Florida Keys Fishing Report
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December - 2010
September - 2010
August - 2010
June - 2010
We have been
pretty busy out on the water and so I have
neglected the website for a while!
That
said Mahi Mahi season has been
pretty spectacular! Don't miss out on this
fun, action packed not to mention great to
eat, Mahi fishing season! Give us a
call and we'll get you on the water
catching fish!
Toll Free 866-431-2277
April - 2010
There has
been a little wind to contend with,
but we have taken some very successful
catches this week. Saturday's crew did
a awsome job reeling in the dolphin.
We landed 2 larger cows and half a dozen
schoolies. The yellowtail fishing is
also still a great option and should just
get better and better into May. Anchoring up
for rocky botton mangrove & mutton snappers
has been pretty good. Looking forward
to grouper opening again soon in May.
February - 2010
Happy
belated New Year! Having braved the
unusually cold January here in the Florida
Keys, we are now about back on track with
spirits high for an amazing remainder of the
winter season! The cold temps, while a
little uncomfortable for anglers, really did
not adversely affect successful catches
offshore. The bait patches have held
strong and the sailfish bite on the reefs'
edge has remained very good. We are
catching lots of Yellowtail Snapper inside
the reef and also Blackfin Tuna toward the
hump.
July - 2009
The
summer fishing season is still going strong
with most mahi mahi being taken a ways
offshore. On the humps we've found the tuna
bite to be good as well. When the weather is
right the yellowtail snapper are also
abundant.
June -
2009
Offshore
the Dolphin season is phenomenal! Catching a
dozen or more of these feisty fighters sure
makes for an exciting day. Bulls are being
caught in the 40-50 lb range. We've
also been catching quite a few Blackfin Tuna
offshore.
On the reef the Yellowtail Snapper are in a
feeding frenzy and limits are being taken
fairly easily. At 10 per person, you'll be
sure to bring home a freezer full!
May 7,
2009 - Monthly Recap
The
abundance of baitfish and lingering cool
water- thanks to a few spring cold fronts,
have kept the sailfish bite going
strong again. Yesterday our captain
and crew focused on the dolphin, catching 20
in 7.5 feet of water at the hump. The
largest weighing in at 20lbs. and an average
of 10 pounders. They also fished a
wreck landing a Sail and followed up with
some nice yellowtail.
March 16, 2009 -
Are you kidding? It's March Already!
Talk about March
Madness! I've been so busy, I temporarily forgot
about this Blog Business! Here's what's up...some
exciting news for Chelsea Charters!, we will be
presenting our new boat in just a few more weeks, and
she is beautiful! I've been planning this change for
quite some time, so every spare moment NOT fishing has
been spent finding this awesome boat, getting all the
paper work in place, and finally outfitting it
correctly! whew...almost there!
So anyway...about the
fish! The name of the game in February seemed to
remain Sails and Kings. We also took a few
successful yellowtail trips early in the month and
continued to see a stray mahi , tuna, wahoo, big
amberjacks and caribbean reef sharks here and there.
You know the #1 question asked of me is "what will we
catch?" While we charter captains can give you a
pretty good idea of the sure bets for your specific
charter date - the awesome thing about Florida Keys
fishing is that you can also expect the unexpected, you
just never know what will show up!
March has seen the
sails thin out and so we've been heading to the Hump,
when weather has permitted. This has brought us good
catches of Blackfin Tuna, no numbers of tremendous
size but good catches all in all. We're seeing quite a
few Dolphin out there this past week (mahi mahi) killer!
yum!
TIME TO FISH! Stay
tuned for new boat pics...
January 25, 2009 -
Recap
It's been another few
weeks of mostly great fishing, despite some
pretty cool and breezy days. The Sailfish bite has
slowed down a little bit but we're still able to put the
time in and land a few. Most have been really good
size...Jenna (a young girl from N.Jersey) landed her
first sail last week...it was much bigger than she was!
and bigger than the sail her brother brought in...she
earned her bragging rights...way to go! Trolling deeper
off the reef, the king and cero macks are biting well.
We're also still bringing in decent numbers of
yellowtail and have started to see some cobia.
Last week we hit on black, gag and red
grouper...unfortunately they were just short of keepers,
but we will start to see better numbers in the coming
month. We also had a few good days catching
Blackfin Tuna. The restaurant back at the dock was
happy to sear them up for the crew. Fishing
doesn't get better than this!, here in beautiful
Islamorada the opportunities are endless and plentiful!
Come on down for a day of battle with a gorgeous 100lb
Sailfish...while catching 20-40lb king macks! They are
hard fighting runners, on light tackle, lots o fun! Hope
to see you here!
January 7, 2009 -
Happy New Year!
So I've been pretty busy since New Years...I'll give
a short recap of the week. We spent a couple days
stocking up the crew with yellowtail and mangrove
snappers. They caught a 17lb African Pompano and a
few barracuda for sport.
The last few trips were for Sailfish...and the bite was
still going strong! We landed the largest of
the two day trip...at 8ft long...nice fish. Also
along the reef we caught half a dozen nice size schoolie
dolphin. The cero mackerel and kingfish also still
very plentiful. Great weather...Good fishing!
December 27, 2008
- Short Day
Winds continued to
pick up today. We decided to give it a shot in
close. We caught a handful of yellowtail and tried a
little spot where we hooked a couple small sharks.
Headed for the barn to try for a better day tomorrow.
December 26, 2008
- Breezy Days...Good Eats
We had a pretty breezy day to contend with and still
the boys had a great time pulling in the Yellowtail.
With 4&5 footers, we anchored on a good little spot
inside, where we found the ballyhoo super thick!
Good start! From there we continued to pull in
more than a dozen yellowtail...one of which was a
monster at least 4-5 lbs! Adding some Cero
Mackerel, mutton snapper, a yellowfin jack and a big
toothy barracuda to the shopping cart.
December 23, 2008
- Sailfishing
Still going strong on
the Sailfish bite!
We have been targeting these adrenaline hook-ups all
month with much success! Two and three hook-ups at
a time makes for some pretty exciting times on the
water! Had a couple first timers who had a blast
fighting, and YES, landing these sails. Way to go
guys! We were slow trolling live bait along the
reef edge the past few days and to make our trip even
better we managed to pull in a handful of surprise
mahi-mahi and quite a few king mackerel taboot!
All in all it was a great pre-holiday week out on the
water.
Merry Christmas to all!
Capt. Frank
