Everglades Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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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Taco Perez
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

WOW what a great way to start out the New Year fishing here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Trolling the reefs has been a bit slow this January however when we ventured out just a little deeper between 200 and 400 hundred feet of water the black fin tunas...

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Taco Perez Fort Lauderdale, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

WOW what a great way to start out the New Year fishing here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
Trolling the reefs has been a bit slow this January however when we ventured out just a little deeper between 200 and 400 hundred feet of water the black fin tunas have been biting ok in the early hours of the day but seemed as we got into the afternoon hours they were biting real good.
Not real sure what happen but the last few years has been producing more and more Wahoo’s also mostly in the same depth as the black fins.
I’m pretty sure they are feeding on the black fins.
Not just us, but all the boats seem to be bring in more and more Wahoo this being the best year I’ve seen yet.
Also while the Mahi mahi are not really in season right now BUT this year they seem to be showing up way before spring and what a welcomed surprise this is always a great crowd pleaser.
The bottom fishing has been expectedly good this year as lone as we have a little north current. No current no good too much current no good BUT a knot to a knot and a half good I mean real good.
Catching the vermilion snappers reel good along with quite a few red snappers ranging from 8 to 20 pounds another great crowd pleaser. And the best new of all we are catching them in state waters so we get to harvest them.
And once again showing up early the Greater Amber Jack SEA DONKEYS, talk about a fight! We had seen many a man give up the rod before landing one of these 30 to 80 pounders.
However an unwelcomed catch nice groupers are also biting BUT Sad to say out of season.
Some times I think these fish know they get to be set free. LOL

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Brian Kmiotek
Delray Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been really steady! Morning bite has produced plenty of peacock bass including some large ones in the mix! Clown knife fish are showing up almost every trip.... Some nice sunshine Bass as well have been caught this last week

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Brian Kmiotek Delray Beach, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been really steady! Morning bite has produced plenty of peacock bass including some large ones in the mix! Clown knife fish are showing up almost every trip.... Some nice sunshine Bass as well have been caught this last week

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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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Yoan Alvarez
Miami, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been good overall, slow down for a couple of days for the peacock bass do it to the cold front bit everything went back to normal, largemouth been good as well on Lake Okeechobee with some big ones

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Yoan Alvarez Miami, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been good overall, slow down for a couple of days for the peacock bass do it to the cold front bit everything went back to normal, largemouth been good as well on Lake Okeechobee with some big ones

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JP Mckay
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Catching a lot of numbers as the water warms up. The Big girls will be going on the beds here in a bit with that moon phase here on Lake Okeechobee. Still getting some decent numbers of peacocks- just need yourself a guide to show you where they're at! And...

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JP Mckay Deerfield Beach, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Catching a lot of numbers as the water warms up. The Big girls will be going on the beds here in a bit with that moon phase here on Lake Okeechobee.
Still getting some decent numbers of peacocks- just need yourself a guide to show you where they're at! And the bite at Lake Okeechobee is starting to pick up. It's going to bust loose any day now!

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Ariel Alejo
Loxahatchee, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

sheephead bite has been pretty steady due to cold water temperatures unfortunately the last cold front lowered water temperatures to below 55 degrees and killed a good bunch of snook trout bite has been on the rise using cut live shrimp on a jig head redfish continue to be in...

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Ariel Alejo Loxahatchee, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

sheephead bite has been pretty steady due to cold water temperatures
unfortunately the last cold front lowered water temperatures to below 55 degrees and killed a good bunch of snook
trout bite has been on the rise using cut live shrimp on a jig head
redfish continue to be in the witness protection program
this beautiful weather will improve the fish bite for sure

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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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