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 The Big Duck 5 has sailed a few times without me. Today I made my first reel trip. Gerald had a nice tip from a Dive Boat Operator that the D Wreck was crawling with American Red Snappers and the bottom was paved with Flounders. Bobby Edward&#

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

For those who didn't hear I have sold my Boat. This is the first time I've been without a Boat since the 1980's. This Spring Summer and Fall I will be avaiiliable as a Captain for Hire for Fishing the Beaufort Inlet and Cape Lookout areas

Normal 0 Heat wave hits gulf coast The past few days it has been brutally hot here. With temps well above 90 and the heat index to be in the 100’s I’ve been starting just before daylight and finishing up right around 10am.   With it

June 10th 2019 The calendar may not say that summer is here but the temps certainly do. With temps soaring into the 90s its no guess what time of the year it is here in Key West. The waters surrounding Key West are in a constant flow so water temps d

      Summertime grouper fishing isn’t as good as it is in the winter when the fish come in close to shore to spawn but it can still be very good. As the water warms up during the summer months the main body of fish will move ou

 Brandon and I have once again took on the challenge of feeding the Ferry Crew. Two took bottom rigs and a sack of shrimp and off we went..... Two solid hours of fishing later and I'm at Piggly Wiggly buying Seafood Breader and Vegetable Oi

A small fish with an oval body, small mouth, incisor-like teeth and sharp dorsal spines. The body is silvery with yellow and blue horizontal stripes and four or five vertical lines. There is a black spot behind the gill cover. The pectoral and caud

This has been one of the busiest charter fishing seasons in many years. We ended the Red Snapper season with a nice finish.  I'm predicting next year to be even more busy and exciting. We generally target these fish between 60 and 120 foot

With cold fronts nearing a vibrant end the offshore fishing out of Port Canaveral is just heating up. Cooler water temps on the bottom are keeping our groupers and snappers very active this year providing for lots of bent rods and happy customers. L

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 19/03/21 Ayesha Salkilld had a thread-mendous time chasing threadfin salmon at Broome's Crab Creek last Sunday! Want to know more about the area's abundant

I wrapped my week up today fishing with Jake Dyal his grandkids Lucius and Kinsey and their aunt/cousin Kathryn. We met at the Atlantic Seafood dock (which was really hopping with outgoing charters) and headed up to the Jolley River to fish with a b

      June is just a fantastic month to target mangrove snapper in my region because the Gulf of Mexico is flat calm so you can run fast to the wrecks and reefs and the fish are schooled up and feeding. What’s nice about mangrov

NAVARRE The last front flew through the area last Friday and Saturday putting a damper on things but the rest of the weekend and the first part of the week we say outstanding weather. Its pretty much been the story for the last couple of weeks so ho

MEXICO BEACH/PORT ST. JOE Fishing is great throughout Gulf County waters. St Joseph's Bay trout and redfish are turned on and the bite is good. Especially for anglers tossing top-water lures in the early morning hours. By late morning you should

1)   The Weather is nicer!   Who wants to fish in the summer heat or the winter cold?   Sometimes we do   but if we had our choice it’d be fishing the mild days of spring and fall.   Summertime trips start early to try

April and May are outstanding months to target trophy seatrout—fish from 8 to 12 pounds in the East Region. It’s the time of year when we see a lot of extreme low tides around the new and full moons and those low tides really concentrate

March is a month of transition for both inshore and offshore fisherman in our area. Pelagic species that have been gone all winter will start to show up as the water temperature begins to rise and inshore species will begin to transition out of the

Ok so far we know of 1 Bluefish 1 small Sheepshead and a bunch of Pinfish and undersized Black Sea Bass.

PORT ST. JOE/MEXICO BEACH Offshore & Near Shore The few fishermen going offshore are coming back with their limits of Grouper. The lack of fishing pressure is providing a good opportunity for the bottom fisherman to return home with a full coole