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Been very busy here as of 5/21/12 and lots of rain around so have not been taking pictures and keeping up with reports - sorry guys! Last week I had Kenny Johnston here flats fishing in Islamorada from across the pond. We fished two full days in the

The last couple of days has been good fishing and even better weather. The sheepsheads are still plentiful around the pass and other structure in Pensacola Bay. We have caught some really good quality fish this year. We had an encounter with a hungry

Capt. Jim Willcox ran back to the cape yesterday on 1/14/12 after another front came through Islamorada and chilled things down. Many guys struggled on half day islamorada fishing charters as the wind mixed the bay up pretty bad and the cold weather

  For those who haven't gotten a chance to see perhaps the most amazing dockside shark encounter ever caught on tape... check this out! Apparently red drum live-lined is one hell of a bull shark bait.

August is a great time to target sharks in the Southwest Region. You can catch these fish on wrecks in the passes and around migrating schools of baitfish or gamefish. There’s also a good concentration of fish around the grass flats during the

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has stopped providing artificial reef funding to New Jersey from the Sport Fish Restoration Act because those reefs constructed for sportfishing with monies derived from the excise tax on fishing tackle are obstr

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If you say it they will come.  Here fishy fishy!  People ask me "does that really work?"  To that I respond "It sure does I say it every day!"  A good friend and client of mine Mr Dennis Wright is a regular user o

Shark fishing Fort Lauderdale Its that time of year again! Sharks are here and they are hungry. Sandbar sharks hammerheads bull sharks some threshers and the occassional Mako make up the cast of carnivores patrolling just off of fort lauderdale ̷

Nice bull sharks biting

Capt. John Johansen fished the other day with some customers in a 22' Center Console and did some offshore fishing with them. They caught several nice tunas and 20 mahi in the 5-7 pound range! Crazy to see them still around here even in January!

The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council voted late Thursday afternoon for fluke management Option 2 which provides the longest season (May 7 to Sept. 25) while retaining an 18-inch minimum and raising the bag limit to eight. Not only was this expect

Winds are howling today on 2/10/13.. 20 miles an hour from the east. One great thing about february fishing in islamorada is when it blows like this as it often does with the changing of the seasons to spring is that you can always run and hide. Cap

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 06/12/24 They may look other-worldly (especially with eyes only on one side of their head and a face like Beaker from the Muppets) but flounder are always a welcome

Well the islamorada offshore fishing has still been pretty good throughout the end of May. We had a north wind several days ago which made fishing a little tough as that is unusual this time of year and brought on by a minor cold front. Some boats s

Had I good week of fishing this past week well other than all the lightening rain and thunder anyways!!! Drum fishing should fire off in the next few days with the full moon coming. Kingfish bite has been better this summer than the last few summers.

The cursed southwest wind has conditions less than desirable in most parts of the Galveston area; however fish are being caught.

Well the fishing has picked up a bit today for the backcountry and the boys offshore had a phenomenal day yesterday as well. Today we ran into the gulf and caught some big boys... i'm talking sharks. Lots of big mean bull sharks plus a few black

Mid april and the tarpon bite is picking up. It seems more fish are starting to show up locally around Islamorada which is good news. We had a mild front come in last night but it did not drop temperatures only a bit of north/northeast wind today. T

The Reel Candy has been fishing consistently this past month which doesn't allow for much time on the computer. The dolphin bite has picked up considerably with a few sailfish still lingering. We've been picking up some big bull sharks and ho