Duck Key Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Duck Key Weather Forecast

Fishing reports straight from our guides in Duck Key

Mark Gibson
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

The Gulf is on fire, Spanish Mackerel, Kingfish Cobia, Big Jacks and big Sharks. Everglades is hot with Speckled Trout, Snook, Redfish, Snappers and Jack's Crevalle. Bridges holding big Snappers, Mutton Snapper and Mangroves Snappers. Pompano are showing up. All eating live bait.

Mark Gibson Key Largo, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

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Alex Harmon
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

A lot of cobia and tarpon around!

Alex Harmon Summerland Key, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

A lot of cobia and tarpon around!

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Billy Pettigrew
Port Orange, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

Fishing is on fire with redfish and snook. The super shallow bite is getting better and better every day. Sight cast fisherman's dream. Also the sheephead bite is still strong as well.

Billy Pettigrew Port Orange, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

Fishing is on fire with redfish and snook. The super shallow bite is getting better and better every day. Sight cast fisherman's dream. Also the sheephead bite is still strong as well.

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Eric Scoble
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

There's been a nice variety of fish in the Backcountry this past week. We're catching Sheepshead,Snook and Speckled Seatrout Weather is beautiful, and waters are calm and clear.

Eric Scoble Islamorada, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

There's been a nice variety of fish in the Backcountry this past week. We're catching Sheepshead,Snook and Speckled Seatrout Weather is beautiful, and waters are calm and clear.

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Robert Horachek
Big Pine Key, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

Bonefishing has been very good

Robert Horachek Big Pine Key, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

Bonefishing has been very good

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Ron Brack
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

Ron Brack Islamorada, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

The fishing has been decent. There's a biomass of trout in the bay right now and they're hungry the water temps are equalizing and thusly the snook have started bighting again the red fish we were blessed with a few weeks ago have seemingly left, mackerel in the outer bay and gulf are chewing the bottom paint off and if you can make it out there the cobia are bighting in the gulf. Around town small snapper can be found pretty easy and plenty of Jack action as well.

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Ben Trainer
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

Islamorada & The Everglades National Park is above average temperatures this year for February and making fishing hot hot hot! From bonefish and permit on the flats to snook redfish and trout. All are fishing excellent the only problem is deciding what to do!!

Ben Trainer Tavernier, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

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Chad Knight
Port Orange, Florida
Reported: 9 months ago

Sheepshead bite is on fire.

Chad Knight Port Orange, Florida Reported: 9 months ago

Sheepshead bite is on fire.

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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!
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