Southbound
Catch of the Day
Long Day Today
The Southbound had 2 trips today. A 6 hr trip and a 4 hr trip. In the morning we had a group of 6 for a 6 hr trip. The weather was nice. The seas were 1-2 ft and it was sunny and warm. unfortunately, some of the groups did not fare well. I’m not sure if some...
Calm Seas, Sunny skies and Good Action today
It was a beautiful day Today, We had Calm Seas, Sunny skies, and good fishing action on the reef. We stopped and got some live ballyhoo as we normally do this time of year. The bait has been pretty easy all year and, thankfully, today was no exception. My mate,...
Split charter today
I had a split charter today Most of the time, I don’t do many of them. A split charter is where you sign on by the person and we find others to share the boat with you. If you only have a limited budget or one or two people, it is an appreciable saving. But if...
Sunset Bite
The Southbound had a late afternoon trip today. From 2 pm until 6 pm. My customers did not want to fish the reef. they wanted bigger fish. Specifically, they wanted a fish bigger than they could catch in Lake Erie. On a late trip such as this, I thought our best bet...
Another Good Day!
It was another good day on the Southbound today We had a 6 hr trip today. My anglers wanted to make sure they had enough fish to take back to feed the others in their group. For that reason, I opted to go to the reef and get live bait again. We have been doing a lot...
Beat the weather…….almost
Today started out as a Beautiful Day Light winds, Clear Skies, Calm Seas. We stopped to get live bait as we often do this time of year. The Bait wasn’t easy, but we got what we needed. I knew from the weather reports that there was a cold front approaching Key...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! The weather was good and the fishing has been too. So when we had the opportunity to fish on New Years Day, We decided to take it. I’m glad we did. The Southbound started the New Year off looking for Sailfish. We have been fishing the Reef mostly...
2 Trips Again Today
Traditionally this is the busiest week of the year It may be hard to tell because Key West has been very busy for the last year or so. Mostly due to people trying to get away and having to deal with all the Covid Restrictions. Anyway, the Southbound had 2 4 hr trips...
Two Trips Today
The Southbound had Two Half Day Trips Today Personally, I prefer the longer trips, but fishing has been good so I figured we could put a catch together in a 4 hr trip. I was half right. I only had two anglers in the morning. A father and son. I suggest we take the...
Another Good Day
We were fishing with Live Ballyhoo again today and we had another good day The Bait was pretty easy again. The Reef has been stacked with schools of Ballyhoo and very common Baitfish. At times it is advantageous to fish with dead-rigged ballyhoo and at times we do....
Great Reef Ation
We continue to have great Reef action on the local waters. We have been fishing the reef hard most days for two reasons. There is a lot of live ballyhoo baitfish around and that usually means there are a lot of other fish there to feed on them. This has been the case....
Fishing on the Reef again Today
Last trip before Christmas Day, (and a day off) I had a regular customer who likes to fish by himself. I guess that way he gets to catch all the fish. We went to a reef called Western Dry Rocks to get live ballyhoo baitfish to slow troll along the reef. I had not...