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Offshore Venice — is off to a good start in 2017. We’re seeing monster yellowfin tuna plenty of blackfin tuna wahoo of great size and temps (water and air) that you just won’t believe. “It’s been wild ” says Capta

The Gulf of Mexico is a great place to target tuna with everything from Giant Bluefin to yellowfin and the most commonly caught blackfin tuna. Because the Gulf is shallow if you’re going tuna fishing out of my region you can expect to make a l

 The Supra Dart is an incredible lure that's proving to be extremely versatile in catching all species. I made this for my own tuna fishing but quickly found out that this thing catches almost everything that swims! It is made with a very

Attributes RECRD 634 VESSLTERMS EMPIRE GEM FEATURE_TYPE Not Charted LATDEC 35.030456 LONDEC -75.475978 GP_QUALITY Low DEPTH 0 SOUNDING_TYPE YEARSUNK HISTORY HISTORY NM DATED 8/22/55 NM21/42--BUOYED DESCRIPTION 24 NO.445; TANKER,8139 GT,

I'm Back!!! I apologize for the lack of reports and not keeping everyone up to date with whats been biting in islamorada! Instant Social Media has become the quickest and easiest way to get out the current fishing report but since I had a number

Sail fishing has improved dramatically over the course of the last several weeks. A spring migration of Sailfish is typical in April so we are happy to see them here. Most of our Sails are being caught on live bait fished from kites. We are also cat

A-Aux. (257) is a gas/oil platform built by Fieldwood Energy Offshore LLC and installed on 01/01/2005. A-Aux. is considered a minor platform that stands in 120 feet of water and may provide habitat for many different offshore species of fish. Primary

We started the day close to Rock Pile and trolled our way North. We had 6 strikes, but none came tight. Around 1 PM we headed to where everyone was catching King Mackerel. There were a lot of boats, commercial, charters, and recreational so it was ea

The dolphin (mahi) bite has been on fire the past week here in Islamorada! A lot of boats have been limiting out on schoolies (3-6 lb mahi) and there's been a few gaffers and slammers in the 25 - 40 lb range in the mix! The blackfin tuna bite ha

Great catch of bonitos and kingfish on our drift fishing trip aboard the Catch My Drift. The action is astounding on our fishing trips this week.  The bonito run in full force as they charge through our waters in tremendous numbers. &a

We started the day out by Hatteras Canyon and in 2700’ of water before we put the lines out. The water was a nasty green color until we found the break about 30 miles out. We found a tree trunk in the water and worked it most of the day p

Well I thought winter was over but we had two fairly strong cold fronts move through last week. Temperatures dropped into the 50's and the wind swirled directions. For certain fish a front can help the bite but a drastic change in conditions thi

The Hooked UP and Hooked Up 2 took Zach and his friends out on a trip for his bachelor party. They were looking to have as much fun as possibly with constant action and that is exactly what they got. They started out trolling which has still been gre

The sun decided to show up for the weekend and it was warm enough today to wear a tshirt while I worked on the boat. Finally a few boats made it out. Good Times came in yesterday with Blackfin Tuna, Amberjacks, and False Albacore. Fin Again did gre

July 27-28, 2015   Lady Pamela sportfishing had a great fishing run on July 27th landing 15 bonitos, a kingfish, and a blackfin tuna this morning while trolling between 100 and 300 feet of water off Ft. Lauderdale. We also got a big bi

The water around Hatteras is cooling down, but the fishing is still good. This week we saw the water temp dip down into the 50s. There are still puppy drum, flounder, and striped bass to be caught. I bought a new inshore rod and reel and caught many

A lot of Offshore boats fished the last week of June and the first couple days of July here in Islamorada. We had some great dolphin (mahi) fishing about a week ago but it did get a little tougher the last few days. The weather was calm the last few

The air temperature dropped down a few degrees the past couple of days and the skies have been absolutely clear. This is the off season for the majority of tourists in the Florida Keys but it doesn't mean it's the off season for Islamorada f

The Hatteras fleet had a great day offshore today. Between Oden's Dock and Hatteras Harbor, at least 10 White Marlin flags were flying and a couple of Blue Marlin and a Sailfish released. Tuna Duck released a 500# Blue Marlin. couple of boats w

On Sunday we fished South of Rock Pile. We started fishing around 80 fathoms and picked up a couple of Blackfin. I bridle hooked one and we slow trolled it for a while without a bite. We picked up a couple of small Mahi a little further out with a