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Summer snappers fishing is on fire

I’m way behind on catch reports on the website but here’s a quick update. I’ve been fishing Non-Stop this May and June the weather and the fishing have been as good as I’ve seen in my 16 years here in Key West. I do however have lots of availability in July for now. We’ve been getting huge yellow tails tons and tons of mutton snappers just so much life so many fish actively feeding and in large numbers. If you haven’t made plans for Key West this summer this is the time. I’m just going to put a bunch of photos from recent trips in here as a fun sneak peek of what you’ll be in for if we can get out there and get after some fish.

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MUTTON SPAWN IN KEY WEST

With the full moon upon us here in May the snapper fishing is at an all-time high. Mutton snappers are chewing like crazy!!!Yellowtail snappers are also practically jumping in the boat.

If you want to fill it cooler full of fish or you want to go out and just have an amazing time May, June and  July are absolutely lights out for everything from snappers to groupers, sharks, Mahi Mahi and so many more. If you can name it we can catch it here in the Florida Keys in the summer.

Here are just a few pictures from the end of April and the start of May. The grouper fishing has been really good this year also. If you have Black grouper is on your bucket list call me up as soon as possible let’s get out there and get that dream fishing trip booked.

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Bite was Bananas

Took a trip out to the Gulf side. The Gulf of America was full of life for us we caught tons of groupers, snappers, Cobia, barracudas, and a few really nice kingfish. Halfway through the trip one of the guys pulled out of banana which is considered very bad luck. Contrary to that superstition we had nothing but good luck. Was a beautiful day with a lot of action.

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Sailfish season is kicking off early

Already as of March 1st here in Key West Florida we are seeing a lot more Sailfish then we usually would. With strong Gulfstream currents running close to Key West fishing has been really good. Bottom fishing we’ve been using a lot of lead to hold bottom in these strong currents but the bite has been on fire. Here just a few quick pictures from some of my recent trips.

 

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Live bait for the win !

Live bait fishing has been red hot!! We are seeing lots of King mackerels, tuna and sailfish lately. The sniper fishing has been really good as well on the edges of the reef as well.

Here are a few pictures from some recent notable catches.

 

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Muttons and more

With the rest of the United States in Sub-Zero temperatures Key West is definitely the place to be. Sunny and 75 with lots of snappers, jacks, sharks and so many others just waiting to be hooked.

Today we fished a deep wreck in 220 ft where we had great success catching five nice Mutton snappers one very rare Caribbean snapper. This was my first ever that I have caught in the keys in just over 15 years. We also landed one of the biggest White margates I’ve ever seen just over 14 lb. If you’re up north freezing your butt off give me a call let’s get out on the water and do some fishing. 😎

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Winter fishing at it’s best

Winter is in full swing and the fishing couldn’t be hotter. Come get out of the freezing cold up north and lets go fishing.

The mutton snapper fishing has been really good, along with the blackfin tuna fishing in the evening has been lights out. I’m also catching lots of really big amberjacks out on some of the deeper wrecks. So whether you want to fight some really strong fish like sharks and jacks or put meat in the cooler like snappers and tuna there’s no better time than Key West in the winter.

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Deep wreck Mutton snappers

Key West has so countless wrecks to choose from. The deep wrecks have been very consistent my last few trips. Most of my big Mutton snappers have been in 200+ feet of water. It’s a lot of cranking but it’s well worth it. Here are a few pictures. Book your Key West Florida fishing charter today. Give me a call 😁

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Key West Shallow water snappers

Some days in Key West charter fishing when it’s a little windy offshore and the seas get a little bit big for comfort moving inshore on the patch reefs can be a really effective strategy.

Today that’s exactly what we did. We went offshore the bite was good but the seas weren’t very friendly. We had already caught a bunch of live ballyhoo and a handful of yellow tails for lunch so we were ready to come in to calmer waters and find some nice fish. We fish for about an hour inshore and landed 5 muttons, 3 red grouper and a few others.

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Snapper are really heating up

Started this morning at 8am started our day catching Yellowtails and some ballyhoo. Afternoon we had some in the cooler and the livewell we headed to a wreck in 130 feet. We landed 6 Mutton snapper 3 keepers, 1 Goliath grouper and a few bonus fish before heading back to the dock at 12 noon.

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