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On Friday Dec. 6 I pre-fished Flamingo to see what tides were going to be like the next day for the Day on the Bay Tournament. I am fishing with Paul and his son PJ Paul. It didn’t take long and we were on some Tarpon that wouldn’t play

This past week I fished from Port of the Islands Flamingo to Key Largo and live bait is the key. There are Mullet schools everywhere and fish re chasing them. The weather continues to be an either with rain or wind. If you don’t go you wont ca

We had overcast skies all morning long but it made for some very comfortable fishing. I had met Smith Marks his dad Tim and his brother-in-law Jonathan down at the City marina and we made a run north and into the Jolley River to fish the very first

June is here and we are getting into the summer time mode here in Islamorada. The last week or so we've had very calm wind which has been nice and led to some good conditions for many things. We had a little bit of rain on and off for a couple d

I I only fished Flamingo the last week although it was busy in the parking lot never we had a crowd problem. I covered lots of water from Flamingo north to Ponce Deleon Bay on a few days and found fish in most areas. This was a good week of fishing

This past 10 days have been action packed down in Everglades National Park days of 30 Redfish and 40 Snook have been common. Timing the tide which has been extremely high and low around the full moon was important. On the high tides they were way ba

The water was like glass this morning as the sun came up with not a cloud in the sky. I met Jason Stallings and his team of anglers Trevor and Nicole down at the City boat ramp and we headed  north to fish the outside of Tiger Island with float

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 77% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 30% Tuna 7 % other 42 % Dorado 7% We start this week with an off season Blue Marlin spotted 27 miles over on the Pacific side guided by Captain Ricardo Escamilla on Pi

This past week there has been some great fishing as the results of the Take Stock in Children tournament showed. On Friday with the Thacker Boone group we had an incredible afternoon with big Reds Trout Snook and a 150 lb. Tarpon for a minute. They

 Whenever you finish up a fishing trip having caught a 30.5 Redfish a 23.5 Seatrout and a 22.5 Flounder you can feel assured that it was a pretty good day of fishing! That's a pretty big Amelia Island Back Country Slam! I had met William an

We had some active anglers on the boat Henry and Oscar who brought along their mom and dad Jenifer and Bryan. We met down at the City marina and with a high tide that was still coming in made the plan to run up Bell River and fish some flooding oyst

I fished the south end today and again we had just a tad bit of breeze. When I met Bill Lavery and his buddy Joe down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we made the long ride to Broward Island to try and catch the first of the incoming tide - and we got

June is rolling on and we've started to settle into some of our summer time patterns here in Islamorada. Weather has been nice the last week we've had some scattered showers and light variable winds - normal for this time of year. Fishing ha

Trout fishing has been very good lately. Both for sand trout and spotted sea trout. We’ve been soft plastics (white has been color of choice lately) on 1/8th ounce jigs in 5-8′ over patch sea grass bottom. Spanish Macks and the dreaded l

Warm weather is here and with it comes a host of seasonal species like shark ladyfish and bluefish. Our traditional targets redfish and trout are hungry as ever as bait fills our waters. Our fishery is brimming with life and opportunities for anglers

I wrapped up my week today with a great fishing trip with Mike Snider his son Ethan and his father Danny. It was a beautiful day - when we got to the Jolley River I commented that it was so calm it was almost like fishing on a pond! We started worki

I fished this morning with Tandy Morton and his buddy Tommy meeting them out at the Amelia Island Yacht Basin and then heading south and into Jackstaff to fish a large marsh runout on the first of an outgoing tide with float rigs and live shrimp. The

After looking at the weather forecast last night we decided to move up a fishing trip today going 30 minutes earlier and getting in some fishing before the rain storms came through. I met Robert Elarbee and his brother down at the Sawpit Creek boat

February 9 2016 Anglers fishing with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key caught and released trout bluefish and ladyfish on the deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay. We also caught t

    I had the pleasure of fishing again with Ken Peck who brought along his buddy Brian to fish the back waters of Amelia Island this morning. I made  the quick run to Oyster Bay Yacht Club to pick them up then we made a short hop ove