Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Brown

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

Marathon, Florida Keys - Mackerel Mania Winter in the Keys is usually Mackerel time and this week the fishing has busted loose in several areas with several species of Mackerel. Florida Bay is usually the Mackerel fisherman's paradise in Dec through Feb and lately the bit more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Cobia Lined Up! Cobia fishing on the Florida Bay side of the Keys around wrecks has been heating up and is setting the stage for one of the best seasons in recent memory. There have already been some nice fish up to 45lb hitting the docks from gu more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Season Kicks In! November ushers in the beginning of the Sailfish season in south Florida and the Keys and this week some Sails were showing up around the area. Monday, after some good reef action on Yellowtail Snapper and Cero Mackerel, more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Hurricane Fallout By now everyone in Florida is weary of all the tropical activity this seasom. A good dose of fishing is probably what we all need. One thing that has been happening during the hurricanes of the past month and a half, is hardly an more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES! Looks like the Keys will be spared the wrath of hurricane Frances. We will have our eye on the storm and wish our friends and relatives up the coast our best and hope the storm stays a catagory 2. When the storm finally go more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Sword Season The late summer warm and calm conditions has some anglers all hyped up for offshore night fishing for Swordfish! Good catches have been reported lately from 30-35 miles off of Marathon SW of the Marathon hump and near the Wall south more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Bite Dolphin fishing has been good off of Sombrero light near Marathon this week with good catches coming in from 12-30 miiles offshore of the 7 milie bridge. Best bet for bigger fish has been under birds in the 20-30 mile offshore range. more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Offshore - Breezy Dolphin The offshore fishing in the middle Keys has been very good if you have the brawn to be out there during all this windy weather. The Dolphin bite has been excellent for the past couple weeks with all the smaller schoolie more...
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Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Turning On The winds have finally died down in the Keys and the offshore action has been heating up since anglers can now find thier way offshore without battling 6-9ft seas. Nice catches of Dolphin have been coming in from 14-20 miles off more...
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