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Islamorada Fishing Report May 11, 2012

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:19:19 +0000

Captian Galon with a Blackfin Tuna

The weather has been beautiful and there has been a mixed bag of fish caught today.The Tunas have been biting well Captain Galon has been putting some nice fish in the box from 5 lbs to this nice 20lb Blackfin. There has also been a few Sails being caught on the reef.The Amber jacks are still biting well on the wrecks and there have been some nice Groupers being caught in deeper water also.Remember that Grouper season just opened again.The Mahi fishing has been a little slow but there have been some fish caught. We should being seeing a nice push of fish any day now with these good weather conditions that we have had.There were a few permit caught today on the wrecks and there was also a good yellowtail bite in 90 feet south of the can.Inshore, there was a good evening Tarpon bite last night.These fish will continue to show up in good numbers here in Islamorada in the next few weeks and be here through the summer.

Islamorada Fishing Report May 10, 2012

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:53:42 +0000

The Mahi fishing has been slow for the last few days in Islamorada, but there have been some nice Permit caught on wrecks in the 20 to 30 lb range. There have still been some good Sailfishing this week and we have been catching some nice Blackfin Tunas on the Islamorada hump.There is also some nice Amberjacks on the 409 and Islamorada Humps.Live Blue Runners are great bait for these great fighting fish that been ranging from 30 to 80 lbs.On the reef the Yellowtail fishing has been good with fish on the patches and in the 90 foot range.Inshore the Tarpon have been showing up in better numbers each day with a lot of good action in the early evening hours.Live Crabs or Mullet are the best baits for these fish.

Islamorada Fishing Report for Easter April 8, 2012

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:01:03 +0000

The Mahi fishing has been good with boats catching 5 to 10 fish a day.The winds just switched out of the north which will slow them down for awhile but It should turn the Sails back on.There were a few Sails caught this week and as long as we get some north winds we should continue seeing sails. The story has been at the Islamorada Hump where the Amberjacks are biting very well and we had Darin Aaby and his family that fished with us this week and caught these nice Amberjacks. In addition to the Amberjacks at the Humps there have been some large Tiger Sharks caught this week.There was one caught that was estimated at 800lbs and another at 500lbs and they were eating Amberjacks!!The Blackfin Tunas have been good on the humps but they have been smaller fish in the 3 to 5 lb range.Back on the reef we have had some great Yellowtail fishing.Inshore around the bridges and in the channels the Tarpon are showing up in good numbers and live Mullet and crabs are your best baits.Happy Easter!!!!

Islamorada Fishing Report March 31,2012

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:20:20 +0000

We still have good action on many types of fish in Islamorada right now. A few sails are being caught, and some cobias were found on a ray yesterday.There is some nice Amberjacks on the depth water wrecks and we caught a nice 20lb fish yesterday. Blackfin Tunas on the Humps and a few Dolphin offshore with a few Wahoo’s also. There has been great Yellowtail action on the patch reefs and also in deeper water. But the Sharks and Barracudas have also been hungry and eating the Yellowtails.Inshore there have been a few Tarpon showing up also. Here is great photo of what the sharks do to our Yellowtails

Islamorada Fishing Report March 28, 2012

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:00:15 +0000

We are seeing a good mixed bag of fish being caught in Islamorada. There have been a few Sails caught the last few days.The yellowtail fishing has been very good on the edge of the reef.There have been some good Mutton snapper fishing also.There were a handful of nice 30 lb Cobias caught yesterday that were stacked up on a ray in shallow.The good news is that the Dolphin (Mahi) fishing has picked up offshore and there was a 30lb fish caught yesterday.Boats that when offshore were getting 5 to 10 fish which is a nice start for March fishing.The humps have been producing some nice amberjacks in the 15 to 30 lb range and also some Blackfin Tuna. Along with the Dolphin there have also been some Tarpon caught in Islamorada this week.

