Since Memorial Day weekend it has turned to deadsville in Marathon. Now that the kids are getting out of school we should be getting some more almost locals down for some fishing vacations. To occupy my time and hopefully make a little change, I have started making my fishing lures again.

Some of you have used my Dallas Darts before. If…

The Memorial Day has come and gone and so have all the extra boats on the water. It is more difficult to fish during these busy holidays. Uneducated (with the Everglades) anglers do not realize the pressure they place on the species who call the Everglades home. A few tips to help make your time on the water more productive.
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Capt. Eli brought the boss, Mr. Pinkert, from Chicago for a half day of fishing aboard the Mr. Z and ended up with the glass half full. We hooked a nice pair of Dolphin, a bull around 35 lbs. and a Cow around 27 lbs. Well, the Bull will be looking for a new girlfriend… his old one heard about…

Three years ago we tagged 20 sail fish with the satellite tags to track their movements. The theory was that they were migrating down the east coast into the keys then moving offshore to aggregate and spawn. This theory was confirmed by the return data from the tags. The sail fish along with lots of dolphin have once again concentrated…

Scott La Ganga and family returned for some great reef fishing again this May and came back with one heck of a Mutton Snapper!  We were running with the deep trolls on the reef in about 12 feet of water when the 50 wide began to sing.  Capt. Steve and I assumed it was another Barracuda, since we had caught so…

It’s ‘Prime Time’ here in the Keys. All of our summer species are in place and hungry. From the flats with tons of bonefish, permit and big tarpon, to fishing around the bridges for tarpon & grouper to reef fishing for yellowtail, especially night reef fishing and the most popular of it all right now, dolphin! Everything is in now…

A report from within this year’s Key West and Lower Florida Keys tarpon battle. The word “battle” may be an understatement, as this season’s weather conditions have proved up till now. Out of the past 47 days I believe I have counted only 10 of them with winds less than 10 mph. It sure feels as if the majority of…

Blake Glass and friends booked a charter aboard the Mr. Z for a bachelor party just to get out and catch a few fish.  They weren’t new at this game and did some research online before hand.  One of the big deciders was whether we wasted a big chunk of their trip catching live bait.  I assured them that it would…

The Tarpon are plentiful at this point. I am seeing them in skinny water so we have working feverishly to catch them on fly which is an amazing, like no other fight! Before you come to fish tarpon on fly even if you are an avid fly fisherman you will need to make sure to practice your distance cast. Many…

The Dolphin and Tuna are thick off the reef from 250 foot out, but my last two trips have been on the Bayside and Bridges. My job is to show the customer what they want, so that is what I do.

With the full moon the bridge currents have been ripping making fishing them a chore. There are plenty of snapper…