Awesome Catch of Some Giant Red Snappers and Grouper on Our Sportfishing Charter

Tunas, kingfish, bonitos and barracuda are also biting all over the reefs. This is a great time of year for trolling the reefs as there is a bevy of different species to provide good action for our charters. Trolling the reefs is the best fishing method to catch lots of fish and lots of variety. You can literally catch anything while trolling the Ft Lauderdale reefs, from sailfish and the rare marlin to king, Spanish and cero mackerels. You never know what you might pull in when dragging lures and rigged baits over our expansive reef system. Sometimes bottom fish come up from the bottom to grab our deeper pulling, planer baits. When our charters tell us to keep them on the fish or to just catch as many fish as we can, trolling is the best method to employ. January is the month for big kingfish, one of the largest of the mackerels. Kingfish average 4-8 pounds but can sometimes reach weights of 40+ pounds. We call these monster kingfish, ‘smoker’ kings because when they hit, they ‘smoke’ the reels by pulling drag off the rods so quickly. And also because they taste great when you cook them using a smoker (greatest fish dip of all time).