Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

Marathon, Florida Keys - Macks & Sails Thanksgiving is the unofficial start of the Sailfish season here in the Keys. We do catch them all year long but the winter is the peak time to see numbers of sailfish in the local waters. November is usually the start of several gre more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Offshore Run & Gun Offshore fishing in the Florida Keys this time of year can be a bit hit and miss but there is always a good possibility of running into a school of Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) along with a nice sized fish or two. Best way to find and ta more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - 23 Miles to BIG DOLPHIN! The springtime run of big Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) has been happening for a few weeks now off of Marathon with the most reliable area being about 22-24 miles offshore. This puts you in about 700-900ft of water off of the Seven more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Yellowtail Perk Up The famous reef fishing in the Florida Keys had been taking a bit of a hit this winter with all the dirty water left over from Hurricane Wilma, but things seem to be back to normal lately with clean waters on the reef and nice s more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Biting Still The local Sailfishing off of Marathon has been very good for the past few weeks and this week has been hot off of Sombrero Light. Good numbers of Sails have been reported off of Tennessee Reef light and off of American Shoal more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

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