Islamorada Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Islamorada

Gw De Pauw
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Another good day on the water with Jim LaPointe. Had some absolute great weather and great fishing. several snook and reddish and a baby tarpon on fly. Love this time of the year.

Gw De Pauw Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Another good day on the water with Jim LaPointe. Had some absolute great weather and great fishing. several snook and reddish and a baby tarpon on fly. Love this time of the year.

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Jason Calhoun
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

The fishing has been good on the reef.

Jason Calhoun Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

The fishing has been good on the reef.

Triggerfish, Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Key Largo, Florida

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Jason Calhoun
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

A fun 4 hour morning reef trip today. We got throw back groupers (2 Short Reds and a protected Nassau) some delicious yellow jacks. This Angler got to fight some sharks too. The water was 1-2ft waves and we fished between 15ft and 80ft of water

Jason Calhoun Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Red Grouper Fishing in Key Largo, Florida

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Bryon Niekamp
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Mahi has been good anywhere from 500 to 1000 ft off key largo. Fish have been 15 to 20 lbs with plenty of schoolies in the mix. Trolling feathers pink and blue tipped with bonita strips. Small blackfin on tuna flies trolled behind the spread.

Bryon Niekamp Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

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Chris Parthemore
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Chris Parthemore Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Offshore has been hit or miss with mahi with a few good fish here and there . Finding some some nicer size triple tails on floaters occasionally . Tuna bite continues to be pretty consistent with some bigger fish coming up for live bait . Deep dropping for vermillion and yellow eye has been decent as well
Shallow patches and wrecks have been on fire with yellow jacks . We had to mercy rule a few schools with multiple 10 pound plus fish being caught as well . Flag yellowtail have been finicky but managed some great bites on live bait drifting around wrecks .
Overall fishing has been solid especially with the return of large schools of pilchards making their way back to the Channels .

Lobster, Red Snapper, Skipjack Tuna, Yellowtail Amberjack Fishing in Tavernier, Florida

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Gw De Pauw
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Still doing well on the snook in the backcountry of Everglades National Park. First 2 pics are from a father and son from Nashville. Next 3 were 3 of the 4 snook from the ABC Islamorada Backcountry Tournament.

Gw De Pauw Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Still doing well on the snook in the backcountry of Everglades National Park. First 2 pics are from a father and son from Nashville.
Next 3 were 3 of the 4 snook from the ABC Islamorada Backcountry Tournament.

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Eric Rodriguez
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Backcountry fishing has been hot last few weeks from fly to artificials

Eric Rodriguez Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Backcountry fishing has been hot last few weeks from fly to artificials

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Gw De Pauw
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Aldo Palombo, enjoyed a day on water with Captain GW. Managed to hook 7 snook and a redfish on artificial baits!

Gw De Pauw Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Aldo Palombo, enjoyed a day on water with Captain GW. Managed to hook 7 snook and a redfish on artificial baits!

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★★★★★
We had a great time with Captain Mark and his deckhand Chris!! Got on some fish right away and then headed offshore and got into some great mahi fishing. Had so much fun we are going out again on Wednesday!!!
Tom R. | November 27, 2025

Trip: 4-8 Hour Fishing Trip
★★★★★
We went into this excursion with a "whatever" mentality, believing that even a bad day fishing is better than doing anything else. This crew worked hard! Put us on the fish and made it all so easy. Great communication before and during the trip too. Fun day with Grandpa, two dads and three little girls learning the joy of fishing. Crew very attuned that we had kids and really worked hard to pay them special attention and make sure they enjoyed the day. We would charter these guys again.
Dave D. | November 24, 2025

Trip: Marathon Premier Bottom Fishing
★★★★★
What an awesome guy,the most knowledgeable professional,his perseverance paid off in the end thanks for a great trip
Dino M. | November 18, 2025

Trip: Islamorada Backcountry Or Nearshore
★★★★★
Captain Wesley communicated very well and his associate Captain Clay led myself and my friends on a fantastic iguana hunting excursion for my buddy’s bachelor’s trip.
Cameron K. | November 18, 2025

Trip: Night Iguana Hunt
★★★★★
Andy was great! Got us on the fish and had a ton of laughs. Strongly recommended
Kevin C. | November 15, 2025

Trip: Islamorada Inshore And Flats Fshing
★★★★★
Good eve what an awesome experience CAPTAIN CLAY was a consumate professional and helped us in every way,thank you guys for a great adventure and SAFE TRAVELS TO ALL
Dino M. | November 13, 2025

Trip: Night Iguana Hunt
★★★★★
Brian was our guide in Key Largo. He was excellent!! 2 shy of our limit!! Great resonality.
Donald J. | October 23, 2025

Trip: Key Largo Reefs And Wrecks!
★★★★★
Chris was outstanding as a captain. Aside from is plentiful fishing knowledge and keeping us on bites all day long he was good to talk to and kept us on the fish the entire time we were out there. Even with a shorter half day trip Chris made sure to get us as much fish as possible in the shortened amount of time. The boat was very well kept and gave us many pointers as to how to prepare and cook the fish we caught. Would definitely recommend and hope to be back very soon!
Adam T. | October 13, 2025

Trip: Reef, Wreck, And Patch Reef Trip
★★★★★
Paul and first mate Gary worked hard all day on our 8 hour trip offshore. Targeting Blackfin Tuna, Mackerel and Sailfish all day and keeping us over the fish with consistent bites. Would definitely recommend to anybody who wants a good experience offshore and will hopefully be back again in the future.
Adam T. | October 13, 2025

Trip: Ultimate Offshore Thrills
★★★★★
Joel and mate, Eric, were great to fish with. Although fishing was a bit slow after the storms, they were persistent on getting us a bunch of Snapper.
Bryce M. | October 8, 2025

Trip: Lobster Diving, And Snorkeling Trip

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