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Maurice Young

Maurice Young
Lauderhill, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing in the last couple of weeks has been outstanding in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. The water is cooling down & the bite is in full swing on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish & blackfin tunas. The sailfish...
Maurice Young
Maurice Young Lauderhill, Florida Reported: 2 years ago
Fishing in the last couple of weeks has been outstanding in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. The water is cooling down & the bite is in full swing on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish & blackfin tunas. The sailfish have finally been showing up in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & it’s only going to continue to get better as we get deeper into the season. We’ve been catching most of them slow trolling live bait & pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The blackfins are still super thick on the humps & it’s been nothing but pure fun! We are catching them in just about every way possible from trolling feathers, to live bait pilchards, to slow pitch jigging the Mobster! ( Captain Maurice’s secret weapon- try them) It’s also wahoo fishing time & I’ve been hearing of a few being caught. We onboard the Ace of Spades will actively start fishing for those hard fighting, tasty torpedoes throughout the holidays, so hopefully I’ll have something good to report on the next fishing report.
On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water and on the deeper water wrecks in 100 plus feet. Also the Spanish, cero, & king mackerel bite has been insane on the patch reefs out to the deeper reefs.
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Hey David! We had some wind come in yesterday afternoon/today which clouded up the shallow patch reefs and made for some good fishing today. Water temp has dropped off to 78 degrees and we are starting to see a lot of our winter migratory fish!
Tony Young
Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago
Hey David! We had some wind come in yesterday afternoon/today which clouded up the shallow patch reefs and made for some good fishing today. Water temp has dropped off to 78 degrees and we are starting to see a lot of our winter migratory fish!
Cero Mackerel, Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

We had some wind come in yesterday afternoon/today which clouded up the shallow patch reefs and made for some good fishing today. Water temp has dropped off to 78 degrees and we are starting to see a lot of our winter migratory fish!
Tony Young
Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago
We had some wind come in yesterday afternoon/today which clouded up the shallow patch reefs and made for some good fishing today. Water temp has dropped off to 78 degrees and we are starting to see a lot of our winter migratory fish!
Cero Mackerel Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
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Chris Parthemore

Chris Parthemore
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

We have been fishing lots of wrecks, reefs. and inshore water. Jumbo size yellowtail have been pretty consistent on big love pilchards, along with the occasional African pompano and yellow Jack. Some decent size muttons have started to move into patches and mangrove snappers too. On the windy days we...
Chris Parthemore
Chris Parthemore Tavernier, Florida Reported: 3 years ago
We have been fishing lots of wrecks, reefs. and inshore water. Jumbo size yellowtail have been pretty consistent on big love pilchards, along with the occasional African pompano and yellow Jack. Some decent size muttons have started to move into patches and mangrove snappers too.
On the windy days we
fished inshore and caught tarpon, snook, Goliath grouper and some nice sized mangrove snapper too.
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing in Tavernier, Florida
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Alex Zapata
Homestead, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing live bait in Biscayne bay for tarpon, yellow jacks, mangrove, mutton snappers and groupers has been great, with a good chance to take plenty of fish home to eat. The easy availability of live bait is what makes these trips successful. That will change as soon as we start...
Alex Zapata
Alex Zapata Homestead, Florida Reported: 3 years ago
Fishing live bait in Biscayne bay for tarpon, yellow jacks, mangrove, mutton snappers and groupers has been great, with a good chance to take plenty of fish home to eat. The easy availability of live bait is what makes these trips successful. That will change as soon as we start getting cold fronts that cool the water off, and push the bait fish to deeper water.
During nice weather days, bonefishing in Biscayne bay can be awesome with lots of shots, and the biggest fish of the year, from now through spring.
Flyfishing and light tackle in the Everglades for snook, tarpon, sea trout and redfish has been very good, and will continue fishing well, depending on the fluctuations of weather and cold fronts activity.
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
Mangrove Snapper Fishing in Homestead, Florida
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Alex Monteagudo
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Snook bite has been pretty good and some good size tarpon have been all around town.”
Alex Monteagudo
Alex Monteagudo Key Largo, Florida Reported: 3 years ago
Snook bite has been pretty good and some good size tarpon have been all around town.”
Snook Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Snook Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
Snook Fishing in Key Largo, Florida
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Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Bull reds on fly, can't beat it!
Joshua Benton
Joshua Benton Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago
Bull reds on fly, can't beat it!
Redfish Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
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Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Been gone the past week, just got back. Reef is good for fishing/spearing. Lots of snapper and water is cloudy.
Tony Young
Tony Young with Forever Young Charter Company Key Largo, Florida Reported: 3 years ago
Been gone the past week, just got back. Reef is good for fishing/spearing. Lots of snapper and water is cloudy.
Black Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Triggerfish Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
Black Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Triggerfish Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
Black Grouper, Hogfish, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Triggerfish Fishing in Islamorada, Florida
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