Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Late January Cold Fronts usher in Grand Slam fishing during February and March! Jan. 29, 2007. As January nears its end, the weather patterns here in the Keys are finally becoming seasonal. Cold fronts are sweeping through weekly. That means that more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - January Fishing for Big Barracuda, Cobia Jan. 26, 2006. Big Barracuda and Cobia are beginning to invade the flats of the Keys. They take crab patterns and bright orange and yellow streamers. Here is a nice Cobia taken near the Content Keys. The C more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Heating Up! The winter months are the best for targeting Sailfish in the Florida Keys! Usually, the cooler northeast breezes keep the population of Sailfish in big numbers here off of Marathon and the middle Keys. This winter the temperat more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Offshore, the water temperature remains at or above 76 degrees. The Gulfstream remains far to the south and the blue water fishing reflects these adverse effects. Only an occasional sailfish has been reported and the rest of the pelagic species are o more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Great Late Winter Bite Winter has been on the warm side for a while now. Expect the season to continue with some windy, yet warm weather and we’ll have a steady bite. Inshore fish are pretty responsive to temperature changes however; they are a more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the pasts weeks the key word has been WIND and more wind. These types of conditions are tough on the customers. I did make a couple of trips into the gulf for some Spanish mackerel, snappers and groupers. We caught some nice snappers for dinner; more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - The small tarpon are on at night now! Last Saturday night we got after them in poor weather conditions just after dark. Poor weather is shorthand for wind howling out of the east along with the occasional rain shower just to keep you guessing... F more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Key West Winds bring Daring Permit Jan. 13, 2007. The Key West wind machine has been cranked up during high pressure build-up periods following cold fronts. Permit are the most wind-hardy fish on the flats and they have been available despite NE w more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Breezin the Bay The breezy conditions this week have forced many captains to opt for the bayside fishing and it has not disappointed with some great catches of Snapper, Grouper, Cobia, Sharks, Jacks, Goliath Grouper, Bluefish, Pompano, Redfish, an more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Key Largo and The Upper Florida Keys - Sailfish, snapper, grouper, tuna, mackerel all biting well ! Thursday, January 11, 2007 The winter cold fronts have been moving in regularly and water temperatures have cooled slightly causing the bite to pick up for sailfish, snapper, grouper, more...
Capt. Marc Blackburn - Key Largo