HOLLYWOOD, FL FISHING CHARTERS

Hollywood is the stretch of Broward coast between Dania Beach and Hallandale, with the Hollywood Broadwalk running along the surf line and the Intracoastal Waterway carving a productive inshore route west of A1A. The beach in front of the Hollywood Beach Resort and the Margaritaville Hollywood is the densest hotel zone, and pickups from these properties run about fifteen minutes south on US-1 to the Cool Runnings dock. Once on the water, the offshore ledge starts about a mile and a half off the Hollywood beach. Depths hit roughly 200 ft within three miles of shore, and the Gulf Stream's western edge runs about seven miles out.

The inshore water between Hollywood and Dania includes the Dania Cutoff Canal, the seawalls of the Hollywood Lakes neighborhood, and the productive flats around the spoil islands south of Port Everglades. Snook hold tight to the dock lights in the canals on falling tides, and tarpon push through the cutoff canal during the spring migration. Our Rhodan trolling motor drifts the seawalls quietly during the early-morning bite without spooking fish. Groups booking Cool Runnings inshore trips from Hollywood often combine the Intracoastal stretch with a quick offshore push for sailfish or mahi on the same morning.

Hollywood's offshore fishing is functionally the same as Fort Lauderdale offshore fishing because the boat runs from the same dock, just a few miles south. The Gulf Stream proximity is the same. The reef ledges at 80 to 150 ft hold the same snapper, grouper, and amberjack populations.

North Beach Park and the streets framing the old Sunny Isles Bridge sit on the south end of Hollywood and mark the boundary with Sunny Isles in Miami-Dade. Captain Jason has logged more than a decade working this stretch and runs the morning bite around the Port Everglades tide push, which moves bait south along the Hollywood beach.

Half-day, three-quarter day, and full-day trips all work from a Hollywood pickup. Most families looking for a calm-water introduction to South Florida fishing book the half-day inshore option, with kids landing snapper, jacks, and the occasional snook in protected water. Anglers chasing a tournament target species push out to the offshore ledge.

Captain Jason will also run kite trips on the right winter day for sailfish along the Hollywood-to-Dania beach, where the bite stays tight to the beach in cold-front conditions. See everything included on every Cool Runnings trip before booking.