Fishing Reports by Capt. Ralph Delph

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Between the weather and the Red Tide that has plagued the lower keys, the fishing has been very good or very poor, depending on whom you are talking or fishing with. Those fishing close to home have had to put up with the Red Tide and those fishing f more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - I apologize for the long delay in filing my latest fishing report. We had a major computer crash but have finally overcome our problems. Although the fishing was good through mid February, as we approached the full moon during the last half of the more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With this latest stretch of mild weather, fishermen from all over have been able to get out in pursuit of their favorite quarry. The sea surface temperature along the reef has maintained a near constant 74 degrees and the last cold front left turbid more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - The temperature along the reef line has been around 75 degrees for the past week or so. With the passage of this front and the expected cold weather that is forecast, the water temperature should make it down to 70 degrees or so. With that we can exp more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Well, we are back in Key West for the start of another great fishing season. The sea surface temperature has been around 76 degrees and the wind has been blowing hard for about three months prior to the start of fishing this season. The water offsh more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - It seems as though, each year that we head north, we have a preconceived idea of what to expect, based on our past year of experience. The one thing that I have learned is to expect the unexpected and deal with it or take advantage of it, whichever t more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Well, here we are at the end of another fishing season in Key West. As the summer doldrums settle over the Florida Keys, mother nature has offered a few surprises for the die hard angler. Sailfish have been fairly abundant for those willing to brave more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With the water temperature along the reef, over 81 degrees, most of the pelagic species have been hard to find, small dolphin being the exception. For a while we were getting some nice dolphin into the high 30’s, however now that the water offshore a more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With seas offshore looking like a distant mountain range and winds gusting to near thirty knots, only those of strong stomach and passionate heart have ventured offshore in the last several days. They have found a current rip with a sporadic color ch more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Our surface temperature along the edge of the reef has been around 78 degrees. The north edge of the Gulfstream is along the face of the reef just west of the Tail End and veers to the east south east, until it reaches about 500 feet of water in fron more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West