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Keaton Report March 26 27 Trout are in recovery as evidenced by my trips Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Started with catching bait Sunday in miserable weather and Gulf water temps at 58 –59 degrees. Monday Morning saw 59 again and it was slow a

Skipper Mike shows us how to land a kingie on super light gear using our favourite slow jigging setup - the Ocean Angler Micro Jig v2 rod and PENN Fishing Spinfisher VI 4500 reel

PORT ST. JOE/MEXICO BEACH What is biting? Last weeks redfish-feeding frenzy beneath the George Tapper Bridge in Port St Joe has slowed with the freshwater run-off from recent rains. Anglers however are pleased to report that speckled sea trout have

 We had a beautiful Sunday morning when I met the Huffman group down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp-Jacob and his father Kevin and brother Gunner. We headed up the intercoastal and dipped into Jackstaff and then into a creek and set up fishing with

Capt. Keith Mixon/Mixin’ Work With Play Fishing Charters August 19 2015 F Fishing has been good along Florida’s Space Coast. During the past week several nice species of game fish have been caught throughout our region. Catch and release

Well today was fairly windy and warm for december fishing in islamorada. Had a southeast breeze of 10-15 mph unusual for this time of year. Most of the time we are getting northerly breeze bringing down the cooler air in the winter. Saturday and tod

December 2012 was filled with highs and lows from the fishing perspective.  The highs were the incredibly warm weather that extended well into the month.  The result of this was excellent near shore fishing for grouper and kingfish. As the

Bill Godek and his fiance Rachel had everything set up for their wedding including a fishing trip today just one day before they say their vows.  The couple were staying at the historic Fairbanks House which is just a few blocks from the Fernan

Capt. Keith Mixon/Mixin’ Work With Play Fishing Charters April 25 2013 “During the past week several species of game fish have been willing to bite in both inshore and near shore waters. The redfish bite continues to improve throughout our

Unlike a lot of areas of the state where you can sight cast cobia free-swimming along the beaches in the Southwest Region we find our fish either on wrecks or on the grass flats. On the southern end of my region from Ft. Myers Beach all the way down

This is the time of year fishermen have waited for.  The only downside is the season seems to slip by too quickly.  Cool temperatures can mean a good bite. Water temperatures in local have dropped to around 66 degrees.  We’re sti

Capt. William Toney/Homosassa Inshore Fishing Charters July 14 2015 Excellent catches of redfish have been reported and showing up at the cleaning table at MacRaes of Homosassa. Another good eating fish showing up at the dock but just out of reach fo

photo cutline; blake bass 2855 Blake Bass( 5 Y.O.) with his first – ever speckled trout 5/28/19 Keaton Report May 31 June 1 2019 Trout fishing couldn’t get any better than last week as I had limits on all my charters despite Gulf water t

We had a decent run of pan-sized or larger Spot and Croaker in this morning's incoming tide. Neither the outgoing tide today nor the incoming tide this evening yielded anything better than those stupid little Pinfish. We're hoping tomorrow w

PANAMA CITYBEACH OFFSHORE Well if you haven’t gotten a chance to go out after Grouper lately you had better hurry. In our neck of the woods Grouper closes in Federal waters on December second at midnight and in State waters on the third at mid

Capt. Keith Mixon/Mixin’ Work With Play Fishing Charters July 31 2013 “Fishing has been fair during the past week. During the past few days only a few species of game fish have been willing to bite. To begin with the early morning speckled

Well we are officially getting into our slower season for fishing here in Islamorada especially in the backcountry. The august islamorada fishing can still be very good though lack of visitors and the heat keep many people from getting out on the wa

Just today as I was sitting down to write my forecast the phone rang and a potential customer was calling us for information on fishing in september and whether or not it was a good time of year to bring his son down to fish. As he asked if there is