Archive Fishing Reports for December, 2008

Sailfish Bite Rolls On!

The sailfishing in the middle keys continues to be fantastic! This week there were lots of fish both on the reef edge and a bit off of the reef in 150-250ft of water. Up on the reef edge chasing ballyhoo have been lots of smaller sails. Out off the edge of the reef in 100-250ft of water there have been…

Do We Have to Get Up Early if We Want to Catch a Fish?

That’s the beauty of fishing out of Key West, Florida; time of day just doesn’t really matter.  Besides the sales pitch of our local Tourist Development Council that says, “Relax, it’s five o’clock somewhere.”  It really doesn’t matter when you want to get out, we can make it happen.  That’s just what we do.  And as Capt. Steve is famous…

Cold Weather Does Not Effect Bite

Well it has been record cold here in the Keys. We are getting down into the 40’s at night. The best time for fishing will be from 10 am to 4pm when the sun is at it’s highest. It warms the skinny water in the back country quite quickly. The bite has been good for the snook, redfish, grouper. The…

Sailfish Fishing Remains Strong

The sailfishing remains good. Along with the sails are nice size dolphin and kingfish. The tuna are biting good out at the humps this last week.

The trout fishing is good. The big change id the spanish mackerel have arrived in the gulf. There are not many big one as yet but it will get better. There are also cobia on…