Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

Marathon, Florida Keys - Beat the Heat! Most of the charter boats in the Marathon area lately have been running night trips for snapper with great success. The reef bite for big Mutton Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Grouper, etc. is excellent lately and almost everyone is bea more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Nite Bite - Day Bite Well the Swordfish in the Florida Keys have been long known as a night time target and most anglers going after them have been going out at dusk. Until recently.... lots of keys captains have been going swordfishing in the day more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Offhsore Big Dolphin are still hanging around the middle Keys as was proved last week when my Dad's neighbor Tom Wammack of Grassy Key caught a 46lb Bull that won the annual firefighters tournament. There were lots of other nice sized fish caught, more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Muttons Mingle... Some nice catches of large Mutton Snapper have been hitting the docks in the middle FL Keys lately along with some nice Black Grouper and lots of Yellowtail Snapper. The reef and wreck bite has been hot lately and many captains h more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Time The tarpon bite at the Keys bridges off of Marathon and the middle Keys has been great lately with some schools of fish starting to migrate up the shorelines off of Marathon on the ocean side. There have been some nice sized fish bitin more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Spring fish confused.... A couple of weeks of unseasonal, abnormal, just flat our crazy northerly winds in early May have had the normal offshore bonanza shut down and the Tarpon getting a good case of lock jaw..... Instead of the daily fiesta of more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Hot The Tarpon bite is on in Marathon and the middle Keys with some great action being had by anglers at the famous 7 mile bridge right here next to the 7 mile marina. We had a 100lb fish on this morning before a fantastic leap caused the h more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Heating Up! Tarpon season is coming into full bloom and the fishing is busting loose this week. Big Tarpon are here now and have been biting the past few days (and nights) at the famous tarpon grounds at the 7 mile bridge and Bahia Honda br more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Bustin Loose! The past week has seen the Sailfish show up in grand fashion in the Marathon area with some boats posting double digit releases and seeing 30+ fish in a day. The days when the wind blows out of the east at about 15K or more, more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Heating Up! The conditions are finally starting to improve for the 'tailing' season for Sailfish, Cobia, and other migratory species here in the Florida Keys. The winds have picked up out of the east and the action has heated up along wit more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon