Summerland Key Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Robert H.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Reported 2 weeks ago

Tarpon season is in peak season but I guess that I got distracted with permit

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Robert H. Big Pine Key, Florida Reported 2 weeks ago

Tarpon season is in peak season but I guess that I got distracted with permit

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Alex H.
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported 3 weeks ago

The tarpon bite is still very good! As well as some shallow water snapper!

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Alex H. Summerland Key, Florida Reported 3 weeks ago

The tarpon bite is still very good! As well as some shallow water snapper!

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Justin F.
Key West, Florida
Reported 3 weeks ago

Let's go! The fishing has been pretty good, and the weather is looking great for this week. Offshore we have had large sargassum weed lines and the mahi have arrived! Early morning, and sunset have also produced some quality blackfin tuna. The inshore bite has been on fire. Some really...

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Justin F. Key West, Florida Reported 3 weeks ago

Let's go! The fishing has been pretty good, and the weather is looking great for this week.
Offshore we have had large sargassum weed lines and the mahi have arrived! Early morning, and sunset have also produced some quality blackfin tuna.
The inshore bite has been on fire. Some really nice mutton snappers, mangrove, and yellowtails on the patch reefs and inside the islands. The AM and sunset tarpon bite has been pretty active. Lane snapper population is slowly fading as the water warms up.
On our Dry Tortugas trips we have been catching a ton of species. Last weeks day trip had a laundry list;
Mahi, tuna, mackerels, bonitos offshore. Then we got to the reef for muttons, yellowtails, and mangroves snappers. Once at the park, our guests walked the beach of Garden Key and caught and released some bonefish and tarpon. Also, hand feeding a 300lb Goliath grouper at the dock was a memorable experience.

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Ryan C.
Key West, Florida
Reported 3 weeks ago

The past few days have delivered picture-perfect conditions—calm seas, warm temps, and crystal-clear water—and the tarpon fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal. Key West is loaded with migratory tarpon right now, with hundreds of fish staged throughout the backcountry in their annual spring pattern. Over the last three days,...

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Ryan C. Key West, Florida Reported 3 weeks ago

The past few days have delivered picture-perfect conditions—calm seas, warm temps, and crystal-clear water—and the tarpon fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal.
Key West is loaded with migratory tarpon right now, with hundreds of fish staged throughout the backcountry in their annual spring pattern. Over the last three days, we’ve experienced our best bite of the season, hooking a dozen or more fish per day.
These fish range from 15 to 150 pounds, with a solid average around 60 lbs—plenty of shots at true trophies mixed in with steady action.
Even better, the bite has been aggressive across the board. Whether you’re fishing with live bait or artificials, the tarpon are feeding hard and giving anglers incredible opportunities.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time—this is it.

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Bj M.
Marathon, Florida
Reported 4 weeks ago

Fishing is great. Lots of mahi showing up. Some sails around. Bottom fishing is getting better. Lots of big tarpon around as well Lots of permit on the wrecks also

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Bj M. Marathon, Florida Reported 4 weeks ago

Fishing is great. Lots of mahi showing up. Some sails around. Bottom fishing is getting better. Lots of big tarpon around as well
Lots of permit on the wrecks also

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Joel C.
Key West, Florida
Reported 4 weeks ago

Great weather offshore been catching a lot of mahi and tuna's Lots of yellowtail at the Reef

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Joel C. Key West, Florida Reported 4 weeks ago

Great weather offshore been catching a lot of mahi and tuna's

Lots of yellowtail at the Reef

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Tom K.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

The yellow tail bite has been on fire lots of limits and bigger fish at the reef we have been catching grouper in the mix as well as mackerel inshore the mangrove snapper bite has been strong especially around the bridges and inshore wrecks

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Tom K. Big Pine Key, Florida Reported 1 month ago

The yellow tail bite has been on fire lots of limits and bigger fish at the reef we have been catching grouper in the mix as well as mackerel inshore the mangrove snapper bite has been strong especially around the bridges and inshore wrecks

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Grif H.
Key West, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

We have had a long stretch of difficult conditions in the Keys as many of you know. However, when the sun peeks through the clouds we have seen some great tarpon and bonefish. We have another short stretch of bad weather showing up. After that pushes through I believe the...

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Grif H. Key West, Florida Reported 1 month ago

We have had a long stretch of difficult conditions in the Keys as many of you know. However, when the sun peeks through the clouds we have seen some great tarpon and bonefish. We have another short stretch of bad weather showing up. After that pushes through I believe the big migratory tarpon will make a good showing.

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