Andrew Roydhouse

An incredible fishing trip today aboard the Keeping It Reel with Capt. Mike and mate Tyler. A slightly rough day, 3-5 ft seas blowing 15 knots out of the SSE. We went kite fishing in about 150ft of water, just 1 mile offshore of Fort Lauderdale. We got a quick chop off by a kingfish, didn't hook him, and then no action for almost an hour.

Just before we were about to change tactics, we spot a frigate bird above the boat, and then a couple more right after. Tyler pitches out a couple pilchards on spinning rods and hooks into 2 dolphin fish immediately. Then and explosion on the left long kite bait. The fish took drag like crazy and almost spooled us.

We quickly boated the 2 dolphin and started backing down hard on the tuna. We had him only on a Shimano 25 TLD strung with 40 pound ANDE monofilament. That's extremely light tackle for a tuna this large. We fought the fish for 3 hours, the fish nearly spooling us 3 different times. Finally got him to the boat and it took 3 of us to gaff him and pull him aboard.

Awesome fish, weighted out to 165 pounds. This is the biggest yellowfin tuna caught in Fort Lauderdale in a long time. Most of these bigger yellowfins are caught either in the Bahamas or in the Keys. There are some awesome fish biting offshore of Fort Lauderdale right now. Let's go fishing!

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Fish Species: yellowfin tuna, dolphin
Bait Used: live goggle eye
Tackle Used: 25 TLD Shimano 2/ 40 pound ANDE monofilament
Method Used: Kite Fishing
Water Depth: 150ft
Water Temperature: 80
Wind Direction: SSE
Wind Speed: 15mph
Huge yellowfin tuna caught in Fort Lauderdale
Huge yellowfin tuna caught in Fort Lauderdale

165 pound yellowfin tuna caught with Fishing Headquarters
165 pound yellowfin tuna caught with Fishing Headquarters


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Andrew Roydhouse

About The Author: Captain Andrew Roydhouse

Company: Fishing Headquarters

Area Reporting: Fort Lauderdale South Florida

Bio: I am a 3rd generation fisherman out here off Ft. Lauderdale and have been fishing proffessionally all my life. My company, Fishing Headquarters, runs daily drift fishing trips, sportfishing privae and shared charters, night time swordfishing trips, and any other type of fishing you would like to try.

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