Archive Fishing Reports for January, 2009

King Mackerel are Chomping in Marathon

A big mack attack has been going on here in the Marathon and middle keys area. Good numbers of Kings and Cero Macks have been chewing up the reef edge on the Atlantic side of the island chain. Some Kings up to 50lb have been hitting the docks at the 7 mile marina lately with plenty of school sized kings invading…

Spanish Mackerel are Thick in the Gulf

Sailfish still dominate the offshore. There are lots of kings around with some bigger one showing up. The yellowtails snappers have been eating with some nice 2 to 3 pound fish showing up. Some of the deeper wreaks are producing amber jacks.

Spanish mackerel are in the gulf big time. Mix in with them are some 100 pound blackfin sharks. We…

Swordfish Biting Offshore

Billfishing is IN right now in the Keys and the inshore/offshore double punch right now is happening! Offshore the Swordfish bite has been good this week. Several boats out of the 7 mile marina have been out there targeting Broadbills and they have been rewarded with some great eating Swordfish after long battles. The largest I heard of this week…

Marathon Sailfish Bite Hot!

The sailfish off of Marathon and the middle Keys are finding the shallow reef to their liking lately. The local charter fleet has been finding the sailfish sneaking up onto the reef to feed on unsuspecting schools of ballyhoo that have been blanketing the reef from Duck Key to Big Pine Key. Seeing the ’showers’ in as shallow as 20ft…

The Great Holidy Rush and the Return of Consistent Off-Shore Fishing…

From Christmas through New Years is notoriously the busiest week of our year and signals the kick-off to our “Season.”  Keep in mind our season runs from Christmas to some time around Labor Day, so we get quite a few months where we almost turn away business.  The fish don’t seem to know when people are in town though and it…