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Grouper season opened up on May 1 and it started off with a bang.  We caught this 60 pound warsaw grouper deep dropping on a wreck in 275ft of water.  The fish ate a live blue runner we dropped as … Continue reading →

OFFSHORE- Sailfish contiunue to bite in pretty good numbers over the past few days along with a good number of dolphin. Best action has been 150-225' of water with the best spot moving up and down the line from day to day. Live baiting with goggl

The next FWC Commission Meeting will be held on November 21 2013 in Weston. On the agenda are a couple of issues that could impact Southwest Florida’s offshore anglers. First is a draft rule discussion on swordfish. NOAA Fisheries Highly ̷

I had the pleasure of fishing the past 2 days with long time client Al McCaughlin and his friend Al. We landed several very large jacks some blue runners a few nice pompanos and a very large tarpon.

We have hosted a few different groups of clients here at Propiedad de Paradise Lodge Isla Paridas the past couple of weeks and to tell you the truth the "bite" has been far from solid! Massive schools of Squid small Sardines and other small f

I fished with a farther son team from Germany. We started out fly fishing for tarpon but did not get any shots. We next went to a channel I taught Arvan the son how to cast and jig fish. We kept him busy catching jacks blue runners and snapper. We t

OFFSHORE- Fishing has been fairly decent offshore this week: Unfortunately it looks like the weather is going to keep everybody at the dock headed into the weekend. Sailfish action has been good; with most boats getting at least a few chances and dou

OFFSHORE- Sailfish action has been good offshore over the past week. Bigger live baits (Goggle Eyes and Blue Runners) under the kite and smaller live baits (Threads Pilchards or Sardines) on the flatlines is standard operating procedure for the sails

We had some time off from clients so Nancy Steve and I decided to head out on the Scandalous for a couple of days and see what we could drum up here in the Gulf of Chiriqui Panama. We left the lodge on Wednesday the 23rd with a live well full of blue

OFFSHORE- Nice looking sailfish conditions headed into the weekend; especially on Saturday. Bigger live baits (goggle eyes and blue runners) under the kites and threadfins on the flats will be the way to go for the sailfish. Best depth will likely be

OFFSHORE- Sailfish action remains good offshore. Live baits (goggle eyes and blue runners) under the kite are the best bet for the sails. Best depth has bounced around depending on water conditions; with 120-175' being a good general depth to sta

You can target swordfish in Southeast Florida in the daytime or nighttime both are very productive. I do more daytime swordfishing because I think the fish are larger and the bite more consistent but a lot of guys do very well fishing at night. In m

Cobia fishing under migrating rays has been very good in the Florida Keys lately but a wind shift to the south changed everything Sunday -- and Richard Stanczyk of Bud N' Mary's Marina in Islamorada figured that would be a problem for cobia