Southbound
Catch of the Day

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

Two Trips Today The first one was a 6 hr and the second was a 4 hr. It makes for a long day for both myself and my 1st Mate. We got to the boat between 6:15 – 6:30 in the morning. We would not get home until around 7 pm. I don’t mind the long days as long...

Strong South East Wind Today There is a cold front coming and it is not unusual for the wind to clock around to the North West as it approaches. So a day with strong Southeast wind is not normal, but it happens from time to time. Today was one of those days. I know it...

Today was the 2nd trip this week for these folks. They fish 2 days ago and we caught a basked full of Yellowtail Snapper and some Cero Mackerel on the Reef. So today they decided to try their luck offshore. Hey heard about the Wahoo from yesterday and only one of them...

The Southbound had two trips today We had a 4 hr trip in the morning. We spent the time on the Reef. The fishing was pretty easy yesterday and my customers were more interested in Action and taking a few fish back for dinner than one of two big fish offshore. It was...

We spent the day fishing the Reef Today. These folks have 2 full days booked and the fish were really biting on the reef so we figured we would stay there today and maybe go offshore on Tuesday for their second day. it was a good plan too! They caught their limit of...

The Reef fishing was Good today We only anchored long enough to catch some live bait. Then we slow trolled up and down the reef looking for Yellowtail snapper, Mutton Snapper, Cero mackerel, and anything else that wanted to bite. The action was pretty steady. Slow...

We had a great 3/4 day trip today. My customers were hoping for Tuna and Dolphin. Mid-October is a little late in the year for Dolphin and still a little early for the Tuna. But you can’t catch them if you don’t try, so we headed offshore to look for our...