We’ve had great weather over the last 10 days and a great supply of live bait which has been conveniently located close to the Marina. All this has resulted in some pretty good days on the water, with a wonderful variety of fish for which Key West is justifiably famous
Fishing has been fair but no better over the last several weeks. Strong gusty winds in the 20 knot range have hampered us on some days. On other days, very clear water and a lack of current has made for challenging conditions. By remaining flexable and trying everything during the course of the day, we have succeeded in putting a catch together on most days.
Fishing has remained pretty solid during the last 10 days or so. Water temps continue to fall with the coldest weather of the winter. This has resulted in a slow down for some of the snapper fishing with both Mutton and Yellowtail showing signs of lethergy, but an uptick in the number of Grouper we are catching. King Mackerel are still around in good numbers. There are also a few Sailfish and Blackfin Tuna rounding out our catch.
Plenty of good fishing again since our last report. We have been enjoying a very consistent period of fishing action for the last several months and that trend continues with our latest report. King Mackerel, Dolphin, Yellowtail Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Black Grouper and Sailfish all biting during the last week.
We have been maintaining a very busy fishing schedule over the last several weeks with the result that it has been hard to find time to post updated fishing reports. In general fishing remains strong with the majority of days producing solid catches, lots of action and satisfied clients. All the winter resident fish are present in good numbers. This includes King Mackerel, Yellowtail Snapper, Blackfin Tuna, Mutton Snapper, various Grouper species and Sailfish. Weather conditions often dictate what will bite best on any given day. For example, South East wind has produced several days of good Dolphin fishing even though it is technically off season for this species.
It has been a memorable couple of weeks since our last fishing report was posted. Beautiful weather and consistently excellent fishing has been the norm! Perhaps most striking about our recent success has been the tremendous daily variety to our catches. The Key West area is famous for how many different types of fish can be caught in a single outing, and it has certainly been true lately! 
We encourage you look at how many different species are represented in these pictures taken over the last 10 days. From Sailfish to Mutton Snapper to Wahoo to Kingfish to Grouper to Dolphin- everthing has been biting.
The Sailfish action has remained strong over the last week with the majority of our fish caught by sight casting to fish which are chasing schools of Ballyhoo along the shallow reef edge. There have also been plenty of Dolphin up in this shallow water as well. We haven’t done alot of bottom fishing lately as the top water action has been too good to pass up, although the patch reef areas have been very productive for Snapper Grouper and Cero. King Mackerel are beginning to show up in greater numbers and we’ve been catching some in the 25 pound class.
Fishing has picked up markedly since our last report. Finally a body of Sailfish has moved into our local waters and those who are interested in tangling with these acrobatic fighters can expect multiple encounters per day. Additionally, decent sized Blackfin Tuna have become more common. There are still Dolphin around including fish up to 20lbs which we have found chasing Ballyhoo on top of the reef. The patch reefs have also yielded excellent action from keeper size Grouper and Mutton Snapper in the 8 – 12 lb range. We have also had plenty of action from Yellowtail, Cero, Little Tunny, and Jacks including Horse Eyes, Yellow Jack and Jack Cravelle.
Large schools of Ballyhoo are congregating along the top of the reef edge as they do every year at this time. This attracts a host of gamefish who find the massed bait to be easy picking, including many species which are normally associated with deeper water such as Dolphin, Sailfish and Blackfin Tuna. The Dolphin in the following photo were both caught in 25-30 feet of water. Bottom dwellers such as Mutton Snapper and Grouper will also chase this bait on the surface. With our tuna tower the SOUTHPAW is well designed to take advantage of this type of fishing.
The weather over the last several weeks has been glorious, featuring light breezes from the North and Northeast, low humidity, plenty of sunshine and tempuratures in the mid 70’s. No doubt the best weather in the whole country. Fishing wise it’s been a disappointment, and we are honest enough to admit it! We would expect good Sailfishing by now but it hasn’t happened yet, ditto for the Blackfin Tuna which remain scarce as well. Dolphin fishing has been hit or miss. The reef has been the most reliable area to produce action. Heavy chumming with live Pilchards has been producing action from Cero, Tunny, Yellowtail Snapper, Yellow Jacks and assorted other species.
