Southbound
Catch of the Day

While the World still seems in turmoil, The world of Southbound is trying to get back to normal. The roadblock is down and US1 is open to all traffic again. We had our 1st trip in a couple of weeks yesterday, (5th since late March). It felt great to get back on the...

While charter boats such a mine have actually been “Open for Business” all through this shutdown, (groups of less than 10 people), in reality, we were shut down by the lack of visitors. While most boats, myself included, have a few “local”...

I had another trip today, the second day in a row. It was another group of locals and another half day. Two of the four in the group are friends of mine, which tends to put more pressure on me to produce. On top of that, one of my buddies, Gage a well known local...

We had our first trip since the beginning of May today. I’m not used to being off the water for such long periods of time and I don’t want to get used to it. Fortunately, we had a half-day trip today. A couple of local gents that need a little time out on...

The last few months have been tough. Between the boatyard, the boredom, the loss of business, and the virus fears I have not been having much fun. That being said, I realize those who have succumbed to the COVID virus and those who have lost loved ones have had a much...

I’ve been lucky to have been in business for almost 30yrs now. One of the best parts of my job is that I have a lot of repeat customers. It’s great having many of the same people come back year after year. You get to know the customer and they get to know...

After not fishing since late March, after being at the hunting camp for a week and in the boatyard for almost 4 weeks, the Southbound had its first charter on Sunday. The day was beautiful, East wind about 10mph. The seas were beautiful. The blue water was just...

Things started to shut down with the fears of the Coronavirus in late March. They put a roadblock at the top of the Keys to prevent non-residents from coming in. I understand that we are lucky that we can isolate geographically. I’m still not sure I believe the...

For those of you that have or had been following my website, it is obvious that I have not been keeping up. I got pretty busy in January, which is normal, but due to other reasons, my motivation to keep posting just wasn’t there. I did fish quite a bit between...

We had a full day trip today. It was the same group we fished in the Gulf of Mexico with yesterday. Like yesterday, it was a full day today. The wind had come down as predicted and they wanted to try for different fish so we went to the Atlantic. Our plan was to get...

One of the big advantages we have fishing here in Key West is that we can fish the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. When we get strong winds out of the North this time of year, we can go South. We can tuck up tight to the reef or the Islands and have a relatively...

We had 2 4 hr trips today. That is good for business but can make for tough fishing. 4 hrs is not a long time. I probably make more money on 2 half days, but honestly, I would rather one long trip than 2 halves. I like being out there, not running in and out. The more...