Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin & Sails The Sailfish have been biting very well the past couple of weeks, but the recent warm weather brought in the nice surprise of lots of Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi). While live bait fishing for Sailfish this past week, we have run into quite more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sardines Everywhere - Sailfish Bustin Loose! The Sailfish action in the middle Florida Keys has been red hot lately with some unbelievable catches being reported. Some of the local Sailfish tournaments have seen record catches and 20 fish days bec more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Season Is Here! As December nears, the migration of the mighty Sailfish brings more and more of them into the Florida Keys area where they like to hang out for months gorging themselves on the plentiful baitfish the keys are known for. Th more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Reef Bite Right! The edge of the reef has seen some great action lately for Yellowtail Snapper and Grouper mostly along the 50-90ft range. Yellowtail have been biting excellent with most boats catching thier limits in short amounts of time on morn more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Blackfins Biting Nice sized Blackfin Tuna have been on the bite off the west hump offshore of Marathon here in the middle keys lately. Trolling feathers, cedar plugs and Billy baits have been producing the best results with some fish up to 25lb hi more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Bite Dolphin fishing off of Marathon and the Keys has heated up lately with some good catches from 12-17 miles offshore. Near the Ups and Downs has been good about 17 mi. SW of Marathon. Look for fast moving working birds and for floatin more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Scramble As anticipated, the Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) fishing off of Marathon and the middle Keys has heated up this week with some large schools of schoolie sized fish showing up all over the area. Several excellent catches of Mahi's hit the d more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Bustin loose The Tarpon action at the 7 mile bridge and other keys bridges has heated up lately with some good numbers of fish showing up and some great catches of Tarpon up to 170lb by captains at the 7 mile marina. The other morning, I ha more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Tune Up Tarpon season is kicking into high gear here in the middle Keys and some good catches have been reported here this week. Some good numbers of fish have shown up at the 7 mile bridge and at other Tarpon hot spots. Lots of schools of more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Showing Up! Yesterday the big event in the middle Keys was the Capt. Leon Shell memorial Sailfish tournament. The Sailfish were not cooperating too well, but the Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) were. Capt Jason Long and the Best Bet team took home t more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon