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It's the heart of December here while fishing in Islamorada. The weather has been great the last few days and looks to be great the next few too! There's been a variety of fish being caught each day as well. The last 2 days multiple boats have found big schools of cobia following stingrays, releasing some fishing and keeping a handful in the 20 - 35 lb range. I think with this calm weather the next few days we'll see some more hanging up each day. When fishing for cobia you have to have lots of patience, it's like hunting. You can spend hours searching for fish inside the reef, where they follow big stingrays, but if you find them, it's worth the wait! They are one of the hardest fighting fish we catch! The sailfish bite slowed down the last week here, but this afternoon seemed to pick up a little. Last weekend a couple boats in the fleet released a fish or two each day, and yesterday there was one release between all the boats. But this afternoon (after a pretty slow morning) we released 2 sails and the Relentless did as well. We have strong northeast current on the reef which is usually very good for sailfish, so hopefully we'll get a body of fish in here any day and the sailfish bite will get consistent again like it was in Early December! The conditions are definitely right! There's been a couple wahoo caught the last few days here, and a fair amount of king mackerel each day. With the current into the wind and clear water the bottom fish bite has been a little difficult, but the boats have been able to scratch up enough snapper and white meat fish for dinner between the patch reefs and wrecks. We have also seen some nice amberjacks in the 30 - 45 lb range on the deeper wrecks! The Reel McCoy has been very consistent catching black grouper his last few trips as well. Yesterday the Catch 22 caught one broadbill swordfish around 60 lbs and also caught a pair of nice mahi, including a 40 lb Bull! Definitely a suprise for mid December! It looks like its going to be a busy week here next week before Christmas, and a super busy week after Christmas, so call us in the marina office to book your next deep sea fishing charter! 305 664 2461!
Capt. Nick Stanczyk
Wahoo!!!!!
Sailfish on the leader aboard Relentles. It's best for the fish to get a picture while they are in the water
Gimme Jimmy with a big wahoo, cobias, kingfish, and jacks
Sailfish release on the BnM II.
Big mutton snapper on the Relentless
The Reel McCoy with a rack full of mackerel and grouper
This Fishing Report was submitted on 12/16/2014 8:15:49 AM by Seamus and last updated on 12/18/2014 8:15:49 AM.
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