Some nice mutton snappers are hitting the dock this week on our daily drift fishing trips. Mutton snappers are the biggest snappers we catch and February is generally a GREAT month to target them. For muttons, use a ballyhoo plug or any similar streamline bait that doesn't spin. Muttons are smart so you need to freespool to them to let them get that bait down their mouth before you set the hook. It can take some time to get a feel for hooking muttons but once you get it, it's easy! Plenty of yellowtail and mangrove snappers biting this week too. Let's go fishing!

The larger migratory fish are starting to move through. Some big mutton snappers, decent sized kingfish and groupers/jacks on the bottom are providing some bigger catches mixed in with our good numbers of yellowtail snapper, porgies, grunts and triggers. Drifting and/or anchor fishing is doing well on all these bottom fish species as well as some pelagics too. We saw a whale on our trip yesterday which is really rare for south Florida. Whales usually have a full ecosystem of fish following behind them, so it is a really good omen. Sea ya out there! Capt. Andy Roydhouse

Nice catches of yellowtail snappers and mutton snappers are biting on our daily drift fishing trips out of Fort Lauderdale. In the winter months, snappers go shallow, so we're finding them on the 40ft ledge, right off the coast. Afternoon and night trips have been best lately, but that is always subject to change each day. Groupers too are biting good. Lots of other small to medium sized fish such as grunts, porgies and triggers are also among our daily catches. A rare kingfish or blackfin tuna may also be on the menu for the day. Good luck to everyone fishing this week. I'll sea ya on the water. Capt. Andy