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Catch of the Day

  October is the month when the weather usually starts to change from our normal summer weather of hot and humid to cooler and dryer. Normally it’s in the 90’with 90% humidity in the summer. Hopefully, soon we will see the wind switch from southerly...

We had a full day trip today. Our target species was Dolphin and it was good fishing today. I know most of the best fishing has been out deep lately. 750 ft of water or deeper. I figured if we were going for Dolphin there was no need to spend time inshore looking for...

Still catching some decent fish offshore of Key West. The Sargassum weed we had to deal with and complain about through the spring and early part of the summer is gone. Just a few scraps around. Without the weedlines to fish, we have to look for other indications of...

Fishing is still worth the effort. I won’t say it’s red hot, but we are still catching some dolphin as the summer comes to an end. Most of the fish are out deep. Usually in 700-800 ft of water. It’s tough to get there in a half-day, but if you have a...

One thing about the weather this time of year, Usually it’s calm and sunny. The fishing can be up and down like any fishing can, but most people really appreciate the beauty of being on the ocean when the weather is beautiful and the seas are calm and the water...

For most of the last 5 months or so, we have been inundated with a large amount of Sargassum weed floating in the waters off Key West, Flordia. Some days it was just scattered out. Some days it was in nice lines, and some days it was in big huge patches. It would...

We had a full day trip today and I was glad we did because the boats that caught fish yesterday had to go about 10 miles past the “Wall”. I had a nice couple and their two young sons. I was concerned the boys might get bored offshore. Sometimes that kind...

We are getting to the time of year when the water is getting very warm around the lower Keys. The tropical sun is beating down on both the island and the water. In other words………..it’s hot. We had a full-day trip today, which gives us enough...

It is getting late in the summer for Dolphin. Traditionally, as the summer sun warms the waters of Key West, the fish move further offshore. A couple of days ago, we went 30 miles looking for fish and really didn’t find many. Today we went 10 miles and found...

We have been fishing mostly full day, (8hr), and 3/4 day, (6hr) trips lately. Mostly because Dolphin is the main target species this time of year and as the water gets warmer the fish move out deeper. It was only a half-day today,(4 hr), so we decided to stay inshore...

We had a full day today and went looking for some weed to work offshore and hopefully find some dolphin and or other fish. There has been a  lot of weed offshore lately. Both just outside the reef and out deeper. Problem is, most of the fish being caught along those...

I did not know most of my customers until they started to fish with me. Many have become more friends than customers over the years, which is one of the true blessings of this business. I’ve gone to dinner with many, gone hunting with a couple,(invited by...