and are alot of fun on light tackle.
I will be fishing inshore […]
Tarpon are Thick!
With the exception of Sunday morning the Tarpon bite has been great.
We have been experiencing 10 to 12 tarpon strikes per trip the last week or so.
I would like to congradulate Lamont Jones on getting a 150lb tarpon boat side this week.
The fishing should remain strong in the next few weeks with the snook bite […]
Sail Fish and Mahi are thick off Fort Lauderdale beach
This week has been strong, we have been kite fishing mostly for sail fish.
The water has not looked this good for a while and the current is ripping to the north nicley.
Sail fish and Mahi have made a strong showing just off Fort Lauderdale beach in about 120 feet of water. So far this week […]
Billfish Challenge Tournament
We fished in the Billfish Challenge Tournament last week. Fishing had been slow during the pre-fishing, North from Boca Raton to Fort Lauderedale was really poor so we decided to head south and fish off Miami. The water looked great with a pretty deep blue color. We put our spread out behind the boat and […]
The fish are in close - Jan 22, 2008
Much of the inshore action are offshore fish. We have been catching dolphin and king fish just off Fort Lauderdale Beach!
Drew from Chicago with a nice duo!
Only in South Florida
Back country fun - Jan 22, 2008
Eric from Baltimore wanted to fish, the weather was blowing from the east at 25 knots.
We ended up way back in the canals fishing for these juvenile tarpon.
Congrats on your first tarpon!
Late offshore flurry! - Jan 22, 2008
Got a call from the “Tarponator” early today, he had some time this afternoon to do a little fishing. Then “Wide Right Matt” calls to tell me he the afternoon off.
I told them to meet at the “NV” at 1 PM we would try to fly a kite out front for a while. On […]
Father & Son get a Lunker - Jan 21, 2008
This week I had the pleasure of taking out “Big Joe and Lil Joe” af father and son wanting to enjoy their holiday fishing together. These guys went out with me over the summer and crushed some big snook
During that trip “Big Joe” lost a big tarpon… he said it has been driving him crazy […]
Just off the Beach! - Jan 21, 2008
Fished in my skiff today for about an an hour.
We did not have much time, so we caught a few runners on the way out to the edge which was in shallow around 80 feet. Bridled up two and put them behind the boat, flat with circles. Started seeing flyers in front of the boat, […]
Strong Day on the NV! - Jan 21, 2008
Headed out of Fort Lauderdale today for a 3 1/2 hour sailfish session. Things started off nicley picking one off about an hour into the trip. This is shot getting ready for a quick release.Team member “Tuna Chaser” waits for the leader
after the release it took about 30 minutes to find another, here is “Tuna […]
Offshore with David and friends - Jan 21, 2008
Good day on the NV. Things started fairly well as soon as we put our baits in the water we started getting blasted by Kings. The guys we took out were from Baltimore and could not believe how these fish sky rocket!
We headed out deeper to find not much but one small dolphin. Things stayed […]
Sailfish Mahi thick in Ft Lauderdale - Nov 06, 2007
Sailfish have been eating well all through October and now into November. Today we went 3 of 4 . They seem to be fixated on the ballys. We have been slow trolling live ballys all week. The mahi are also thick most are betweem 8-10lbs with afew larger ones in the mix. One of the […]
Fort Lauderdale Sailfish Improving fast! - Oct 24, 2007
This season the sail fish are starting off strong, We are 9 for 14 in just 6 three hour sessions. All of the sail fish have been caught between 4 and 6:30 in the evening. This is because almost all of these fish were caught on a sail fish tarpon combo trip. I pick you […]
Incredible Tarpon Trip - Oct 23, 2007
Today was a truly incredible inshore trip. I received a call from a gentleman (Doug) who was coming to Ft. Lauderdale to attend the U.S. Adult Soccer Association meeting held at the Yankee Trader on the beach. Doug and his friend Jimmy down from Indianapolis wanted to catch Tarpon. Doug explained that he always wanted […]
Due Tarpon - Oct 16, 2007
Tonight I had the opportunity to take one of my friends with me to pre-fish for some trips I have scheduled later this week. Matt has had some really bad luck a few weeks ago losing a couple of sailfish and tarpon with me. Today he received little redemption landing these two nice tarpon.
Nice tarpon […]
Kris and Joe from youtube get nice snook - Oct 15, 2007
Tonight I had the chance to take out Kristopher an his buddy Joe for Tarpon and snook.
These guys are down from Indianapolis it was there first stop before hitting the west coast and then Mosquito Lagoon. Its funny how we hooked up Kris was watching my fishing videos on youtube liked what he saw and […]
Two good friends on nice Tarpon - Oct 06, 2007
I recieved a call from a friend Robert, who wanted to take his good friend Joey for some inshore fun today. The tarpon again were very plentiful and balling up schools of bait for two hours we watched them feed but could not get a take. It was exciting to watch the tarpon jump and […]
James from Cali on business Tarpon and snook - Oct 06, 2007
Last night I had the pleasure of taking James a fly fisherman from Cali who was in on business inshore to see what we could catch on fly. There were tarpon all over the place but they were very finicky. I decided to use live bait while James threw his 10 wt.
For the most part […]
Fresh water guy in from NJ - Oct 05, 2007
I recieved a call today from a fresh water guide up in New Jersey.
He {Eric}was in town for business at Pier 66 here in Fort Lauderdale.
Eric wanted to know what was biting, I told him about the recent sailfish flurry and tarpon fishing.
Immeditly he booked a trip, and was eager to fish. On our way […]
Sailfish Tarpon - Oct 05, 2007
The ocean has been favorable for both sailfish and tarpon. The last three days we have been leaving the port at 3:30 fishing for sailfish till the sun starts to go down then switching over for tarpon. We have caught 4 sailfish and have landed over 9 tarpon. The bait migration is strong bringing in new fish […]
Fort Lauderdale Beach lunker snook - Sept 12, 2007
I have not fished since before Labor Day. My family and I took a week off and went to the keys. Upon my return I came down with a really bad flue and have not been able to get out there and do any fishing. My buddy Matt called to see if I was ready […]
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