Key West Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Phil Leonard
Key West, Florida
Reported: 5 hours ago

The mahi are still around, and we’re starting to see the tunas and sailfish roll in as the season picks up. Wahoo bites have been solid, giving anglers plenty of action offshore. Bottom fishing has also been strong, with lots of snapper and a few grouper hitting the deck. this...

Phil Leonard Key West, Florida Reported: 5 hours ago

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 3 days ago

Inshore fishing is heating up as the water temperature cools down. Patch reef bite has been great with lost of varieties to catch. Yellowtail Snapper/ Mangrove Snapper/ Lane Snapper/ Mutton Snappper/ Groupers/ Mackerel are all regularly available. Also Offshore is good too with plus size Mahi around , Sailfish, Wahoo...

Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 3 days ago

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Christopher Mitchell
Destin, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Mingo snapper bite is crazy!

Christopher Mitchell Destin, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Mingo snapper bite is crazy!

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

Lots of options and availability this month! We catching fish inshore & offshore also doing lobstering before the water gets colder. Grand Slam offshore this week mahi/wahoo/tuna with options to troll and live-bait for them. If that's not what you like and just want to stay inshore on shallow reefs/wrecks...

Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

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Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West
Key West, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

Offshore there has been lots of mahi caught on anything we can find floating, bamboo, coolers, weed lines, etc. a few tuna have been caught. Inshore is the usual suspects. Snapper, jacks, sharks, and cudas. The big 18"+ mangrove snapper have returned from the spawn at the reef and are...

Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West Key West, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

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John Guieb
Key West, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Deep drop actions been the game recently, while mahi fishing south of the dry Tortugas we are stopping and doing some grocery shopping for large snowy grouper, tile fish, and other exotic deep water species! We also got us a big bonus Warsaw grouper.

John Guieb Key West, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

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Rob Delph
Key West, Florida
Reported: 6 months ago

Grouper season has been on fire with quality red grouper and Black grouper as well as deep water species with tile fish, snowy and Yellowedge grouper with snappers, mahi, and tunas mixed in.

Rob Delph Key West, Florida Reported: 6 months ago

Grouper season has been on fire with quality red grouper and Black grouper as well as deep water species with tile fish, snowy and Yellowedge grouper with snappers, mahi, and tunas mixed in.

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 6 months ago

Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 6 months ago

Grouper season just started which is a nice bonus as well be fishing for yellowtail snapper, both are amazing table fare. If your interested in offshore fishing mahi and start to really be plentiful on the weed lines and floating debris with the bonus wahoo or sailfish. Also this month is the start of snapper spawning and mutton snapper, mangrove snapper and yellowtail snapper will be aggregating to spawn on the reefs and bring a lot of action aggressively biting. Options and endless come make some memories this summer!

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Wonderful trip, they made it so easy to enjoy ourselves, crew was inviting and welcoming. will definitely be booking again
Heather W. | November 27, 2025

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Noel S. | November 16, 2025

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Captain Jamie took us out in the early afternoon, and even though we knew the bite was a little slow at this time, we just wanted to get out and enjoy the water around beautiful Key West. He made the most of our four hours; we hit around four spots and even cruised over to the ocean side to try and find the bite that way. In this 4-hour trip, I got a crash course in fly fishing from one of the best. Jamie’s super laid-back, easy to talk to, and knows the area like the back of his hand. We wrapped up the trip with a gorgeous sunset; it was a 10/10 day all around. Even with the slow bite, it was one of the most scenic, educational, and unforgettable trips I’ve ever been on!
Jonathan N. | November 6, 2025

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We had an amazing time! Captain was friendly and very helpful. The captain recommended that we take our catch to Mac’s Place bar just steps from the marina and have it prepared. The staff and preparation were both amazing!! We will return to do it all again! Thanks Antonio!!
Todd R. | November 5, 2025

Trip: Key West Inshore, Nearshore, Jetty
★★★★★
We took our team out with Hunter for a combo lobstering and deep sea trip and he didn't let us down! First and foremost, Hunter is an ex-marine who is incredibly on top of his equipment, his boat, and his safety and was very clear about expectations for the day and what we should be doing at any point in time. After a quick scuba diving refresher & safety brief we put on our gear for a dive and were rewarded with a number of keeper lobsters, a bigger number of lobsters that were too small to keep, a lionfish which we speared, and too many great wildlife sightings to count including a big loggerhead turtle, a black grouper, and a nurse shark hoping for a handout. After the dive we put our gear away we drove a few miles further out to catch some yellowtail snapper. We started slow, but pretty soon were reeling in a yellowtail almost every cast. We probably caught 20-25 within a few hours, as well as a small yellow jack, a parrotfish, and an undersized red grouper. Lastly, we decided to use the last hour of our trip to try to hook into a big black grouper using some of our yellowtail as bait. This was a bit of a "go big or go home" bet and unfortunately didn't pay off for us this time - I wish we'd had a bit more time to drift and I'm sure we would have hooked one. Overall can't speak highly enough of Hunter and the experience diving and fishing in the Keys. There is such a variety of things to do that even on a full day trip you will never feel bored and can always pivot to something else. We even chased a frigate bird and threw some bucktails in the middle of the day at some bait that was busting. You won't go wrong booking a trip with Hunter.
Attison B. | November 5, 2025

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Sam R. | November 2, 2025

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Great crew and cap weather wasn’t the best but still had a good time
Stephen | October 31, 2025

Trip: Key West Lobstering - 30’ Seahunter
★★★★★
Captain Brad did a great job! Very good boat.
Jeff M. | October 13, 2025

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