Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

Marathon, Florida Keys - Mahi-Mahi, Dorado, Dolphin? The fish with three names, commonly called the Dolphin here in south Florida, aka Mahi-Mahi (Hawaii) and Dorado (Latin America). We are lucky enough to catch them year round here in the Florida Keys. The success rate on more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Snapper Munching The reef bite off of Marathon has been alive lately with lots of nice Mutton Snapper hitting the docks along with some huge Mangrove and Yellowtail Snapper. The recent cooler weather has had the snapper on the move and it seems th more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish HOT! The offshore fishing has been highlighted this week by Sailfish as area charter boats have been having great success recently. Some catches in the double digits have been reported and some boats have been catching 3-5 Sails in a part more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Heating Up! Sailfish season is here once again and the bite has started to heat up off the upper Keys. It should continue to improve all over the Keys waters as the cooler weather settles in for the winter season. As water temps cool, the more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Swords in the Daytime! The daytime bite on swordfish off of Marathon and the middle Keys continues to be good for anglers deciding to go that far offshore and having the know how to do the job. Mostly charter boats have been venturing out after sw more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

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...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

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