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Mutton snappers are a huge hit on our reef fishing charters here at Dream Catcher Charters April 25th 2017 – The winds of the spring are starting to subside and Grouper season opens in just a few days here in the Atlantic waters off of Key

We had a strong cold front here in the Florida Keys last week with Temperatures in the Mid 50's! Sure that doesn't sound cold to a lot of people but when you run on the boat and the water is chilled it makes a cold ride for us South Florida

Pulley Ridge has Scamp Grouper, Black Grouper, Red Grouper, Mutton Snapper, Cubera Snapper, Blackfin Tuna, and Yellow Edge Grouper.

To say that this summer has been one of the best for mahi fishing off south Florida would be an understatement.  Even thought the season got off to a slow start during May and June, the action has been fantastic since early July. 

We wanted to try to repeat last weeks success on the triggers and lane snapper. We left the dock roughly around 7:30. The fog was so think we had no choice but to run slow almost to a distance of 10 miles before it cleared up. Heading south this ti

I know my report is a few days late but I was off on a fishing mission myself in Venice Lousiana. I did get back out on my boat here today though and talked to the guys to get the scoop of what's been going on while April fishing in Islamorada a

We moved right through November and are almost two week through December? I just can't get over how fast this year is flying by!!! The Islamorada Sailfish Tournament took place almost two weeks ago and there was some excitement on the reef! Some

Another month of fishing has came to end here in Islamorada but we sure saw some great catches the last few days of the month! The Catch 22 released 8 sailfish one trip and the Cloud Nine released 9 sailfish one trip! It's not like that every da

We had some beautiful weather last week in Islamorada but sure enough the wind picked back up to 20 knots the weekend. The mahi were thick mid week with many boats having their limit of 10 fish per person. Most fish have been 3 - 8 lbs but there was

Things are getting better each week at Bud n' Mary's Marina since Hurricane IRMA. The outside dock where the houseboats are usually tied up should be back together within a few weeks and we will have some more accommodations available for se

Well November is almost over and while it started out seeming like we may have had an early start to winter with a late october cold front that dropped temps down into the mid 60s things quickly warmed back up again and it's been the warm fall l

Sorry I missed last weeks fishing report I was out of town but now I'm back to tell you what's been biting in Islamorada so far this October. We've been seeing some sailfish caught and released most days the past couple weeks on the edge

Grouper migrate more than most people think. In the winter months the grouper move up onto the shallow reefs to spawn but during the summer months they’re out on the deeper wrecks and reefs in anywhere from 120 to 200 feet of water or more bec

A group from North Carolina chartered an all-day fishing trip with the Top Shot Sportfishing charter boat team for a private deep-sea charter boat sport fishing trip in Fort Lauderdale, FL aboard the Happy Day Today.  We had nice deep-sea

We had some gorgeous weather here the past week while deep sea fishing in Islamorada! We also saw the mahi bite really pick up so that was great news! A lot of boats had 20 - 30 fish on their recent trips but a few boats still just had a handful. Th

I'm currently out of town but I wanted to give everybody an updated fishing report for the recent deep sea fishing off Islamorada at the end of March 2017. Boats have been on the reef and wrecks for the most part with a couple venturing further

Mycteroperca bonaci, the black grouper, black rockfish or marbled rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. T

I've been slacking on the fishing reports lately but it's not because we haven't been catching fish! Some boats have had great days sailfishing the last couple weeks and most of the days there were atleast a handful caught amongst the fl

Sorry for skipping last weeks Islamorada fishing report but I'm back in town and will have the weekly report up the rest of the spring and summer. The past week has been pretty windy in Islamorada but it hasn't stopped all the boats from get

April came and went so fast I didn't even get a chance to fill everybody in on the Offshore Fishing in Islamorada the last couple weeks. The second half of April we saw a decent mahi bite overall. Some days all the boats did very well a few days