Florida Keys Backcountry fishing report – 5/16/11

2010-01-18 – Islamorada thaws off after coldfront The cold is gone, wow that was horrible! Fish floating and lots of bait dying off. The fishing has been getting better as the week went on! The beginning of the week was hard going. The kings have been chewing their faces off and the rest of the…

Lately Ive heard lots of people complaining, mostly when they find a piece of debris, about the Dolphin not biting or there’s so many Triggers and Bar Jacks you cant even get bait to them……. Well perhaps this will help you. I would assume that most everybody has a few skippies or albert’s in there…

Lots of changes happening all around us. Migration is a very intriguing and educational experience, especially when you have the opportunity we have here in the Florida Keys. Both land and sea patterns are wild to witness. The land life brings out plenty of new bird life as the Gannets and several others continue their…

As some starts rolling in the Keys has been very good on the fishing front. Capt Aaron has been finding a good mess of Mahi’s on a his offshore trips and the snapper and grouper fishing has remained good on the wrecks and reefs. Capt Aaron had a very successful sword trip this week 4…

Islamorada fishing has moved into full swing!! We had some winds to deal with all week, however, the fishing was outstanding. Both myself and Capt. Clyde have fished most of the week, both in the Backcountry and the Atlantic. Air temps are back in the 80’s and sea temperatures are back to normal in the…

Capt Andrew reports of plenty of dolphin action out of Islamorada with huge weed lines packed with Mahi Mahi of varying sizes. Massive schools of small dorado are punctuated with gaffers and much larger fish mixed in. Plenty of action you need to pick through the small fish to get your shots at the big…