Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

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

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Last week's warming trend finally did the trick. The interior of Flamingo is loaded with big tarpon. We found them in Whitewater and Oyster Bays and even a few in the rivers that drain into the Gulf. It's definitely that time of year again when th more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Fishing has had it’s ups and downs over the past few weeks. Where there is high algae content in the water, the fish have not been present. Where the water has a bluish tint, fish have been abundant. The Gulfstream has moved in close to the reef down more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Flamingo out front is chock full of trout, some drum and reds. Snook, work a little harder for them than usual. The highlight for me and client/friend Howard Stern was guiding him to a twenty eight pound cobia on FLY. Then, watch him get a 15 poun more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - It's been a few weeks since my last report. Mostly those days were filled with bad weather, numerous cold fronts, and difficult fishing conditions. Every night we fished there were lots of small (and not so small) tarpon for sight fishing with a fl more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

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

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

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - FLAMINGO RAMP OPEN!!!!! I have been informed by Park Superintendent Kimball that Everglades Park will reopen one outside ramp on Saturday Feb 4th. Note that only one ramp is expected to be open so it could take more time than is normal to lau more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Whitwater-Good, Florida Bay-AWESOME Fishing in Whitewater has required a bit more “hunting” in the backcountry. A lot more fish have seen quite a few more boats and require a stealthier approach. Expect to see more trout in this area, that is on more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

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