Fishing Reports by Capt. Dexter Simmons

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

Key West and Lower Keys - Winter Fly Fishing in the Keys Jan. 12, 2006 Winter fishing in the Keys is usually a mix of predators (Shark, Barracuda, Mackerel, Jacks) and the Big Three (Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish) depending upon the fluctuation of temperatures from cool to warm more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Tropical Winds Cloud Waters but then Clear to Crystal! After a tropical storm passes it usually takes a few weeks for the waters to clean up to the Crystal Clear state that we are accustomed to here in the Lower Keys and Key West. This summer we ha more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Summer Months spell hot water and hot morning hook-ups! August 10, 2005The dog days of summer are here and so are the tailing Bonefish, Permit, and rolling baby Tarpon from first light to early afternoon, then again at dusk til dark. Summer is grea more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Runs Hot in May, 2005 May 30, 2005May continues to be the best for Tarpon fishing in years here in the Keys. Here is Mark from Wisconsin kissing his first Tarpon on fly. Here is Ed Stephenson jumping a couple of Silver King, both of which more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West