Captain Jeff and Lunkerdog.com offer up to date fishing reports and videos for the South Florida Region. Our reports are both entertaining and informative. We have over a million viewers and believe this audience will keep growing as we record and report our catches during our fishing charters from Fort Lauderdale to Miami. Monster snook and tarpon are captured on video and then reported directly to our viewers.  

Cherry Picking for Tarpon and Snook! Epic night - Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Posted on Reel Reports Tarpon & Snook Fishing Fort Lauderdale Aboard Lunkerdog When I heard that my friend Payam from Jacksonville has never caught a tarpon, I knew exactly who to call.  I have fished with Captain Jeff before and it is always a pleasure to be aboard with a skilled captain and all around good guy. My good [...]

Bill from NJ With a Grand Slam - Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Bill had a epic night catching trophy tarpon permit and snook in the same night . Bill said he would make a report we wi;; edit this post when he does.

Them Chicago Boys got them some Lunkers - Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Had some real good guys come down to fish from Chicago they ended the night with some nice Lunkers. Tarpon and d snook Ft Lauderdale. They are going to e-mail a good report we will edit the post as we receive it! Jeff,Just got home. Great to be back to cold/snow. Was wondering if you still had [...]

Rich & Judy from Michigan - Friday, February 19th, 2010
Rich ended up with 4 tarpon a nice snook a huge barracuda and a nice snapper. Judy got her a nice tarpon also! This was there first time tarpon fishing. They will be sending a report and we will update the post.

Erick From NY tarpon Fort Lauderdale - Monday, February 15th, 2010
Erick was lucky enough to land over 5 snook and 3 tarpon in the same night. He will be sending his report so we can update this post. Hey Man thanks again for the great tarpon fishing trip… hopefully i’ll see you in March.  Here’s my report: Fishing with Captain Jeff was a great experience.  He’s [...]

Super Bowl Fun with Kevin Kolb - Thursday, February 4th, 2010
A guide friend of mine ( Jimmy from GETCHASOME CHARTERS) called me up last week to ask if I could help him take a group of 6 out fishing this week. They fished for sailfish first and had a good day landing two sailfish and about 10 nice kings. later that afternoon they wanted to [...]

Andy And Loraine from NH - Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
These guys had an epic trip getting 8 tarpon in one night, Andy promised to send a report so here are some photos until we get it! Heres Andy report Hi Jeff sorry about the delayed report.  You all owe it to yourselfs to go tarpon fishing in Fort Lauderdale! No words can describe the trhill of 50lb missles on [...]

Night Time tarpon & Permit - Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
This week we saw the first phase of our winter time tarpon fishing start to kick in. We are hoping for a repeat of last years fantastic fishing. Last year the tarpon filled in very well with huge schools feeding on crabs and shrimp at the corner of the tides. This week we [...]

cold weather action - Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Tarpon have slowed and the snook disappeared and i will not expect them to eat until after this cold weather. Sail fish have been staedy and Muttons crushing troll baits, it been alot of fun. 60 feet trolling down to about 30. getting grouper, muttons macks and Lizard fish, we rarely have been going more [...]

A Fun Day with Dr. D and Dr. Sherry - Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
We took a little chance to try to get some sail fish and king fish. They were not biting so we played with a few of these .. Thanks guys I had a blast Captain Jeff Can’t wait to fish with you guys again! My What BIG teeth you have, Mr. Barracuda….Had a great time fishing with Dr. Joe [...]

The Two Luckiest Guys in the World - Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
This year has been nothing short of spectacular. Most of my clients went home happy catching tarpon, snook, sailfish and more according to the season and what species were best to target. Two of my luckiest clients Tim and Robin booked trips over the coarse of the year on ten different occasions. Sometimes they fished [...]

Steve and Jack from England - Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Hi Jeff we hope all is ok. Sorry we have been so long contacting you but since we have been back in the UK it’s been all work and no play. Autumn has set in and it’s all a bit dull. How we miss the Florida sunshine. I’ve been showing all my fishing buddies the photos [...]

Good fishing for Jeff from Ohio - Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Jeff from Ohio Day 1 and 2 – Hooked up with Jeff for the second time this year and didn”t think the fishing could be as good. I was wrong. It was in the mid 90″s and hot. Tarpon and snook weren”t biting, but Jeff kept our lines bent with cudas and jacks. After the sun [...]

