Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Weather Delays Tarpon Season Another cold front swept through the Keys this week, further delaying the early Tarpon season. It got really windy and rainy on Sunday and Monday and the water temp dipped to a low of 71 degrees fahrenheit! This pushed more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With seas offshore looking like a distant mountain range and winds gusting to near thirty knots, only those of strong stomach and passionate heart have ventured offshore in the last several days. They have found a current rip with a sporadic color ch more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Cold Front Pushes Fish Deep A cold front swept through the Keys on Tuesday, messing up what was a great early Tarpon season. It got really cold on Wed. and Thurs. and the water temp dipped by 15-20 degrees fahrenheit in some areas! This puts the f more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Slammers & Sails Some nice sized slammer Dolphin have been showing up in the Marathon and middle Keys area the past few days. Lots of decent schoolies have been around also, making for some hot action on the offshore scene. Some larger Dolphin more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - In the last two weeks, I had some excellent catches both offshore and backcountry. In the deep water, we caught some Dorado mostly on the small size, however, the Blackfin tuna have been in the 10# range with a lot of skipjack and bonita to keep the more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Pre-Season has Arrived! Permit are still showing on the flats in schools and singles,though the numbers are down as the bulk of the Permit flock have begun to consider spawning as their primary April activity. We have gotten a few more sin more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Our surface temperature along the edge of the reef has been around 78 degrees. The north edge of the Gulfstream is along the face of the reef just west of the Tail End and veers to the east south east, until it reaches about 500 feet of water in fron more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Migration Picking Up Steam The Permit are thinning out a bit as March roared out like a lion with winds from 15 to 20 nauts. Tarpon are showing in larger numbers in the channels and on the flats. Today we hooked up a 100 lb. silver king on more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week we had some excellent fishing offshore. I had some nice action at the offshore humps with Blackfin tuna. A lot of the fish have been in the 15 to 20 pound range. We been catching them on feathers and redgills fished way back behind the boat more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tailing Time! Yesterday, the bite was on! Sailfish, Cobia, Hammerhead Sharks, Dolphin, Wahoo, Bonito.... All these blue water species were on the bite yesterday and today as tailing season kicked into full gear. Tailing is the term we use to more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon