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The time is flying by here in Islamorada and we just finished the second week of May fishing in Islamorada. Most the offshore charter boats are doing full day charters now, but a few are still doing half day charters. The boats are fishing both offshore in the gulf stream, hunting for mahi and blackfin tuna, as well as on the reef for bottom fish, like snapper and grouper. You really need a full day trip to have the best bet at catching mahi, but a couple of the faster boats can give you a shot on a half day if that's what you want to try. The mahi bite was pretty good the past week. A few boats had some great catches, and a lot of boats had decent catches. Of course there was still a couple slow days in the mix where some boats would find fish and some wouldn't. On the humps the "football" blackfin tuna have showed up in good numbers, and almost all the boats that have made it out that far have had action with them. A couple boats have still been fishing for the sharks around the humps, catching bulls, duskys, and the Bn'M released a 400 lb tiger shark. There's been a couple wahoo caught while trolling, and a few tripletail caught on floating debris. Most the mahi have been from 3 - 12 lbs, but we've had a few nice Bull's on the docks from 25 - 35 lbs, and the Predator weighed in one mosterous 50 lber! A couple boats have also been doing a little deep dropping (bottom fishing in 350 - 650 feet), but with the new regulations on Blueline tilefish is has really thrown a curve ball at us. We can keep one per boat now, as it used to be 3 per person. There's been a few snowy grouper, yellowedge grouper, rose porgy, and vermillion snapper. We actually caught the 2nd biggest snowy grouper of my life on the Catch 22 the other day, which tipped the scales at 38.7 lbs! On the reef the yellowtail snapper bite has been good most days as well. A couple days the current was into the wind, which made the conditions tougher, but with some adjustments the boats still put a catch together. There wasn't as many groupers caught as during opening week, but we still had some blacks, reds, and gags caught on the reef and wrecks. There's also been a few mutton snapper around. A coupel of the wrecks have permit on them, and a few of the boats have got in on the action using live crabs for bait. I've made it out on two daytime swordfishing trips the last week and we caught 2 fish the first trip, and 1 fish yesterday. We are getting into "sword season" here, and we have a handful of boats all capable of doing it, so if you want to ever try to catch one the next few months are prime time.
We are hosting the Gotta Luv Them Charity Dolphin Tournament kickoff party this Friday, May 15th, with fishing on the 16th. Weigh in will be right here at Bud n' Mary's. And on the 25th we are hosting the Pelagic Memorial Day Classic. The kick off party for that will be on the 24th. If you have a charter booked during either of these tournaments feel free to sign up, or if you have your own boat feel free to fish on that.
Nice bull dolphin caught on the Catch 22
Predator with a great catch of mahi including a 50 lb bull! and a sailfish release
Gon Fishin V with a rack of mahi, a pair of cobia, a wahoo, and more
Big Permit caught and released on the Buzz On
Giant snowy grouper caught while deep dropping on the Catch 22
Great catch of mahi, tripletail, and yellowtail snapper on the Gimme Jimmy
tiger shark on the leader aboard the BnM
Yellowedge grouper caught with Capt. Travis from the Man O War
Swordfish on the Bn'M with Capt. Nick Stanczyk
Mahi, Amberjack, Barrelfish, Snowy Grouper, and Tripletail on the Catch 22
Tight Lines,
Capt. Nick Stanczyk
This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/14/2015 7:17:32 AM by Seamus and last updated on 5/18/2015 7:17:32 AM.
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