Fishing Reports by Capt. Dexter Simmons

Key West and Lower Keys - Fall Flats Fishing Outstanding in Key West! Sept.1, 2006. Goodbye Ernesto, we hardly knew you! The weather is fabulous again here in the spectacular Florida Keys and Key West. So make your reservations now for some outstanding fall Bonefishing, P more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Summer brings Grand Slam Fly Fishing Aug.11, 2006. This Summer has seen an extension of some very good to excellent TARPON fishing, and the PERMIT and BONEFISH have been plentiful too! On one particular trip with Stewart Andersen of Scotland, we e more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Wet and Wild Giant Tarpon in the Keys! May 31, 2006. Tarpon are Wet and Wild here in Florida Keys as anglers battle the silver king in and out of the boat! Here is “grasshopper” Greg Persbacker making whoopie with an estimated 170-180 pound silver more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Grand Slam Season is here as the Tarpon Migration Heats Up! May 6, 2006. Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit all red hot as the best of Grand Slam Season heats up! With the Tarpon migration in full swing, we are casting to strings, daisy chains and laid up T more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Red Hot! April 30, 2006. Tarpon Red Hot as April breezes into May. Thousands of Tarpon cruised by FlatsMaster on Friday, April 28, and some of them stopped by for a Capt. Dexter's Black Death snack. The migration is now in full swing a more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Bonefish and Tarpon Doubles April 10, 2006. Bill Sytsma, an angling friend, a Bonefisherman. I have fished with a lot of anglers during my time who have caught their first Bonefish with me aboard FlatsMaster. Perhaps none were as satisfying as th more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Permit are Marching Across the Keys! March 2, 2006. Permit are Marching!If you really want to catch a Permit on fly, then now is the time to be in the Key West area. There are so many Permit around that the shots are nonstop when the conditions ar more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - 11 Bones on a February Afternoon Feb. 12, 2006. They were swarming like bees around a hive. Must've been the afternoon sun raising the water temp a few degrees. Enough to turn them on and make them hungry during the falling tide. We were looki more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - The Most Incredible Morning of Tarpon Angling! Jan. 31, 2006 As January comes to a close and February begins, I am reminded of the many February-March angling adventures during the past 16 years on the flats. There have been some spectacular fishi more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Permit Fly Fishing Jan. 19, 2006 Fly Fishing for Permit is the ultimate game for many experienced anglers. It is always challenging and often frustrating. When anglers are successful, then it is always educational and rewarding.We are now appro more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West