Southbound
Catch of the Day

The fishing has been pretty good the last few days. Yesterday the snapper fishing was still good. In the morning, we anchored up to catch some snappers for dinner. The yellowtail snappers and the Mangro Snappers have been biting. The spawn this time of year, so if you...

While most of America got to sleep in on the holiday, that is not the way it works for charter boat Captains. Most Holidays are work days and the 4th of July is no different. Things will slow down soon enough when August gets here and back to school begins. So in this...

Fishing was not red hot today, much of the Sargasso weed we have been seeing seems to be drifting out of the area slowly. We didn’t catch a lot of fish in terms of numbers, but we did get a very big bull dolphin early in the day.   Today started out a bit...

We caught a Sailfish today. It was a large one. We don’t kill sailfish, but we measured it for a replica mount and it was 92 inches long. That’s a big one for these waters. Today’s trip was only a 6 hr, and we wanted to make sure everyone caught some...

I’ve been fishing for over 30 yrs. I’ve been out on rough days where the waves were 10-12 ft,(that’s not a lot of fun, by the way), and I’ve seen slick calm days. Today was one of those slick calm days. Not a wave to be seen anywhere....

As I mentioned in yesterdays “catch of the day”, it was a tough day fishing. Hate it when that happens, but if you do this for a living, sooner or later it will happen. I was hoping for a better day today Today started out slow. First of all, the weather...

This is a great job. I really like being on the waters of Key West, Florida. I really enjoy seeing the wildlife I get to see. After 26+ yrs, I have so many regular customers that have become my friends. I understand when we go out fishing, some days will be good and...

  The offshore has still been a little show and we caught a lot of bottom fish yesterday. So we decided to continue with inshore fishing on some of the wrecks today. We were looking for some bigger fish. We got some live bait and started dropping on some wrecks....

The folks I have on board today have fished with me the last 6 or 7 years. The always take advantage of my vacation package and fish 3 full days. They do like to take fish home, but they also enjoy just catching fish for the fun and the action. Today is their first...

Fortunately, there has been great bonito action inshore, because the dolphin fishing offshore has been tough. There has not been a lot of fish and there has been a lot of throw-back sized fish. The Sargasso weed looks great. Big patches as big as the boat, but we are...

We had a 6 hr trip today. We only had 3 people. A very nice couple and, I believe, one of their moms. The couple had fished before, but Mom had never caught a fish in her life. I wanted to go for some quick bites so I started inshore and just outside the reef. We got...

Still catching dolphin. Most of the dolphin we are catching are smaller fish. They are called “chicken dolphin”. Don’t ask me why. They were called that before I started fishing and the will probably be called that long after I’m gone. but when...