Islamorada Fishing Report March15,2012

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:20:31 +0000

Well the fishing is starting to heat up in Islamorada. There are a few Sailfish being caught with most of them caught today north of the light in 100 to 125 feet of water.There have been some Cobias in the 20 to 30 lb range on rays in the sand in 20 to 30 feet of water.The Yellowtail action has been great with a lot of nice flags being caught in 90 feet.Today there was some nice Mahi Mahi caught on the edge of the reef and out to 400 feet. The ISLAMORADA HUMP had some good action and Tunas being caught on small feathers being trolled way behind the boat. When live bait is had to find for live chumming for Tunas, try 20 lb leader with a small feather or squid with a little lead in it. Keep a loose drag and do a zig zag pattern and it will produce fish.The Kingfish have been in 75 to 125 ft of water and the have been some nice 20lb fish caught the last few days.Overall we have some great action in Islamorada right now and we should start seeing the Tarpon show up here in the next few weeks and also the Permit.

Fishing Report March 13,2012

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:40:44 +0000

The Fishing in Islamorada has improved the last few days.We have had some Sailfish show up the last few days.We caught 1 yesterday on a half day trip and another one on Sunday.The fish have been scattered from 50 feet of water out to 200 feet. The has also been some good reports of Cobias being caught. The Yellowtail bite has been great since Sunday and we have caught some nice size fish.

Islamorada fishing report March 2, 2012

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:50:52 +0000

Mutton snapper

Islamorada fishing has slowed down the last week. We are going through a short phase I believe that will turn around any day.The Sailfishing is very slow but we did see 2 Sails today that we tossed baits at that would not eat.I do believe that we will get one more blast of fish before the season is over and we just need a good northeast wind with the current pushing in on the reef and we should see some good Sailfish action.The Kings have been slow the last 5 days but one boat did get some fish today in the 10 lb range. The Tunas were slow on the Islamorada and 409 humps the last few days and the lack of good bait fish like pilchards and cigar minnows around here adds to the problem.There was a good report today from the west hump on the tunas today but that is 25 miles away and you need live pilchards to get the big tunas to bite. There have been a few amberjacks being caught and a few small groupers but remember they are not in season now.Yellowtails were good for us 2 days ago and we got one reel nice flag and also had a nice 15lb mutton snapper. There have been a few Cobias being caught.

Islamorada Fishing Report February 22, 2012

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:38:04 +0000

The botttom fishing has been very good the last few days. Groupers, Mutton Snappers, Sharks and Kingfish have all been biting.We caught this 200lb plus Golaith Grouper that ate a big shark bait. It was a very nice bonus,and it is nice to these fish make a great come back.They had been over fished for years. We did not boat or lift the fish out of the water and if you do catch one, since these fish are on a protected list please do the same. We also pulled the hooks on a nice 7 foot Hammerhead Shark also. Got a report of a 100lb wahoo caught today in Bimini and watch for our report from there the next few days as we will be there Wahoo fishing.

Islamorada Fishing Report February 20, 2012

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:59:05 +0000

75 LB Wahoo caught in Bahamas

The Islamorada fishing was very good today south of the light for big Kingfish and Wahoo’s.We pulled the hooks on a nice Wahoo today and caught some nice Kingfish. There were a few 30lb fish caught today.There was also some nice 30 lb Cobias caught today in the sand on some rays.We had some great Yellowtail action on the Eagle, some of the fish were 4 to 5 lbs.The Sails were slow again, and with this warm winter that we have had we may start seeing some Dolphin (Mahi) showing up soon.There was a few small Blackfin Tunas caught on the Islamorada Hump and there was some good reports of some nice size 75 to 100 lb Blacktip Sharks caught in the Gulf.The Wahoo action over in the Bahamas has been very good with alot of large fish in the 50 lb range being caught. Bimini and Chub Cay are the 2 spots we have been getting the reports from. The winter Wahoo fishing in those areas is as good as it gets and we should have a few more weeks of great Wahoo fishing.