Islamorada Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Mark Gibson
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Sheepshead bite is on fire!

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Mark Gibson Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Sheepshead bite is on fire!

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Larry Wren
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Slow day missed the sail, one of the group of 6 was super sea sick so we came back in close with less waves

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Larry Wren Islamorada, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Slow day missed the sail, one of the group of 6 was super sea sick so we came back in close with less waves

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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing/diving has been good! Snapper were spawning on the reef this past week! Great yellowtail bite.

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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing/diving has been good! Snapper were spawning on the reef this past week! Great yellowtail bite.

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Chris Parthemore
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Patch reefs have been providing some sizable mutton snapper , big mangroves , yellow tail and mackerel . African please pompano bite is back on with a few good size fish, and inshore snook have been stewing along with some nice mangroves and tarpon.

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Chris Parthemore Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Patch reefs have been providing some sizable mutton snapper , big mangroves , yellow tail and mackerel . African please pompano bite is back on with a few good size fish, and inshore snook have been stewing along with some nice mangroves and tarpon.

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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton fishing has been good off the upper keys with the cooler water temps, sailfish season is in full swing as well.

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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton fishing has been good off the upper keys with the cooler water temps, sailfish season is in full swing as well.

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Brad Picariello
Marathon, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

A great day aboard. The little migratory fish are here on the reef in Marathon Fl. The fish are little guys but a lot of fun. At one time we had over 12 fish behind the boat, an incredible sight. They are up on the reef in 20 to 30'...

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Brad Picariello Marathon, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

A great day aboard. The little migratory fish are here on the reef in Marathon Fl. The fish are little guys but a lot of fun. At one time we had over 12 fish behind the boat, an incredible sight. They are up on the reef in 20 to 30' of water pushing bait- mostly ballyhoo. To see this happen is amazing even to me doing it for 40 years. What a great time for my customers and crew. Also the bottom bite is off the scale. Yellow tail snapper, mutton snapper, king fish, and many other species. Time to come on down here for dinner and a show. Don't forget the sailfish are all catch and release but as much dinner as you want otherwise!

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Maurice Young
Lauderhill, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023 Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks &...

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Maurice Young Lauderhill, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023
Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish, wahoo, king mackerel & mahi-mahi or dolphin fish as we like to call them. Uncharacteristically for this time of year, we’ve been slamming the dolphins offshore between 120 feet - 300 feet while trolling wrecks looking for wahoo. For whatever reason they are showing up, I’m totally happy about it.
The sailfish are here! They are around in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & we’ve been getting multiple releases a day. Most of them have been caught either kite fishing, slow trolling live bait or pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The king mackerel have been caught in the same manner as the sailfish.
Like I said on my last report, it’s wahoo fishing time & onboard the Ace of Spades we’ve been catching them. Then bite has been up / down the outer edge of the reef & around the deep water wrecks between 115 feet - 250 feet of water. Trolling Normad plugs around 9 knots, high speed trolling lures with various size trolling weights & live bait fishing has been working for us.
On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water. This is also the best time of year for patch reef fishing.

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Don Reichert
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Big Mahi today and lots of snappers

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Don Reichert Islamorada, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Big Mahi today and lots of snappers

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