The weather and the fishing have both been HOT!!
Almost zero wind for the last several days. The ocean has been glassy smooth..

Take your pick! Large migratory tarpon are traveling the ocean side flats.. Baby tarpon are rolling in the back country.. Bonefish and permit are on the flats until water temperatures get too warm…. It has been warm..

How ever we…

It has been a long time since I have seen so many tailers. I am talking 100 plus bonefish, and I am not telling a fish tale. A week ago I took my wife out for some fun fishing and we saw 30 plus fish. Then I was booked with a man named Arthur who had never caught a bonefish…

Tim Donlevy and friends certainly defined patience for two days aboard the Mr. Z.  First, our generator broke and left us without Air Conditioning.  Don’t worry, we have a brand new one on the way and will be back up and chilly in a few days.  But, Tim put in the time to capture a couple of really nice Mahi. …

It’s been a good week, again.

Wednesday Maxx and I drove to Sugarloaf Key, a trip that took over eight hours from our central Florida home. We towed the Mitzi, and launched it upon arrival. Then we relaxed with some old and new friends for a bit.

Thursday we were in the skiff early. We came out of the canal. American Light…

In the past month I have been offshore several times and the dolphin bite has been the most consistent I have seen in a few years. Every time out we get a good box of fish and run in to fish 5or more times on most days.  All the school dolphin we have found this year are solid keeper size…

Mike Bruch brought the crew out for a beautiful day on the water and ended up right at the end with a big Sailfish.  It was just starting to rain a bit and we had 5 minutes of fishing time before we were to wind them in and head for the barn.  I saw the Sail come up behind my…

This was a very slow week for most guides and captains in the Keys. Gator and Bobby both got a couple of trips and did well whether trolling or on the reef. There are still plenty of larger dolphin offshore and plenty of legal school fish. The reef is still very hot for yellowtail snapper with a few legal grouper…

Well May has come and gone, and here we are moving into june. may was a good month lots and lots of dolphin, sail fish and wahoo added some excitement to each day. We just got back from key west with the Sea Boots. We fished Hugh Cooley and his party from Dallas Tx, Hugh is the Vise President of…

Frank Wright put together a boys trip last Saturday to put a down a few beers and put a few Dolphin in the fishbox. We started inshore and immediately caught and released a Sailfish. Then offshore, we found a few Dolphin and a surprise Blackfin Tuna. Then, back inshore to finish up the charter with… an even bigger Sailfish!

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Tarpon have been pigging out on palalo worms during the late afternoon and early evening falling tides on the flats during the past several days on the Atlantic side . . .

On a recent day in May we had 5 different Tarpon eat either the Black Death or the Cockroach fly with the water hovering around 83-85F and the winds…