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Happy Holidays Everyone   Here is a quick update on fishing and recovery in the Keys after Hurricane Irma.  The Islamorada and Key Largo areas are starting to clean up.  A lot of the debris that was piled up on the roadside has been r

Well November is almost over and while it started out seeming like we may have had an early start to winter with a late october cold front that dropped temps down into the mid 60s things quickly warmed back up again and it's been the warm fall l

It's fishing. That's what we kept telling ourselves this morning. We had done everything right - consulted all the fishing forecasters got out early on a good tide and followed a plan that considered the tides. Each spot we hit we expected f

Charleston is a great place to be fishing! No matter what type of fish you want to catch they are all active and biting. Fishing for redfish and trout remains strong even with increasingly warmer water temperatures. Seasonal species like spanish mac

Thank goodness we have great weather these summer days so that we can get all the booked trips in! I met Ivan and Peggy Jaskinia up at the Eagans Creek boat ramp early this morning (after spotting a manatee AND an alligator near my slip) and we head

November is half way through and it's starting to feel a little like winter here in the Florida Keys. We've had a couple mild 'cool fronts' so far and just last night it dipped into the high 60s again and will be again over the weeke

As the weather gradually gets warmer the Redfish schools will gets more scattered out and the fish will be getting out of their tight Winter Schools! Both Fly and Spin fishing is solid for Reds and not only will their be Tailing Tides this month whic

January is here wow 2016 flew by! Fishing is already off to a stellar start this year. Snook galore inshore to Mahi mayhem offshore! Inshore- Inshore fishing this week has been great for Snook Snapper Sheepshead Ladyfish Jacks Redfish Flounder &

The last two days we've really burned through the bait. There's a whole bunch of fish biting - and we caught a bunch of them today! I met Russ and Denise Kesel their son Noah and his friend Jayden up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park and boat

        Most adults who are passionate about fishing were first exposed to the sport as kids. Whether it was a parent a relative or friend it’s usually someone else who fishes that takes you for the very first time and that

December is here but you wouldn't know it by stepping outside. It's been very warm and for the most part pretty windy though we did have a couple days of light winds just before this weekend. Fishing has been fair in general with the wind di

I was able to trailer my trailer boat today after getting my trailer repaired at Allens Pro Trailer Service out in Yulee. They did a great job and it was great to get back to my routine! I met Dennis Brown and his two sons Jeb and Sam up at the

We had another excellent morning to spend out on the back waters of Amelia Island. I met David and Sandra Wilke down at the City marina and we made an easy run up to the outside of Tiger Island to fish the peak of a high tide with float rigs and fre

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 85% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 31% Tuna 6% Other Species 77% BILLFISH:  Marlin numbers were up slightly from last week but are still nowhere as good as we would like them to be.  We checke

I got to fish again with Dave Little this morning and this time he brought along a couple of other friends Chris and Rob. We met again down at the Big Talbot Island Park ramp and after a good start yesterday decided to repeat the plan so we headed o

After a couple of days off I was back to fishing today when I met Tim Johnson and his friend Ken up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp early this morning. We had clear skies a slight  breeze and smooth sailing up to our first spot just outsi

Islamorada is called The Fishing Capital of the World.  A very profound statement.  Yet pretty darn accurate!  There are not many places in the world where you can fish for more then a few different species all in one location and any

  July is one of the most productive months of the year for fishing. The combination of traditional targets like redfish and trout and summer seasonal species like shark ladyfish and Spanish mackerel make for a very active fishery. Anglers can

December 1 2017 – Key West backcountry fishing right on schedule for December with beautiful days gorgeous waters and great fishing for our anglers here at Dream Catcher Charters. Speckeld Sea Trout in Key West. Everyone that goes fishing

January is nearing it's end though we still have some cold weather around with a front hitting us as I write and some more cold on the way later in the week. We had an early start with some colder weather back in November/early December but then