Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Are Hot!! Last week proved to have some superb Sailfish action in the Marathon and middle Keys area. Last Monday, our party of Mike Robbins and Reed McClosky of Ft. Lauderdale, and Mike's Dad, Tom Robbins from Connecticut had a great da more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Since the last fishing report, the prevailing winds have been out of the east and southeast, and have brought with them, higher air and water temperatures. The water has been near 78 degrees and the influx of pelagic species that we enjoyed during th more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West and Lower Keys - Women Fly Fishing in Key West Paradise! We've had a warming trend for the past week and the fish have turned on! There are Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit available on the flats, in the channels and basins throughout the Lower Keys, Key West, and the M more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Kings, Dolphin, and Sails The winter months are prime time for King Mackerel here in Marathon and the entire Florida Keys. Recently, good numbers of Kings have shown up in spots along the reef edge on the ocean side of the Keys. Some days they a more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Key West and Lower Keys - Jacks and Cudas Rule! (Until the Flats Warm, Then Back to the Grand Slams!) Big Jack Crevalle have invaded the flats as of late and they are very willing fish, providing action on the flats in cooler water. Barracuda are also turned on right now. more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - On 11/28, I had a regular customer out for the first of three days offshore. We caught bait Pilchards and Pinfish and headed out for a day of bottom fishing. Our first spot was disappointing, the second drop was a different story. The first bait down more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - It is good to be back and on the water again. Well let’s start with the weather and water conditions in the Key West area. Over the past week, the winds have been quite brisk, out of the north at around 15 to 20 knots and sometimes gusting to more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Perking Up Recent cool weather here in the middle Keys has perked up the Sailfish action off Marathon. Today several charter boats caught and released more than 1 Sail. The action had been concentrated along the edge of the reef from 7 more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Key West and Lower Keys - Respect Those Barracudas! Fish are fish, action is action an McKenzie River angler-friend used to tell me. There are many fish on the flats to stalk, and the favorites are Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit. During cold spells, however, Barracuda, Shar more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past weeks, the fishing has been hot and cold. A couple of weeks ago, I had two half day trips with Dick Pollocks from the panhandle of Florida. Our first trip was back into the Everglades Park. We were able to catch our limit of 18 to 23 in more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada