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Justin Ferrell
Justin F.
Key West, Florida
Reported 1 day ago
Offshore mahi have been caught if you have enough time or fast back because we have been running 20+ miles to find cooler water holding quality fish. A few bonito, wahoo and blackfin tuna have been caught. Saw two marlin this past month no chewers.

Inshore has been good with quality and consistent mangrove snappers. Also having fun with lots of Jack carvelle and lemon sharks. Most of the tarpon have pushed out.

Lobster mini season was a success. No one on any of our boats cried or died, and we even managed to catch a few lobster. I hope...
Justin Ferrell
Justin F. Key West, Florida Reported 1 day ago
Offshore mahi have been caught if you have enough time or fast back because we have been running 20+ miles to find cooler water holding quality fish. A few bonito, wahoo and blackfin tuna have been caught. Saw two marlin this past month no chewers.

Inshore has been good with quality and consistent mangrove snappers. Also having fun with lots of Jack carvelle and lemon sharks. Most of the tarpon have pushed out.

Lobster mini season was a success. No one on any of our boats cried or died, and we even managed to catch a few lobster. I hope
the boost of the economy (including mine) was worth the resource depletion. It's a tough balance to find.
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Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 weeks ago
We are still having a solid offshore bite with good snapper and grouper on the reef! Our real exciting news is lobster season it's just around the corner. Mini season is less than two weeks away and regular season is less than three weeks away. I've been seeing lots and lots of really good solid lobsters when I'm doing my Lion Fish dives so I'm sure it's going to be a great lobster season!
Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L. Key West, Florida Reported 2 weeks ago
We are still having a solid offshore bite with good snapper and grouper on the reef! Our real exciting news is lobster season it's just around the corner. Mini season is less than two weeks away and regular season is less than three weeks away. I've been seeing lots and lots of really good solid lobsters when I'm doing my Lion Fish dives so I'm sure it's going to be a great lobster season!
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Paulie Marchan
Paulie M.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 weeks ago
Fishing has been decent but mostly mangys and yellowtail on the reef. Still a few muttons being caught but not as good as it was during the spawns. Dolphin have not been great but still some small fish being caught in our area. The sargasso weed is still making trolling difficult but if you can find a lane you can get a few. Looking forward to the dive season coming up for spiny lobster!
Paulie Marchan
Paulie M. Key West, Florida Reported 2 weeks ago
Fishing has been decent but mostly mangys and yellowtail on the reef. Still a few muttons being caught but not as good as it was during the spawns. Dolphin have not been great but still some small fish being caught in our area. The sargasso weed is still making trolling difficult but if you can find a lane you can get a few. Looking forward to the dive season coming up for spiny lobster!
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Alex Harmon
Alex H.
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported 1 month ago
Some permit have been moving in. There's still plenty of tarpon in the early morning and late afternoon. Also been finding some cobias on the wrecks.
Alex Harmon
Alex H. Summerland Key, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Some permit have been moving in. There's still plenty of tarpon in the early morning and late afternoon. Also been finding some cobias on the wrecks.
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Paulie Marchan
Paulie M.
Key West, Florida
Reported 1 month ago
Fishing in Key West has been good lately. As the summer rolls in the snappers are spawning and yellowtail mutton and mangy's have been eating well along the reefs. Dolphin have been showing up but not in great numbers as of yet. Just a few big ones here and there and plenty of tiny ones. Hoping for that to turn into bigger fish soon.
Paulie Marchan
Paulie M. Key West, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Fishing in Key West has been good lately. As the summer rolls in the snappers are spawning and yellowtail mutton and mangy's have been eating well along the reefs. Dolphin have been showing up but not in great numbers as of yet. Just a few big ones here and there and plenty of tiny ones. Hoping for that to turn into bigger fish soon.
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Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L.
Key West, Florida
Reported 1 month ago
Key West has had perfectly calm summer camp conditions with lots of sargasso grass to be found that is holding a lot of Mahi-Mahi. You can pretty much count on filling the box with some nice fish on 8 or 6 hour offshore trip. The current hasn't been terrible so we've been able to do some really good deep dropping although snowy grouper was closed early. We're still picking up a lot of good blue tiles. And the Reef is still producing a very, very good red grouper, mutton, and yellowtail bite for the folks that want to stay a...
Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L. Key West, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Key West has had perfectly calm summer camp conditions with lots of sargasso grass to be found that is holding a lot of Mahi-Mahi. You can pretty much count on filling the box with some nice fish on 8 or 6 hour offshore trip. The current hasn't been terrible so we've been able to do some really good deep dropping although snowy grouper was closed early. We're still picking up a lot of good blue tiles. And the Reef is still producing a very, very good red grouper, mutton, and yellowtail bite for the folks that want to stay a little bit closer in ensure. With these really, really warm and calm conditions we've been doing a lot of of Lionfish diving. Folks have really been able to fill up on them. I want to remind everybody too. They were only six weeks away from the opening of lobster season on August 6! Spots are filling up so book soon if you wanna get out and get your limit of lobsters
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Alex Harmon
Alex H.
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported 1 month ago
Lots of tarpon still around as well as reef species! The mangrove snappers are coming through the backcountry on their way to the reef to spawn.
Alex Harmon
Alex H. Summerland Key, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Lots of tarpon still around as well as reef species! The mangrove snappers are coming through the backcountry on their way to the reef to spawn.
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Rob Delph
Rob D.
Key West, Florida
Reported 1 month ago
Caught a 20 pound red snapper yesterday!
Rob Delph
Rob D. Key West, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Caught a 20 pound red snapper yesterday!
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Paulie Marchan
Paulie M.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
Been busy on the reef in Key West the last few weeks. Good yellowtail and muttons. A few nice black groupers mixed in.
Paulie Marchan
Paulie M. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Been busy on the reef in Key West the last few weeks. Good yellowtail and muttons. A few nice black groupers mixed in.
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Tyler Samaniego
Tyler S.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
Tarpon, snapper, cudas, & permit fishing is red hot right now
Tyler Samaniego
Tyler S. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Tarpon, snapper, cudas, & permit fishing is red hot right now
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