Catching bait at the Islamorada bait patch

Captain Jeff Oughton reports that the dolphin bit is still plentiful with lots of fish in the 10-20lb range. Here’s his audio fishing report for this trip!

ISLAMORADA FISHING REPORT Happy Holidays everybody! Well the fishing has not let up. Those who choose to sailfish can still expect to see between 4 and 8 fish a day… not bad. The King Mackerals and Cero Mackerals have been ravenous. We have been mostly fishing fades in 125′ of water lately and the bait…

It’s getting closer to the Holidays and it’s also getting COLD! Burr!!! Fishing has been pretty good down here for the last week as the weather has been good to up until Monday. Wow…highs in the 50’s and even colder on Tuesday and Wednesday! Fishing has been steady with the Sailfish showing up most every…

2009-02-22 – Florida Keys Fishing – Sailfish, Snapper, and Grouper on a half day I had the opportunitey to fill in for Capt. John yesterday and hosted a group of eight guys in the Keys for a Bachelor party. We got a bit of a late start on our morning half day outting (think there…

Both boats have been out this past weekend and the Sails are here but a bit off the bite. We had a few packed up just not real co-operative. On the other hand the reef is wonderful right now, Flag Yellow-tail snappers are loading up. Along with some really nice Grouper. King Mackerel continue to…

What a great end of the year!! Fishing was outstanding! At times difficult but good times. Going to keep it short for the simple fact of the consistency of the week. Smoker Kings up to 40lbs and plenty in the 10 to 15lb range all caught on cigar minnows which at times were hard to…