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The best way to judge "what's going to bite tomorrow" is by what you caught today. However, Fishing changes overnight, and this time of year, as we near September and October, we see it very often! September and October are transisitonal months here, We fish both offshore and on the reef. A lot of the spring and summer time fish thin out and the Fall and winter time fish start moving in. The end of last week was some of the BEST mahi fishing we saw this year! There was big schools of fish, and fish of all sizes. Most of the boats were limiting out. But then Sunday came, and things were completely different. The heavy weed lines had drifted north of us with the gulf stream, the floating debris was sparce, and the bird activity was quite. We were fortunate that day on the Bn'M II and caught 15 mahis and a couple big tripletail off of a floating wood box, and the Gon Fishin V picked off a handful of schoolies throughout the day, but from the radio chatter it was very tough and a lot of boats struggled that day. The great thing about fishing in Islamorada though we that we always have a plan B, even a plan C! The Gon Fishin and Strictly Business had enough time in the afternoon to head back to the reef and have plenty of action with snapper, including yellowtails and vermillions. The Tuna bite on the hump was very good a few days ago, but slowed down yesterday, especially since the live bait couldn't be found. The day before though the Relentless had plenty of action with blackfin tuna and skipjack tuna from 5 - 12 lbs while live baiting on the hump. It was a great florida keys family fishing trip! The Gold Digger also caught some skipjacks, a blackfin, and then came to the reef and caught a bucket full of yellowtail snapper. Yesterday the weather was a little tough here. Usually this time of year we have small rainstorms pass through and then the sun comes back out, but yesterday the rain and wind sat on top of us most of the day. A few boats went out to the hump in search of tuna but it was a struggle there compared to the day before, so they headed back to the reef and did some bottom fishing which was productive for yellowtail and mangrove snapper. The big sharks are still at the hump as well, so if that's something that interests you let us know. Here's a picture of a 300+ lb dusky shark caught and released by Genivive last sunday, It was a her birthday present. Im sure we'll see some more mahi the next week, but it is getting late in the season now to count on them every day, so if they aren't cooperating while you're out there, tuna on the hump might be an option, or coming back to the reef for action with snapper and bottom fish could put smiles on everyones faces as well.
Also here's a picture of Capt. Sara from Florida Keys Eco Tour covered up in lobster from one of her latest trips aboard her family friendly deckboat. If you're down here in Islamorada and want to try something different, the next few weeks is a great time to go out and try to catch a few lobsters for dinner!
Capt. Nick Stanczyk
This Fishing Report was submitted on 8/25/2013 9:20:45 AM by Seamus and last updated on 8/29/2013 9:20:45 AM.
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