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Live Bait fishing on the Reef
Using Live Ballyhoo on the Reef off Key West One of my favorite ways of fishing is to catch and use live Ballyhoo on the reef this time of year. A Ballyhoo is a small common baitfish found in these waters. Everything, from Yellowtail snapper to Blue Marlin will eat a...
Adjusting the departure to the fish
Sunset Tuna Bite Sunset TunaBiteThis time of year the Black Fin Tuna are usually around our Key West Waters. They are not a large tuna such as the Blue Fin or Yellow Fin Tuna. These days, the average Black Fin Tuna is 10-15 lbs. Anything over 20 lbs is considered big....
Southbound catching Dolphin in Key West
Not the time of year you expect them Catching Mahi In December It is late in the year for there to be Mahi in our Key West waters. Usually, we catch the bulk of our Mahi here in Key West in the summer months. It normally starts in May and will run until September or...
Cooler weather finally arriving in Florida!!
Talking about the seasonal change in the Key West weather as we start to get some cooker high pressure systems moving through the area causing cooler weather and keeping Hurricanes away
More family fun fishing on the Southbound in Key West
In a recent post, I mentioned I have been having some father/son groups on the boat lately. I always enjoy having family fun trips onboard. The last two days I had another was another one. They took advantage of one of my vacation specials with free accommodations. We...
Catching some Mahi on the Southbound
The weather in Key West has been “marginal” the last few days Some wind, but not too much and it has been a bit of rain passing through the Key West area. Despite slightly adverse conditions weatherwise, we have still been catching some nice Mahi on the...
Father/Son Fishing Key West
Schools around the country are out for the Summer and it is a perfect time for Father/Son fishing trips. I have had at least 3 Father/Son groups in the last few weeks,(I titled this post “Father-Son Fishing” because we have had 3 Father Son groups over the...
The wind picked up
On Friday the Wind picked up and so did the fishing. I had a Father/Son group on both Saturday and Sunday and on both days the Mahi fishing was better than when it was slick calm earlier in the week. It was “sporty” but not bad. Probably 3 ft seas. Most...
Calm Seas
After a few weeks of moderate seas The wind dropped and the seas got calm. Too calm if you ask me. Experience tells me that, while flat calm weather is probably more enjoyable for my customers, the “catching” will slow down if it stays this calm for...
Key West Fishing Charter Finds a Message in a Bottle!
Key West’s Southbound Fishing Charter found a message in a bottle on Friday We were fishing about 12 miles Southeast of Key West. I saw a big Loggerhead turtle on the surface near some weed patches. Sometimes bait will follow a turtle same as it would anything...
The Mahi are biting
We have been targeting Mahi for the last few weeks. It is the time of year when they start showing up and right on schedule, the mahi are biting most days. We do have a late season Cold front coming tomorrow. The change in the wind and/or pressure might slow the Mahi...
It’s getting to be that “Mahi” time of year
May is usually the start of the “Mahi” time of the year That is when we start to see some South and East wind. Hopefully, we also see some strong East current and weed lines forming up offshore. When that happens, it’s time to go fishing for Mahi,...