Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Permit Patrol FEBRUARY 18, 2005Permit are beginning to Patrol the waters of the Lower Keys in packs. They have been a bit spooky and moving fast, so hook-ups have been few and far betweenIn the meantime, we are hooking up with Bonefish on warm aft more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last couple of weeks the Sailfishing has been disappointing. The king Mack bite has also been on the slow side, and the fish you do catch are on the small side. A week ago their were some good tuna and WAHOO action in 400 feet of water trol more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Whitewater Bay Fishing is Hot!!!!!!!! Fishing out of the park has been good with continued results in deeper water like East Cape and the Shark Rivers. Some folks I have talked to have reported some mackerel further offshore. Oyster Bay has also more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - The water temperature has fluctuated from a high of 73 degrees to as low as 67 degrees offshore. With these extreme differences, the action has varied from very slow with most trolling boats working the edge of the reefs for mackerel and kingfish, to more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - There were lots of dramatic changes this week at Flamingo, most of them weather related. We had quite low water temperatures early last week, then a slow warming trend that ended last Sunday night when another strong cold front really dropped the th more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Bite The local Sailfish action has been up and down lately depending on water and weather conditions. Off of Marathon this past week, a large area of dirty water was holding off the reef edge making the Sailfishing difficult. A few fish w more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past weeks, I been out almost everyday. And I can't remember a day when the wind hasn't been blowing hard. We been able to catch fish. on the not so windy days I been live baiting on the reef edge. We been catching sails and kings. On the wi more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Fishing this past week resembled the previous week. Water temps have risen a bit, tarpon are active in Whitewater, and the wind is still blowing... I only had two days on the water this week and tried to make the most of them. The first was a busm more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - 2005 Bonefish January 7, 2005Happy New Year!Tom Smithey brought 2005 into perspective with a multiple Bonefish day on the flats with Captain Dexter.Tom and his wife Kathy spent just a half day on FlatsMaster and managed to hook up several juvenile more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Made it out on the water two days this week, on Thursday and Sunday. Conditions at Flamingo are warming nicely and appear to be fairly stable for the next five days. Speckled trout and ladyfish are in good number on the west side of Whitewater now. more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo