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The African pompano (Alectis ciliaris), also known as the pennant-fish or threadfin trevally, is a widely distributed species of tropical marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is found in tropical waters worldwide, with adults oft

Had a great trip this past week for the opening of red snapper season. Highlights were big red snapper the biggest red grouper I've ever seen. and my first ever African Pompano.

The U.S. Army awarded a contract to Marietta Manufacturing Company at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to construct the Thunderbolt, along with 15 additional sister ships, during World War II. The Randolph, which was later renamed the Thunderbolt, wa

Body:  The Stormy Petrel II has been bringing back good catches from both nearshore and offshore trips- trolling bottom fishing  and live bait fishing over the last week. The varied catch has included Wahoo Dolphin three species of Amberja

We just finished up the Cheeca Lodge Sailfish Tournament here in Islamorada yesterday. It was a two day event and the Bud n' Mary's boats made another strong showing! Capt. Travis Dickens aboard the Indigenous led his team to a first place f

Saludos from The Island of enchantment. Over a month from our last report so lets catch up. The fishing in the North east of PR trench Mixed bag. The PR trench was slow, the water quality was not optimal and the water temperature to cold. Only a few

There was some exciting catches here at Bud n' Mary's Marina the past week. Last Wednesday the 28th annual Poor Girls Sailfish tournament took place which is a fun inexpensive tournament for the ladies and the Indigenous took second place wi

We had an extra day to fish in February this month and a few boats cashed in on it! The weather finally calmed down some this afternoon and a couple of boats put the time in searching for cobia and it paid off! There was a few 40 - 50 lbers and some

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

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! 2018 is officially under way and we had a very busy christmas week here in Islamorada thankfully. Many guides were happy to be busy once again as overall it's been very slow for many of us the last co

We had a couple late season cold front last week and we have another on the way now. March and April are "transitional" months here with regards to fishing and weather. This time of year we see a lot of different fish but not always a lot of

Propiedad de Paradise Panama Fishing Lodge hosted a group of anglers for five days of fishing  and fished two day charters from our private island lodge in August 2014. We haven't had as much rain as

The new year is rolling right along here in Islamorada. Business has been stready and We've had a few really busy days where almost all of the offshore boats fished. The Miss Islamorada Party boat has been getting out almost every day and now yo

The month is flying by here in Islamorada and it's already past the mid way point in April! Boats have been venturing out both way offshore in search of mahi and tuna and staying on the edge of the reef. Each day has been a little different and

It was a cold week for us here in Islamorada. We had temperatures in the low 50's a couple days but it finally started to warm up yesterday. Most of our deep sea fishing boats have been out on charters the last few days fishing here in Islamorad

We had some cold weather for a few days last week here in Islamorada. Temperatures were 50 degrees in the morning which feels much colder when running on a boat over the water! However we didn't let it stop the boats from getting out fishing! Te

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

We're half way through March here while offshore fishing in Islamorada and it's spring time fishing! The spring months always give us opportunities at a little bit of everything. The charter boats have been fishing both the reef/wrecks as we

We are moving right along through February 2017 here in Islamorada Florida Keys. We've had a mix of weather a few days with cooler temperatures some days with wind and it looks like some rain for tomorrow but should clear back up after that. The

Hard to believe today was the last day fishing for 2014! The good news is many boats ended the year with some great catches! We've really seen a mixed bag of fish here the past week. Not everyday was red hot fishing for all of the boats but ever