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3/7/14 March Offshore/Reef Fishing in Islamorada

 | By Seamus on 3/4/2014 10:04:41 AM | Views (123)

We had cold front pass through last night, temperatures didn't drop too much, but the wind did pick up quite a bit. However, it blew from the north west, which makes fishing on the ocean side not too bad! The Key's run east and west for the most part, and when the wind blows from the west to north quardrant the seas don't have time to build very high. We will have a wind chop, but no big swells. The wind looks like its going to drop back down tonight and we are going to have some great weather conditions for the weekend and early next week. The mixed bag of fish continues to be caught the past week here while fishing in Islamorada. There was some real big king mackerel caught this week, with a handful of fish from 30 to 45 lbs, but most in the 5 to 15 lb range. Also while live baiting there's been a few mahi each day, no big numbers, but a few here and there. Each day there has been a few blackfin tuna caught, some small ones while trolling lures, but a few big ones up to 25 lbs while live baiting. The sailfish have been tough overall, but there was a few released today. A lot of times a cold front will spark them to bite, so I wouldn't be suprised to see a few more flags flying this weekend. The bottom fishing on the reef has still been producing steady action with yellowtail snapper, a handful of mutton snapper, and there's been some nice black grouper released (season is closed until May 1st). Out deeper on some of the wrecks and humps the amberjack have been getting thick, with some big bruisers over 50 lbs. They are being caught on both bait and vertical jigs. A few boats went daytime swordfishing the past week and all of them had atleast a shot or two, with the Bn'M releasing two juvenile fish one day, and on the Bn'M II we thought we had a monster on, but it turned out to be a rare Big Eye Thresher Shark, which was 10' long and somewhere around 300 lbs. The shark was released after a few photos. Spring break is here and lots of families are going fishing since it's an activity everyone can do together, so give us a call and let us set you up for a family fishing trip you'll remember forever! Call the office at 305 664 2461

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

Big 45 # "smoker" kingfish (king mackerel) aboard Strictly Business

25 lb blackfun tuna caught aboard Pretty Work

53 lb amberjack aka "reef donkey" caught on Bn'M II while vertical jigging

Juvenile swordfish about to be released aboard the Bn'M

Catch 22 with a sailfish release, a nice mahi, and a mix of cero mackerel and yellowtail snapper while reef fishing

Beatiful black grouper about to be released since season is closed until May 1st! Great fish though!

Rare big eye thresher shark caught and released aboard Bn'M II

 

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Catch Information

Species:
Black Grouper
Black Grouper

Blackfin Tuna
Blackfin Tuna

Cero Mackerel
Cero Mackerel

Greater Amberjack
Greater Amberjack

King Mackerel
King Mackerel

Mahi-mahi
Mahi-mahi

Mutton Snapper
Mutton Snapper

Sailfish
Sailfish

Swordfish
Swordfish

Thresher Shark
Thresher Shark

Yellowtail Snapper
Yellowtail Snapper

This Fishing Report was submitted on 3/4/2014 10:04:41 AM by Seamus and last updated on 3/10/2014 10:04:41 AM.


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79851 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL US


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