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Nice day on the water again Today The fishing was good. We only had 6 hrs to work with. Our first goal was to catch something. The second goal was to catch dinner and our third goal was to catch a “Big” Fish. All three plans worked! I love it when that...

Big Black Fin Tuna Today We were part of a multi-boat Charity tournament today sponsored by Shell oil company and Blaylock Oil company here in Key West. Most years there are over 35 boats in the Tournament, but this year, due to Covid 19 there were only 8-10 boats. I...

Today was another fine day on the waters of Key West, Florida The weather was beautiful and the fishing was good. We caught Dolphin, Kingfish, Bonito, and Tuna.

I had the pleasure of helping two ladies check “Sportfishing” off their “Bucket List”. They had never been before and they wanted a big fish, but they also understood it is fishing so their expectation were not unreasonable. We caught another...

Because we caught 2 Wahoo Yesterday, we decided to go Wahoo fishing today The difference between regular trolling and trolling for Wahoo is that you put a wire leader on every bait and you go fast. Wahoo have small razor-sharp teeth and will bite through a...

I had extended family on the boat today and all the boats talk about the “Curse of friends and family”. It seems like whenever you have either onboard, the fishing goes to carp. As a Captain and business owner, I want to catch fish for all my customers,...

It was a great morning of fishing today. We are starting to see some early season Dolphin (Mahi) show up. and we got a nice Black Fin Tuna. There were plenty of Bonitos for action to go with the good eating fish. We should start to see more and more Dolphin in the...

It was a pretty day today The kind we like here in Key West. Warm and sunny, but not too hot and not too humid. The temperature was in the high 70’s or low 80’s. You know – a typical winter day! I know we are spoiled, that was the plan when I moved...

On the way in from fishing, we came across this small boat about 4 miles from Key West that had broken loose from its mooring. It was drifting southwest from Key West. This wasn’t a fancy boat. It looked like someone’s liveaboard. If so, they were not...

We had a cold front come through today, but that didn’t stop the good fishing! Down here, a cold front means a chilly, strong wind out of the north. Now because the lower Florida Keys curve to the West, (Hence the name “Key West“). That means we can...

We fished the Atlantic Side today It was a good move. We’ve been in the Gulf of Mexico the last couple of days because the wind was out of the South and the Gulf was the calmer water. Fishing was good and we caught and released some big sharks as well as...

We went back into the Gulf of Mexico again today The last trip it was a big Tiger shark. Today,  we caught and released another big shark. This time it was a big Lemon Shark caught and released. It was not quite as big as the tiger shark, but it was big for a Lemon...