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Catch of the Day

We had two half day trips today. Half days can be tough this time of year. On a half day, you don’t have much time to fish, so as a Captain, I have to try to make it happen pretty quickly. On our morning trip, we fished out to 350 ft of water to start. It looked...

My customers today had a tough time offshore Sailfishing yesterday. We didn’t stay long. Too bad too as conditions look great. Sometimes you have to make an “executive decision” and give up something on the fishing end so the customers are...

We started the day with the intention of getting some live bait and fishing for Sailfish and whatever else wanted to bite. Hopefully some Black Fin Tuna, Kingfish or dolphin. It was a good plan, except the bait was non-existent. I have a spot that is usually foolproof...

We did not go too far offshore today, Just outside the reef. Most of the better fish being caught have been in close. Generally in 150-300 ft of water down to the Southwest of Key West. There is an area down there called the “end of Boca Grande Bar”. The...

We had a full day trip and we decided to go trolling offshore today. We were not looking for any particular species, just catching fish. The one thing that has been consistent about the fishing is that it has been changing every day. Fishing conditions, the water...

We stayed in close looking for Reef action today. We ended up doing ok eventually, but it was not easy. The water on the reef is not a good color, very green and not clear at all. worst of all there is very little current. Stagnant water is never good. Some movement...

We went back out fishing for dolphin offshore again today. The conditions actually looked better than yesterday, but there were not as many fish today. We had bad luck on a couple of keepers. They hit the deep troll and jumped off. Most of the time, you don’t...

We had a full day trip today and decided to go offshore fishing for Dolphin, (mahi). There have been a few dolphin around, but it’s still a little early for the really good dolphin fishing. There has been a lot of Sargasso weed offshore and normally that’s...

We just had a half day trip this morning. My customers decided they would like to try to catch some Yellowtail snapper for dinner for that evening. We anchored up on the reef to the west. Conditions were good. There was a gentle east wind and a slight west current....

We were just looking for bites today. Not targeting any specific fish. So we stayed inshore fishing for Barracuda, Mackerel, Bonito and whatever else wanted to bite on or near the reef. The Bonitos had been biting very well the last few days, but they were a little...

I mentioned in an earlier post that the Bonitos and Black Fin Tuna usually bite around this time of year. I had not seen many so far, but sooner or later, I figured they would show up. At least for today, they are here. We had a regular customer of mine and his...

Trolling has been tough, so we decided to anchor up and fish for Yellowtail Snappers today. My customers wanted action and dinner and were not worried about the size of the fish. This time of year that means fishing for Yellowtail Snappers. Conditions were good. We...