Droze with his first tarpon - Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
“Hells Yeah!”, is all I gotta say. Couple years ago my buddy Darin got me watching Captain’s Jeffs Lunkerdog videos and I’ve been dying to get in the boat with him ever since. Now I grew up canal fishing out by the Everglades and have caught some nice size bass, but today showed me there [...]

Tarpon Fun Light Tackle with Micheal and Harry - Friday, September 25th, 2009
Our third trip with Jeff and it keeps getting better and better. Jeff is trying to turn us into master Tarpon Fisherman but it is still a work in progress. Luck was on our side on this trip but I think we were to lucky. Jeff had us tied up with 8 [...]

Broken cherries, broken lines, and broken fishing gear!!! - Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Report By Tim from Sprinklermatic Once again Capt. Jeff proved all the nay sayers wrong!! Standard response in Ft Lauderdale that the fishing is thin. Well team Sprinklermatic never seems to feel that way! Robin ran the dog on his first snook, after boating two nice Tarpon. Tim showed some poise and grace under serious pressure as his [...]

Fishing with the Dog! - Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Report: From Dick Christensen Well, what can I say, when Jeff “the Dog” Maggio says “this is unbelievable!” you gotta wonder…this was only my second trip with the Dog and what a time we had. THe action began as soon as we dropped our first lines in the water! We tied up two juvenile tarpon at [...]

Rick from Utah tarpon and snook - Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Hey Jeff, Here is my report: I planned a cruise for my wife and I and really wanted to do a fishing trip while I was in Florida. I decided to google for tarpon/snook guides and found Jeff. I checked out his webcite and the posts of the recent people that had gone with him. The pictures [...]

- Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Hey Jeff, Here is my report: I planned a cruise for my wife and I and really wanted to do a fishing trip while I was in Florida. I decided to google for tarpon/snook guides and found Jeff. I checked out his webcite and the posts of the recent people that had gone with him. The pictures [...]

Cash For Lunker Program & VID - Friday, August 21st, 2009
Got a call from a client the other day ( Chris Nunez from Miami Ink and World Wide Tribe ). He said he wrote a letter to tell his congressman to sign Dade up fo the same “Cash For Lunker Program” that the counties North of Dade had. We both started laughing as Chris explained [...]

Tarpon with Dick Christensen - Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Got a call from Dick he was coming to Fort Lauderdale on business and wanted to take out one of his good clients to catch a tarpon. I told him we might catch a tarpon and the snook fishing should also keep us busy. Both Dick and his client (Scott) had multiple shots at some really [...]

Great inshore fishing with Jerry and the Boys! - Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
I got a call the other day from Jerry. He wanted to know why i did not call him back to tell him when to schedule a trip. He called weeks previously and just was busy and neglected to call him back. We scheduled a trip almost right away because his son was going away [...]

All the way from URUGUAY - Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
First of all I wish to thank you for all your patience and skills in making possible a dream come true. Friday 24th July 6pm: what’s a Lunker I asked? as soon as I got into the boat, Jeff just smiled at me and responded “you’ll see”. After several tries trolling for tarpon he looked at me and [...]

Tom & Kim Lunkerdogs from Cali - Saturday, July 25th, 2009
I had the pleasure of taking out Tom & Kim from California for some tarpon and snook fishing. Tom figured Fort Lauderdale would be a good place that both of them would enjoy and catch some big fish. Tome did a great job and caught some really nice snook but Kim had the luck on her [...]

Toby and Ed with a nice pair of tarpon - Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
I had the pleasure of taking out Toby and Ed we had a blast I just returned to Colorado last night and the first thing I did was download the pictures of our Tarpon. It was great fishing with you and I can’t envision anywhere else in Florida that you can get eight takes in [...]

Day 1 with Jeff from Ohio - Friday, May 8th, 2009
These are shots from Day 1 with my Man Jeff from Ohio Jeff, I Had a fantastic time fishing with you last week. Catching that first tarpon 45 minuets into the trip and a couple 100 yards from the boat launch was unbelievable, and the big one to finish off the night made this my [...]

Lunkerdog FL inshore light tackle fishing! - Monday, May 4th, 2009
Capt. Jeff, Sorry for the delay…needed to whip my office staff back into shape! Here’s the report… Lunkerdog Guide Service is the way to experience Florida’s inshore light tackle fishing! Capt. Jeff Maggio is an exceptional, knowledgeable and ultra determined guide and captain. Not only will he put you on the fish, but he will not give up until you [...]

