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July was one of the nicest weather months we have seen in a long time here in the Florida Keys. Most days were light winds with sunshine and there was only a few days with wind and thunderstorms. Overall the mahi bite was very good for the month. Su

August fishing is almost over here in Islamorada Florida Keys. We had some wind for a few days over a week ago but the past week was much nicer. A few days were cloudy with passing rain storms but it didn't stop the fleet from catching a bunch o

We've had some incredible catches of mahi the first couple weeks of August! The crowds are thinning out so the next month or two may be the time you want to come down and fish at Bud n' Mary's Marina. Most of the boats have been averagin

I'm Back!!! I apologize for the lack of reports and not keeping everyone up to date with whats been biting in islamorada! Instant Social Media has become the quickest and easiest way to get out the current fishing report but since I had a number

I headed back to the south end today meeting Trey Dennard and his friends Maria Anne and Mark down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp located at the north end of Big Talbot Island Park. We launched at 7:30 and ran up the Nassau River - the water was smoo

Hello Fishers Tarpon Fishing is Hot Hot Hot right now!  The tarpon are here as strong as ever.  Evening trips are producing some serious numbers.  Mr. Roy Shepard from England got his workout on several huge tarpon over the last few n

A nice looking Wahoo caught first thing this morning captained by Merlin Deep Sea fishing on board the Too Intense our 36ft Yellowfin Center console. The heat index is pushing North of 100 degrees daily here in Key West. With little to no wind to spe

I wrapped my week up fishing out of the south end meeting Dale Bullard and his son-in-law Jacob at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had a bait well of live shrimp and mud minnows ready to go when we hit our first stop along some oysters beds in the Na

We've had some great weather the past ten days here in Islamorada. It's been a little warm so make sure you bring plenty of water to drink. The mahi bite was great in the middle of the month with all the boats getting in on the action but it

I do think summer is almost here based on the variety of fish we're catching. I met Domenic and Victoria Frameli down at the Atlantic Seafood dock on the very last of an outgoing tide and we popped over to fish an exposed oyster bank at the mout

I was back up north today fishing with Brooke Jordan Mike Jimmy and Christian under some overcast skies. We left the Dee Dee Bartels Park and headed over to Tiger Island setting up outside at a grassy point and first cast BOOM! We had a strong hooku

Well November is moving right along and it looked like we were going to have a bit of an early winter at the end of October with a pretty cold early front. However since then things have calmed down and warmed right back up! This week the temperatur

Sorry for the lack of blog updates but we've been having a few issues with the blog as of late. Every time I've tried to do a fishing report it would end up crashing on me and I'd lose all my work so I had gotten frustrated with it. I

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! 2018 is officially under way and we had a very busy christmas week here in Islamorada thankfully. Many guides were happy to be busy once again as overall it's been very slow for many of us the last co

Red Drum Seatrout Flounder Mangrove Snapper and....Catfish. That was the variety count today. I met Brian Shuford and his father in law Mike down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp early this morning and we headed up the Nassau River making our

Well February is just about over with and boy has it been a warm one! I think I read it's the hottest February on record in the South Florida area with it being around 8 degrees above average temperature for the entire month. We haven't had

Happy Holidays Everyone   Here is a quick update on fishing and recovery in the Keys after Hurricane Irma.  The Islamorada and Key Largo areas are starting to clean up.  A lot of the debris that was piled up on the roadside has been r

Another month of fishing has came to end here in Islamorada but we sure saw some great catches the last few days of the month! The Catch 22 released 8 sailfish one trip and the Cloud Nine released 9 sailfish one trip! It's not like that every da

We have been doing really well with the red snapper mangrove snapper cobia and grouper. We have also been catching some nice tuna along with wahoo and mahi mahi when the conditions are right.   We have June 18 and June 26 open if you’re i

December is cruising right along and so far it's still been unseasonably warm. That means we've had a little bit of everything going on as far as the species count go. But looks like this weekend winter is coming. It's suppose to get dow