Sailfishing

Sport fishing for sailfish in Islamorada, Florida Keys is a “thrill.” Hooking a Sailfish, watching it tail walk across the water – sometimes right by the boat! – charging off into the horizon sometimes taking +150 yard of line; is something every angler should experience. Imagine a Sailfish, or two or three, fighting over one of your baits ”just 50 feet from the boat!” as we are slow trolling live baits or drifting with a fishing kite. And unique to the Florida Keys and Islamorada Sailfish fishing are two different Sailfish conditions. First, Sailfish can be “showering Ballyhoo,” where you can see shining waves of frantic Ballyhoo jumping across the surface as the Sailfish are chasing them. We charge up with the boat and throw a couple baits to them hopefully to hook two or more Sailfish. Sailfish fishing on the edge of the reef just 3 ½ miles offshore with live baits is a very pleasant way to fish. If we are drifting and fishing with a kite, we can fish for Sailfish on the surface with the kite and flat lines, and fish for Snapper and Grouper on the bottom with a bottom rod or a deep jig or both. Also we can catch Blackfin tuna, Kingfish, Dolphin, Cobia, Wahoo, Cero Mackerel, and even big Barracudas while we are drifting or even slow trolling.