Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Fort Lauderdale, FL area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
With the Gulf Stream waters only about 10 miles offshore from Fort Lauderdale, anglers have quick access to some amazing offshore fishing for sailfish, wahoo, marlin, tuna and mahi mahi. This area has plenty of offshore charters that troll for the pelagic species listed above.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
Fort Lauderdale also has plenty of reefs and wrecks to fish offshore. Some of the types of fish you may be targeting on the reefs and wrecks are snapper, grouper, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, amberjack, cobia, sharks, hogfish, tripletail, jack crevalle, barracuda and more.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
