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It's been an unusual year here in Islamorada with our recent weather patterns. We just had another cold front pass through yesterday which is very unusual for the Spring Time. Besides a somewhat crummy day with wind and scattered thunderstorms w

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March is here and it's been busy around town again thankfully! Many guides have been fishing just about every day. Though we've had some crazy winter weather as they've been getting all up and down the east coast. February was ridiculous

March 10 2019 – Nothing i like more than a flat calm day in March for me to get out and run. Last week provided a few of those days for us here in Key West and made many Key West anglers very happy with nice catches of yellowtail snapper red gr

We are still waiting on cooler weather to bring water temperatures down and get our winter fishing kick started. In the meantime there are Blackfin Tuna and a few Dolphin outside of the reef edge Amberjack on the wrecks and Yellowtail Cero Yellow ja

I took my brother Jeff and his sons Mark and Andrew out for his birthday on 120119. We got out in the dark had a beautiful morning finding Pilchards is a very important part of the Mutton Snapper fishery. We have been lucky lately and they seem to b

July 13 2019 The weather patterns are offering up the norm here in Key West with S and SE winds and temps in the mid to upper 80s with some days reaching 92 degrees. Nothing out of the norm for the Southernmost city here right on the edge of the trop

The weather has been incredible for the last few weeks giving me the chance to fish a bunch of different areas. Flamingo as usual has been “Red Hot”. I took my good friend Doc and his kids Briana and D.J. to Flamingo. They had never been t

South Biscayne has been full of fun fish lately all it takes is a live well full of Pilchards. I took my son last week because its been a while since we fished together. We got out early netted some bait and hit a few spots all produced an assortmen

This time of year South Biscayne Bay is alive with bait schools and it gives me a chance to do some different than Flamingo. I do enough days up in the North end of bay but we don’t get the fun size Mutton Snappers like down south. There also

There's been lots of fish caught while Deep Sea Fishing in Islamorada this November. The past few days we've seen a variety of fish being caught. A few Days ago on the BNM we had a couple mahi lots of little tunny yellow jack and a big 175 l

The fishing this time of year gets a little different than the usual Flamingo fishing for me. I like to target the Mutton Snappers and big Yellow Jacks that roam the edge of the Biscayne Bay Flats. The key is to find schools of Pilchards load up you

This past week I have fished from South Biscayne Bay Flamingo and Ft Lauderdale area. I have had success in most of the spots but on Saturday fished Ft Lauderdale under heavy winds and cold front conditions. Flamingo as usual was the hot spot! I fis

This is a fun time of year in South Biscayne Bay. While we are waiting for the Mullet run to happen the Pilchards show up. This make targeting Mutton Snappers easy and fun We also catch the tough fighting and great Sushi grade Yellow Jack. There are

The Fishing in October in the Florida Keys continues to provide plenty of action both offshore and in the backcountry. Capt. Richard Stanczyk took the BNM out yesterday with his good friend Vic Gaspeny (daytime swordfish pioneer angler) and managed

The last week or so has been tough on me because of an eye injury but I’m back. A torn Retina has kept me of the water for almost 10 days but I‘m ready to catch some big Snook if you are up to it. The baby Tarpon made a nice showing with

Tony with his first Snook This past week we had to work hard in south Biscayne Bay for Muttons. The North winds seem to effect the way they bite. The nice part is the Yellow Jacks Cudas Mangroves and Snook bit ok. I have spent most of the last month

Fished with Darryl Jim and John in Islamorada. We had a banner day. We caught four permit up to fifteen pounds. We also jumped ten tarpon and landed one. This was all in one day. In addition we caught jacks snappers mutton snapper blue runners yello

Fished with Joe our last day in Islamorada. We caught a bunch of jacks snappers runners and yellow jacks before calling it a day. It has been a great season in the Keys. Pro Tip: Book Keys trips early. I typically book my winter keys trips between S