Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Marathon, Florida Keys - Reef Bite is ON! The summer Snapper bite has been hot lately on the reef edge on the oceanside of Marathon and the middle Keys. Nice sized Mangroves have been coming in from the shallow patch reefs and also from the deeper reef edge in 40-70ft. of more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Rain, Rain, and more Fish Along with the rain came fish and plenty of them. Bruce Dailey and his son-in-law, Kevin of Tallahassee joined me to catch about fifteen trout and endless amounts of snapper, ladyfish, and jacks. Bruce also brought a ha more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Yesterday we caught and released a good variety of fish at Flamingo. It was trout in Whitewater, a 60lb tarpon in Oyster Bay, and snook up to 13lbs along the Gulf coast. During the day, while dodging the occasional rain cloud, we never saw another more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Often Jump Into the Boat! There is an old joke about the fishing being so good that they were jumping into the boat! Well, sometimes this happens when the fishing is slow too. When you least expect it a Tarpon will jump into the boat and more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Thursday and Friday last week the fish were biting despite all of the rain. Ted O'Hara, from upstate New York, got a backcountry slam with snook, trout and a redfish. His partner, Bill Hanson, lost a nice redfish at the boat to a shark. When aske more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Fishing Therapy The last fishing adventure was nothing less than a realized fishing dream for one man. Tim Burns of Michigan joined me for two consecutive days of fishing following his medical treatment. Tim caught a Flamingo slam with two more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Catch, Revive and Release Tarpon There are many opportunities to catch and release Tarpon. Tarpon have little, if any, food value. So releasing the fish in good condition is important. In the photo below David Wipf revives a 70 pound Silver King more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This past week there's been lots of variety along the Gulf coast and not very may mosquitoes. On Saturday it was snook, trout, and a variety of other species including pompano. The best catch of the week was a 16lb snook in Whitewater Bay taken on more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With water temperatures in the low to mid 80’s, the summer doldrums are only around the corner. However they are not here yet. Off shore the water is a cobalt blue and dolphin are everywhere. The larger fish are scattered well to the southeast along more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Bow to the Silver King! Bowing to the Silver King takes some practice. When a Tarpon jumps, it is important to lower your rod to reduce the tension on the terminal leader and hook. This bowing technique will usually help to keep your line connec more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West