Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Time for Permit Season! Feb. 25, 2003In between cold fronts, the Permit, Tarpon, and even a few Bonefish have been turning on. We are also getting some good size Jack CrevalleThe Jack Crevalle in the above photo was one of several caught by Mary Car more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Offshore Bites The offshore fishing off of Marathon and the middle Keys has seen some mixed results the last few days. The Sailfish action on the reef edge in 100-200ft has been spotty with a few pods of fish being raised and caught near Sombrero more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing both in the backcountry and ocean have been good. The has been a lot of Spanish Mackerel in the Gulf. The only down side is that you have to run a long ways 10 miles from Spriger bank. Once you find a school it been nonstop action. We als more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With water temperatures along the edge of the reef hovering around the 71-degree mark, conditions could hardly be better. The Gulfstream continues to be far to the south, however, sailfish, wahoo, blackfin tuna, and kingfish action has been good, pri more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Fish 'Em Up As It Warms Up As the temperatures have begun rising we have seen an increase in fish being caught overall. Everglades National Park waters have been producing quite a mixed bag recently. I would have to say that just about every spe more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - The big tarpon are back in Whitewater! Not just big but extra large... Seriously, most of the fish last week were in the over 100 range. That doesn't mean they were particularly hungry, though. When the big fish are in and feeding it's pretty obv more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Winter Warm-up Turns on Fishing! Feb. 8, 2003A recent warm spell has turned on the Tarpon. Here is a 100 pound February Silver King jumped and landed by Brad from WisconsinWant to catch a False Albacore? Here in the Keys they are now available on more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish coming back! Recent cool temperatures had Keys water temperatures at or near all time lows in the area as the water at Sombrero Light off of Marathon reached as low as 61 degrees in late Jan. Anglers were frustrated as the Sailfish bite w more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - It's been a few weeks since my last report, but that doesn't mean that we haven't been on the water almost every other day... Here are the highlights: The good news is no sign of any fish kills in the areas that I fish inside at Flamingo fro more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Jack Crevalle and Barracuda Moving into Shallows Jan. 25, 2003Record low temperatures have chilled the Keys in recent days. However, Barracuda and Jack Crevalle are moving into the shallows in good numbers. Here is a nice winter Jack Crevalle caug more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West