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October fishing in Islamorada is almost upon us being 9/28/12! We've had some very low tides as of late almost spring-like tides very unusual! Took my dad Richard Stanczyk Sr. girlfriend Elizabeth Baxter and one of the new main men at Bud n'

Capt. William Toney/Homosassa Inshore Fishing Charters July 5 2016 The best bite for inshore waters has been redfish and the near shore rocks for saltwater pan fish. The redfish bite is best on the incoming high tide on the western facing points. The

Although we had another beautiful morning today it got kinda hot as the day wore on!  I met Cory Relling and his father-in-law Keith down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp and with a bait well full of live shrimp and mud minnows we headed

Hello folks! Come Join us as Bass Pro Shops this Weekend March 1st and 2nd for their Spring Classic Event.  Capt. Jot Owens and Myself Capt. Jeff Cronk will be there to speak on inshore fishing Saturday and Sunday.  Now's the time to ge

Permit fishing in Islamorada has been great on the wrecks back in the gulf as of late. Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished with Lee and Mike Corson yesterday evening and today. Last night we snuck out after the squalls came through to tarpon fish. They each

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report July 10 2015 We’re wrapping up our last few American red snapper trips as our season ends on July 14. They are absolutely everywhere our past 120 feet. On our

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report August 31 2012 “Tropical storm Isaac made for some crummy fishing early in the week but later in the week things sure picked up. Heavy cloud cover and pouring rains bro

     The fishing is still hot.  The Spanish Mackerel are still very thick in the 20 to 30 foot deep areas off the beaches and around the reefs.  Your best bet is early morning; watch for the birds feeding and the mackerels ju

You can have some success catching grouper in my region by trolling lipped plugs in some of the deeper channels and holes around Tampa Bay as well as along some of the nearshore hard bottom areas but the majority of anglers who target these fish cha

Keaton Report 3/22 23/19 What a difference a few days make? Well I fished Monday mostly to catch the first pinfish of the year for my trip Tuesday as I have been using plugs and plastic or shrimp in some cases. I caught about 75 then decided that I

Got a call from Tibor stating his grandson wanted to catch some fish. We met up at Spinnaker marina at set out.  Joshua was an energetic knowledgeable polite young man of 7 years of age.  We set up on a grass flat and put out the chum 

Keaton Report April 12 –13 Well as predicted the fishing just got better and better as the water warmed up. Thursday last the water temp in the Gulf was 70 degrees in the morning when we went out. We caught limits each day with trout to 23

editors sorry this is so late but had a busy day in Havana a the MFC commission meeting where the commissioners decided to postpone any action on the rule changes and are prepared to split the Northwest region into two parts with Pensacola to either

Tonight depending on who you talk to and where you are on the Pier this is what they are getting: Speckled Trout up close (don't know if there's been any keepers but they've been close to it) the Spot are out at the end and in between ha

I fished with David Howard and his son Graham who brought along his friend Nick. We met down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp this morning and although the bait shop was out of live bait they did scrounge up a few mud minnows. I purchased som

Had John and his girlfriend over from across the pond (Australia!) today for a full day florida keys backcountry fishing trip! We left out early at 7 am stiff north-northeast breeze about 15mph not too bad but a little chilly. We headed back to the

Keaton report April 5 – 6 2019 Up and down up and down so goes the yo-yo so goes the trout bite. Sunday Billy and I caught a limit of trout in under an hour. Monday my charter struggled against the w-i-n-d and rain to get 3 keeper trout in the

Capt. Joe Ward/Capt. Joe’s River Charters March 5 2014 INSHORE – “ The inshore fishing has been good the last 10 days with plenty of speckled trout and redfish being reported. Try places like Jack Island Queen’s Cove and t

Capt. Keith Mixon/Mixin’ Work With Play Fishing Charters August 14 2013 “During the past week a nice variety of game fish have been willing to bite with the right presentation. Both redfish and speckled trout have been very active during l