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Hot marlin bit continues 5 blue marlin and 21 sails

Fishing on the surf has been very good. Lots of spot croaker sea mullet small blues and pompano. We have also been catching lots of small puppy drum. Water temp is 77 degrees. Next high tide will be at 3:20pm. Our offshore charters have been getting

Wow what a day for big Sails. We fished to the north on a full day charter with Flint and his friends. The morning started off slow but changed around 10 am Sailfish on. This was a big girl the almost dumped the reel but managed to break the leaded.

The Fleece Boys on board today from NC and Maine! Great to be back on the water after a little break thanks in part to weather, slow bookings and unexpected cancelations. We had a slight weather window and the forecast was correct and we made a day

Danny had been fishing on the L&H for a very long time.  Today he was joined by his son Daniel and I was very excited about having the next generation along with us.  We got a very early start and were the first ones to leave the marina. &

Fishing for Sails off of the Yucatan was not as good this year.  The bait did not gather as usual.  Arch will try his luck in the Key’s with Pat for a few days and then venture north. The Pelican will begin fishing in late April. 

Today we fished with Willie from parts unknown Norm and Gunter from Boston Nick from England and Brain from Fort Lauderdale Florida. Once again we went right to kite fishing and once again kite fishing paid off for us with Norm landing a 90-inch sail

OFFSHORE- Overall pretty good fishing offshore this week. A scattering of dolphin reports (mostly smaller fish) coming in from all kinds of varying depths. One boat finds them in 1000' of water while the next one finds a big school mixed in with

OFFSHORE- Fishing remained good offshore this week; with a nice mixed bag assortment. Best action on pretty much all species will be in 90-300' of water. While you may hear of a few dolphin out deeper (and with the exception of swordfish and gold

The first local major sailfish tournament for the season is in the books with 14 boats catching 85 fish in the two day event. Congratulations to Fishheads Tackle Sponsor and LoQueSea for their fist place finish. Sheriff Mike Scott Lee County fishing

OFFSHORE- Nice looking weather forecast headed into the weekend for a change! Fishing remained good offshore this week. Last Sunday and Monday the sailfish bite was very good; but slowed as the wind backed off. Southeast/South wind is not the most id

JEFF QUICK GROUP 71 SAILFISH & 1 BLUE MARLIN Angel Pala Matt and Dennis Caldwell and Jeff Quick January 12-15 it was great to see Jeff Quick from Tucson Arizona back at the lodge this time fishing with Guatemalan newbies Angel Pala from New Mexico a

Our friends the Bazen family came to fish with us for two days and we had a great time!  The first day was good action with the sails and we picked away at them throughout the day.  Mike fishes with his two boys Sidney and Richard along wit

Definitely best fish of the week! I covered a lot of water in the last week. I fished with long time clients Tim and Paul at Flamingo one day Biscayne Bay the next and then Key Largo a couple days later. They caught a bunch of Snook and Tim’s

Boy, it’s nice to see November roll around.  Slightly cooler temperatures and changing weather patterns signal that it is time to prepare for the heart of our fishing season.  Before any serious fishing can take place, a

Off shore we started the week with great fishing from 30’ out we had Dolphin Sails Kings and Cobia. If there were to many boats in one location all you had to do was go deeper...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/11/23 Sometimes strength in numbers doesn't bode well for baitballs! If you ever see birds diving into large schools of bait on the surface there is often la

Limits of yellow fin tuna black fin tuna mahi barracuda and wahoo hit the docks from offshore today. Most of the boats came back in with the flags up on the riggers indicating the releases of blue’s white’s and sails! Nearshore brought in

We have had a nice week of fishing here in Stuart Florida. On Christmas day we went 2 for 2 on Sail fish and got a few Mahis. The 26th slowed and only managed a Mahi and a Bonito. We had a 34 day on the 27th and went 1 for 2 on Sails 2 Mahis and a f

The Sailfish are out and fiesty! January 17 The Intensity has 22 raises 11 bites and 6 releases. January 18 The Release had 51 raises 49 bites 33 releases; raised one striped marlin. The Intensity had 34 raises 18 bites and 9 releases. The Rum Line h