Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Fernicola

Key Largo Reef Fishing 11/1/10 - Reef Fishing 10/17/10 Got out on the inside reef this week and found a good bite with light tackle fishing with shrimp. Lots of yellow tails,porgys,macks,hogfish,mangrove snapper and jacks. Every spot we hit had alot of ballyhoo in more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Reef/Offshore Fishing update 5/08/10 - Reef/Offshore Fishing update 5/08/10 Offshore is on ,Dolphin are in the gulf stream from school size to Slammers up to 50 lbs and every thing inbetween.Blackfin bite was also on this week around the underwater sea mounts off key largo. The e more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Reef/backcountry Fishing late April update - Reef/backcountry Fishing update 4/26/10 Lots of trips in the backcountry in the past weeks. Sea trout are the main bite in the eastern portions of Florida bay with some really nice fish up to 5 lbs. and lots of them. Finding fish drift more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Reef/backcountry Fishing update 4/05/10 - Reef/backcountry Fishing update 4/05/10 With spring break going on in the past few weeks I have been running almost every day. It is the time of year that backcountry fishing is coming into its own. Close to home this past full moon has pushed a more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Reef Fishing 3/3/10 - Key Largo Reef Fishing 3/2/10 Cold fronts continue to roll in to the keys at a rate of about 2 a week in the last 14 days. Fishing on the inside has been holding up when done on the incoming tide. A good bite of cero and Spanish macks,as more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Backcountry/Reef Fishing 2/21/10 - Key Largo Backcountry/Reef Fishing 2/21/10 Did 2 days in the backcountry early this week. Fishing the eastern bay close to key largo winds were still out of the north 15 to 20 and things were still a bit cold. Air temps were about mid 60s and the more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Offshore Fishing 2/07/10 - Key Largo Offshore Fishing Did a late morning 1/2 day offshore trip with 3 anglers this weekend .Cold front shut the dolphin down that day. Found some scattered weed with some bait around but no mahi after trying even set a deep line with a downri more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Offshore Fishing 1/24/10 - Key Largo Offshore Fishing 1/24/10 Mother nature gave us a pass with 2 to 4 foot seas beyond the reef in the blue water this past weekend.Offshore was my Clients first choice so we we went for it,Starterd the day sitting on a shallow reef to get more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Backcountry Fishing 1/22/10 - Took the ride back 2 days this week, both 1/2 day trips so we did not go all the way to Flamingo. Water temps in the shallows came back from the cold of last week but were still a bit on the chilly side in the eastern bay. We decided to go for trout more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Key Largo Reef Fishing ,Record Breaking Cold Snap - Boy it sure did get a bit chilly last week, I think it was as cold as I ever saw it in my 21 years guiding here in Key Largo. Out on my porch one morning last week, before the sun came up it was about 35 degrees. Anyway back to fishing, lots of float more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo