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Perfect Weather Key West
Well charter or no charter when the temperature is 78 and the wind is calm and the skies are blue bird clear we can’t just sit at the dock – life is too short. So we took a break and went fishing for a few hours. Randy caught this Dolphi...
Honeymoon Sailfish
Molly's First Sailfish Key West is a big time destination for weddings. We do a lot of bachelor parties and it is always a great time , with everyone in the party mode. Molly and Kurt changed it up and went fishing on their Honeymoon. I know that th...
Web Cam at Dry Tortugas
Check out this link to underwater streaming web cam at the Dry Tortugas National Park. See fish , mermaids , who knows?...
October Fishing in Key West
Nicest day you could ask for. The wind was light, the sun is getting tolerable and the fish must be feeding at night on the full moon. Beautiful debris , clumps and lines of Sargasso weed gave up only four small Dolphin. After it finally sunk i...
Key West Fishing Report / Outlook
These last few days of September have been blessedly calm with no impending doom on the horizon – yet. However the fish could care less . Bait is thick on the reefs and more Ballyhoo than we have later in the season. This is setting up some gre...
Key West Marlin Tournament Report
Although the Key West Marlin Tournament was in July it has taken me this long to boil down my thoughts. I was included in a great team of seasoned anglers and crew on the REEL FAST . This boat takes it’s name seriously and I truly enjoyed being...
On Again Off Again Dolphin Fishing
Fishing this July for Dolphin has been a little hit and miss offshore in Key West. At the first of the month a lot of small summer schoolies were everywhere, then by mid-month bigger fish showed up and I guess ran off the small dolphin. Patience was ...
Feasting on Key West Dolphin
My friends Darlene and Joe and associates fished with us this last week. Fishing in Key West for them has always been fantastic. Whenever they come down for fishing we catch lots of big fish. This year the pressure was really on and the main theme wa...
Summer Fishing in Key West
Summer may not be official but the temperature and the fishing sure feel like summer. The water temperature inside the reef is over 90 degrees and in the Gulfstream it is about 86. The fishing around Key West has been a lot less big Dolphin and a who...
All Bull Fishing in Key West ( no bull )
Fishing yesterday was a test of patience, several hours of searching the waters off Key West with a Skip Jack Tuna and a Deep Sea Barracuda to show for our diligence. Then a slow day turned into a great day when we found a piece of debris in otherw...
Are we having fun??????
A lot of people come to Key West to party, A lot of people come to Key West to fish, and I guess there are people who come to Key West for some other reason , but I don’t know any of those reasons. Well these guys came to party and fish . The f...
Key West Dolphin Fishing
This is truly a great time of year to be fishing offshore in Key West. We picked up Kent , James and Brian early Tuesday at Sunset Key and took off for the deep sea. Right off these California guys were impressed that the ocean actually gets up to 85...
Great Fishing Story - Mark and Kayrn in Key West
I usually tell the story of great fishing in Key West , but I ran across an old email with this link to a trip journal that Mark and Kayrn kept when they made an amazing trip around the country. This link goes to the day they fished with us , but the...
Goofy’s Big Key West Dolphin
Tom brought his crew down to fish and play in Key West and from what I can tell they were doing an excellent job . Like most Dolphin fishing this time of year finding the big ones can take time and patience to find that board that makes the day. Fo...
First Key West Sailfish
A couple of good friends and a break in the weather and Key West shows why fishing here is so special. After picking thru Dolphin after Dolphin and missing our first chance at a Sail while trolling we hooked up with Danny’s First Key West Sai...
Dolphin Make Annual Run in Key West !
It is official the annual dolphin run in Key West has begun . Large fish today to 20 pounds in a half day , compare to area reports of 40 - 50 lb landings. This is always an exciting time because not only are large fish streaming by Key West, many sc...
Vandenberg arrives in Key West
All the bubble heads in Key West are , well just bubbly over the arrival of the 500+ foot Hoyt Vandenberg in Key West. The ship, to be sunk at a secret time and place 6 miles south of Key West in 164 feet of water is going to be a dive only wreck a...
Hemmingway Marlin Tournament
Any body ready for Marlin fishing in Cuba?...
Dolphin give in to Sailfish in Key West
Over the last week we have been catching some really nice Dolphin in the over 20 lb range . It is always good to see the larger Dolphin start to show up off of Key West. This beauty caught by Anthony and this nice cow caught by Jim in spite of a Dra...
656 lb Key West Mako Shark
Normally I don’t write about the average to mundane catches that other captains in Key West produce . However Capt Greg Shertz , a good friend and excellent fisherman (305-797-5601) caught and brought in a 656 lb Mako shark . The fish was caugh...
Jill and Joe catch Big Dolphin in Key West
My good friends Jill and Joe stopped by to catch Dolphin recently and wanted to post this picture so other friends could be properly jealous , I mean appreciative, of fishing in Key West....
Team Fiji Scores in Key West
In continuing coverage of The Key West International Fishing Tournament , Team Fiji scored big with extra points awarded for rough seas . Starting with a fat Grouper and then out to the Blue Water for non stop Dolphin Action on a really nice weed lin...
Norway Answers in Key West International Tournament
Not to be outdone by neighbors in Sweden , these fierce competitors from Norway braved the heat and sun of Key West to uphold national honor. With full tropical sun and temperatures soaring to near 26 ( c ) this fine 10 + kilo monster Dolphin tested ...
Swedish Law Team fishes Key West
We have all heard of the Swedish Ski Team and their infamous party reputation . Well I am here to tell you when the Swedish Law team came to Key West it was strictly business . Funny How they spell business in Sweden WAHOO ! &#...
What Happened to Winter In Key West ?
It is supposed to be rough and cold and , well winter, but we just keep having warm , sunny ,calm days in Key West with lots of Dolphin . I just can’t wait to see what the hot, calm, sunny days of summer will be like. Probably record sailfi...
January 2009 Key West Fishing / Catching Reports
Fishing and more importantly catching has been very good this new year in Key West. Dolphin catches have been steady and of good sizes when the Gulf Stream sneaks in close and the Tuna bite is strong on overcast days before fronts move in. We ar...
Happy New Year from Key West
Peter and son Pete challenged us today with the scariest thing a captain can hear ” I really want to catch something big to put on my wall”. This usually makes fish run from the boat and we will be lucky if we get a bite . Just a little h...
Dining on Dolphin in December
Frank and crew were down to Key West for a little holiday R & R. I really think fishing in Key West may be the key to economic recovery and possibly world peace. When you go out and the sky is bright blue and the water is so clear it looks purp...
Friends , Fish and Key West
Once in a while the world wide web brings a call from the past. Some great friends from, well I guess I really should not say how long ago besides not knowing for sure and not wanting to be rude I will say at least a prior life if not two, were comin...
Fuel price relief comes to Key West
After months of watching fuel prices go up and up we too are getting relief from the pump in Key West. Most people know that the big cost is fuel and when it gets up around four dollars the cost gets tough. Well to celebrate we have been able to shar...
