Catching bait at the Islamorada bait patch

As the rest of the country slips deeper into winter, the keys enjoy warm weather and great fishing. Capt Andrew reports from the last 2 trips: Found our cigar minnows on our secret lobster spot in 10 ft of water yellowtails were hard to catch had to drop down to 1o lb flourocarbon to get…

Capt Jeff, Capt. Andrew and Capt Clyde continue to put our clients on the meat. Mahi-Mahi (dolphin fish) continues to be a consistent producer with fish in the 8 to 10lb range. On most occasions our trips have been getting in on the Mahi action that moving into the reefs to get on the excellent…

Fishing this past week in Islamorada has seemed to be a little on the slow side. It seems as if we are just coming to the end of the change-over period. This week the Yellowtails and Mangrove Snapper bite has somewhat faded down but all the fish we are catching have been quality fish up…

Yesterday Captain Jeff Oughton went offshore in the Gulf and got into some nice big Goliath Groupers and a couple of nurse sharks. The wind picked up so they went inshore and had a real nice catch of Redfish and one big snook.

Hurricane Sandy has become a non issue for us in the keys as she is moving away from us. Fall is magical in the Keys the weather is gorgeous and the fishing as always is top notch. Capt John Reports: Good to be back in the Keys! There’s been some decent Dolphin action and the…

Seems a variety of species have gotten better on the reef and just off the reef. Cero Mackerel fishing is improving with them moving into the chum slicks. Blackfin continue to improve on the lumps, Mahi-Mahi are a little bit of a ride but when you get there its been good fishing. Captain Andrew Reports:…