Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

Mackerel still King in the Marathon and Keys! - King Mackerel have been tearing up the deep reef edge along the middle Keys for some time now. The fierce striking big Macks have been chewing up chum lines both east and west of Sombrero light. Reef areas off of Duck Key and Bahia Honda Key have bee more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Reef Bite On Fire In Marathon - The cool weather fronts we have had recently have the Snapper and Grouper avoiding the cooler waters of Florida Bay, and have been making thier way out to the Atlantic side patch reefs where the fishing has been fantastic! Large Mangrove Snapper have more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Sailfish & KIngfish bring in the New Year! - The winter migratory species continue to dominate the local fishing scene with good numbers of Sailfish inhabiting the local area as cool fronts coming down the Florida peninsula keep moving more fish south into the warmer waters of the middle Keys. more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon - Florida Keys Fishing Report - Winter is here in the Keys, and the migration of winter species is in full swing after we recently had some more seasonal temperatures to help cool the local waters. The Mackerel family has made it's presence known this week in grand fashion. Large n more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Sailfish Bite still "ON" in the middle Florida Keys! - In recent weeks, it has been the norm to see countless frigate birds working over top of schools of Ballyhoo as Sailfish, Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi), and even some Blackfin Tuna chase the ballyhoo into tightly packed, balled up schools. And then pushin more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Sailfish Holiday! - I want to wish all readers a Happy Thanksgiving and hope you are spending it with loved ones. Here in the middle Keys we are thankful for the awesome Sailfish action that has been going on for the past couple weeks. Sails have been showing up showeri more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Sailfish starting to show on reef edge! - On recent reef trips off of the middle Keys anglers have been surprised to find a scattering of Sailfish along the reef edge. Mostly they are charging in on the reef in search of Ballyhoo. Some nice numbers of Ballyhoo have been showing up in chum more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Reef Bite Right - Offshore fishing in the middle Keys has been hit and miss lately with some good catches of Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) being had mostly around floating debris. Some larger fish have been hitting the docks recently, and can be anywhere from 6-30 miles offshor more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Plenty of Dolphin around middle Keys! - The offshore bite off of Marathon and the middle Keys this week has produced some great catches of Dolphin fish (Mahi-Mahi). Nice school fish have been found all over the area from 11-19 miles offshore. Some have been under Frigate birds and some aro more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Muttons Rule - The hot bite on Mutton Snapper around the local deep reef and wreck area has been the ticket for most local charter boats recently. Nice Snaps up to 25lb have been hitting the docks in the area all week and should continue for the next few weeks. Man more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon