Florida Keys Backcountry fishing report – 5/16/11

5/25/10 Spring is in the air and life is good!! We have been pretty busy down here and even better is that the fishing is real good. The weather has been nothing short of perfect and the oil is not going to be here any time soon. And PLEASE don’t just ignore this problem, it…

Spring is all about opportunity knocking and you need to be out on the water to answer the door. We have been running and will be running with the start of Spring Break! The reef has been pretty active with the Mackerels, King and Cero’s. Snapper fishing has been good to very good with yellowtails…

The Backcountry has been good still with plenty of great light tackle action. Red fish and the Snook are providing plenty of action as well as the larger Snappers along the Mangroves and some on the bottom structure. The Permit are on fire eating Crabs like gum drops. The Tarpon fishing is still good and…

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!

I read something the other day that Florida was the only State in the country that had no snow landed in it! The nicest weather is in the Keys! Capt John Reports: Been to long…. sorry about that. The fishing down here has been spotty as of late. Most of the days bring hard work…