Mark and Bree from Maine - Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Jeff, Thanks again! We had a great time! I have been sharing pics and stories w/ friends and family. I think you will be taking out even more Maine anglers in the future. Report: Mark and Bree 4/20, 4/23. We had the incredible opportunity to go Tarpon fishing with Captain Jeff on two separate days. This was our first guided [...]

Crew day trying to get Cliff his first Marlin - Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
This is Cliffs story. Well, where do I begin!?! It was truly an epic day fishing with The Lunkerdog himself, Capt. Jeff Maggio, right here in Fort Lauderdale in search of the ever elusive Marlin. Many of you know my story, or curse I should say, of Marlin and how they always seem to evade me. And [...]

MIke from DE Family Fun - Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Mike from Delaware gave me a buzz a few weeks ago. He wanted to take his Buddy and his sons out fishing for some fun. We picked them up with the Bertram at 8AM in Fort Lauderdale and we were fishing by 8:30. The action started fast with a nice Bonito within the first 15 minutes [...]

Catching Big Tarpon with Bill & Cody - Sunday, April 12th, 2009
What started as a two day R and R trip quickly became a trip of a lifetime thanks to Captain Jeff Maggio! For two days we fought 80-140 lb tarpon with the magnifcent view of the Miami skyline always in view. The skill and knowledge Jeff displayed shows why he has to be the person [...]

Spring Break Family Fun & Big Fish - Friday, April 10th, 2009
I had the pleasure of taking Xavier his brother and his father fishing for their spring break. Xavier was kind enough to give us his report. Anyone who is debating about going out on a fishing trip with Jeff don’t be. We went out April seventh and had a fantastic time. One thing we learned from [...]

Brent and his GrandPa - Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
I got a call from a young man who was down visiting his GrandPa on Fort Lauderdale Beach. He wanted to catch a tarpon and booked a trip for the two. Fishing started off a little slow but heated up as the sun started to drop. They Jumped five or six fish and got [...]

Missouri Boys Know how to have fun - Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Jim from Missouri called the local bait shop here Atlantic Bait & Tackle and wanted to know who could take him light tackle fishing. They referred him to the old LUNKER DOG and we made arrangements for them on our famous Fort Lauderdale Beach. Initially we were not going to target anything but just [...]

VA flounder man wacks the tarpon - Monday, March 30th, 2009
Rob from Virginia who spends most of his time fishing for flounder and stripers came down to Fort Lauderdale to vacation with the wife. Rob Scheduled one day for himself and booked a tarpon trip with me and tarpon is what he got. This was one of the fish Rob had some really big fish that he battled [...]

Texas Boys slaying big tarpon - Friday, March 27th, 2009
Got a call from Jim Hayes out of Texas, he saw the Bill Dance episode and realized he could catch big tarpon right here in Fort Lauderdale. His daughter does not live far from here so he decided to take a trip down to see her. Jims a pretty clever fellow so he brought his best [...]

DR. Ds trophy tarpon with the Lunkerdog - Monday, March 9th, 2009
Dr. D ( Joe ) was down in Fort Lauderdale with his daughter for her spring break. He fished with me a number of times in the last few years and has had a lucky streak. His streak was in jeopardy this time as the tarpon were very finicky. The three of us sat out [...]

Frank from MD two nice tarpon - Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Frank gave me a call after one of his friends saw the Bill Dance show last month and suggested to call me. We found the tarpon almost instantly and it did not take long for Frank to get a hook in one. This is an e-mail from Frank after he returned home to MD. ” Hey Jeff, [...]

Gil from Paris catches Tarpon and snook - Sunday, March 1st, 2009
I received an e-mail from Gil who wanted to take an out of town guest to experience some fishing down here around Fort Lauderdale. His guest got sick and could not make the trip so Gil decided to go any way. It was a good choice, he was able to fight two tarpon, releasing one about [...]

Paul & Joe from NJ wooped some Tarpon - Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Paul scheduled a three day fishing trip with me. He wanted to go tarpon fishing for two days and sail fishing for one day. The sail fish were a little scarce but they did manage to land a couple of really nice king fish. Trapon fishing was spectacular, both Paul and Joe landed big fish one [...]

Latest Fishing Reports

- Cherry Picking for Tarpon and Snook! Epic night
- Bill from NJ With a Grand Slam
- Them Chicago Boys got them some Lunkers
- Rich & Judy from Michigan
- Erick From NY tarpon Fort Lauderdale
- Super Bowl Fun with Kevin Kolb
- Andy And Loraine from NH
- Night Time tarpon & Permit
- cold weather action
- A Fun Day with Dr. D and Dr. Sherry