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Today I am bringing you folks a "summary" of my amazing 5-days Multi-Species fishing trip down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I am also linking all the YouTube videos below, in case you folks haven't checked it out yet!
Main Objective:
To catch as many different Species of fish as possible, in a period of five days.
Locations:
- Intracoastal Waterway
- Hillsboro Inlet
- C-14 Canal
- G-15 Canal
- Boca Raton Inlet
- Royal Palm Ponds
P.s. hyperlinks for the Smugmug folders of these locations are only accessible to Patreon/YT Members.
Species Caught:
- Mangrove Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
- Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos)
- Checkered Puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus)
- Spottail Pinfish (Diplodus holbrookii) or South-American Silver Porgy (Diplodus argenteus)
- Black Margate (Anisotremus surinamensis)
- Atlantic Needlefish (Strongylura marina)*
- Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis)
- Sand Drum (Umbrina coroides)*
- Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
- Tomtate (Haemulon aurolineatum)
- Smallmouth Grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum)
- Houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)
- Blue Runner (Caranx crysos)
- Dusky Damselfish (Stegastes adustus)
- Crested Goby (Lophogobius cyprinoides)
- Frillfin Goby (Bathygobius soporator)
- Inland Silverside (Menidia beryllina) or Tidewater Silverside (Menidia peninsulae)
- Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus)
- Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Mayan Cichlid (Mayaheros urophthalmus)***
- Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis)*
- Spotfin Mojarra (Eucinostomus argenteus) or Bigeye Mojarra (Eucinostomus havana)
- Large-Scaled Spinycheek Sleeper (Eleotris amblyopsis)*
- Florida Largemouth Bass (Micropterus floridanus)**
- Slippery Dick (Halichoeres bivittatus)
- French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)
- Lane Snapper (Lutnajus synagris)
- Hairy Blenny (Labrisomus nuchipinnis)
- Bermuda Chub (Kyphosus sectatrix)
- Sailor's Grunt (Haemulon parra)
- Ladyfish (Elops saurus)*
- Ballyhoo (Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
- Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
- High-Hat (Pareques acuminatus)
- Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)
- Permit (Trachinotus falcatus)
- False Pilchard (Harengula clupeola) or Scaled Sardine (Harengula jaguana)
- Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
- Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus)
- Redfin Parrotfish (Sparisoma rubripinne)***
- Flamefish (Apogon maculatus)
- Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhinchus)
- Butterfly Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris)
- African Jewelfish (Hemichromis letournexi)***
- Yellow Belly Cichlid (Cichlasoma salvini)
- Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
- Spotted Tilapia (Pelmatolapia mariae)***
- White Grunt (Haemulon plumierii)
- Long-Spined Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)
*Lifers. In other words, new species for my list! See my Master Species Album right here.
**The Florida Largemouth Bass has been classified as a separate Species; however, the community is still skeptical about it. Thus, I do not count the Micropterus floridanus as a new Species yet.
***Changes in classification or Species identification. All changes were made on the Smugmug Fish Photo Database.
Videos:
Below are the highlights for this fishing trip:
Day 1, morning -- Hillsboro Inlet:
The Sand Drum shows up!
Day 1, afternoon -- Hillsboro Inlet:
An unexpected guest makes an appearance...Sigh.
Day 2, morning -- C-14 Canal:
A new Species shows up!
Day 2, afternoon -- C-14 Canal wrap up + Royal Palm Ponds:
A rare Species of fish appears!
Day 3, morning -- Boca Raton Inlet*:
Sabiki fishing for different Species!
Day 3, afternoon -- Boca Raton Inlet*:
Punching rocks for different reef Species!
*My fellow lifelister Rocky Bangor makes an appearance in these video. Check out his Instagram here.
Day 4 -- Hillsboro Inlet:
Day 4 -- Hillsboro Inlet:
Revisiting the spot for more Species!
Day 5, morning -- G-15 Canal:
Live-Lining Shiners for bigger fish!
Day 5, afternoon -- G-15 Canal:
Micro-Fishing the freshwater Canal!
Summary & Photos:
This section will only be available for Patreon & YouTube Members, in the near future.
Best of luck to all of us!
Long Days and Pleasant Nights!
Sincerely,
Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing
