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Robert Horachek
Robert H.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
Tarpon season is in peak season but I guess that I got distracted with permit
Robert Horachek
Robert H. Big Pine Key, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Tarpon season is in peak season but I guess that I got distracted with permit
Fishing in Cudjoe Key, Florida
Fishing in Cudjoe Key, Florida
Fishing in Cudjoe Key, Florida
Fishing in Cudjoe Key, Florida
Fishing in Cudjoe Key, Florida
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Alex Harmon
Alex H.
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
The tarpon bite is still very good! As well as some shallow water snapper!
Alex Harmon
Alex H. Summerland Key, Florida Reported 2 months ago
The tarpon bite is still very good! As well as some shallow water snapper!
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Justin Ferrell
Justin F.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
Let's go! The fishing has been pretty good, and the weather is looking great for this week.
Offshore we have had large sargassum weed lines and the mahi have arrived! Early morning, and sunset have also produced some quality blackfin tuna.
The inshore bite has been on fire. Some really nice mutton snappers, mangrove, and yellowtails on the patch reefs and inside the islands. The AM and sunset tarpon bite has been pretty active. Lane snapper population is slowly fading as the water warms up.
On our Dry Tortugas trips we have been catching a ton of species. Last weeks...
Justin Ferrell
Justin F. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Let's go! The fishing has been pretty good, and the weather is looking great for this week.
Offshore we have had large sargassum weed lines and the mahi have arrived! Early morning, and sunset have also produced some quality blackfin tuna.
The inshore bite has been on fire. Some really nice mutton snappers, mangrove, and yellowtails on the patch reefs and inside the islands. The AM and sunset tarpon bite has been pretty active. Lane snapper population is slowly fading as the water warms up.
On our Dry Tortugas trips we have been catching a ton of species. Last weeks
day trip had a laundry list;
Mahi, tuna, mackerels, bonitos offshore. Then we got to the reef for muttons, yellowtails, and mangroves snappers. Once at the park, our guests walked the beach of Garden Key and caught and released some bonefish and tarpon. Also, hand feeding a 300lb Goliath grouper at the dock was a memorable experience.
Fishing in Key West, Florida
Fishing in Key West, Florida
Fishing in Key West, Florida
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Ryan Carter
Ryan C.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
The past few days have delivered picture-perfect conditions—calm seas, warm temps, and crystal-clear water—and the tarpon fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal.
Key West is loaded with migratory tarpon right now, with hundreds of fish staged throughout the backcountry in their annual spring pattern. Over the last three days, we’ve experienced our best bite of the season, hooking a dozen or more fish per day.
These fish range from 15 to 150 pounds, with a solid average around 60 lbs—plenty of shots at true trophies mixed in with steady action.
Even better, the bite has been aggressive across the...
Ryan Carter
Ryan C. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
The past few days have delivered picture-perfect conditions—calm seas, warm temps, and crystal-clear water—and the tarpon fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal.
Key West is loaded with migratory tarpon right now, with hundreds of fish staged throughout the backcountry in their annual spring pattern. Over the last three days, we’ve experienced our best bite of the season, hooking a dozen or more fish per day.
These fish range from 15 to 150 pounds, with a solid average around 60 lbs—plenty of shots at true trophies mixed in with steady action.
Even better, the bite has been aggressive across the
board. Whether you’re fishing with live bait or artificials, the tarpon are feeding hard and giving anglers incredible opportunities.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time—this is it.
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Joel Cruz
Joel C.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
Great weather offshore been catching a lot of mahi and tuna's

Lots of yellowtail at the Reef
Joel Cruz
Joel C. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Great weather offshore been catching a lot of mahi and tuna's

Lots of yellowtail at the Reef
Fishing in Key West, Florida
Fishing in Key West, Florida
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Tom Kasprzak
Tom K.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
The yellow tail bite has been on fire lots of limits and bigger fish at the reef we have been catching grouper in the mix as well as mackerel inshore the mangrove snapper bite has been strong especially around the bridges and inshore wrecks
Tom Kasprzak
Tom K. Big Pine Key, Florida Reported 2 months ago
The yellow tail bite has been on fire lots of limits and bigger fish at the reef we have been catching grouper in the mix as well as mackerel inshore the mangrove snapper bite has been strong especially around the bridges and inshore wrecks
Fishing in Big Pine Key, Florida
Fishing in Big Pine Key, Florida
Fishing in Big Pine Key, Florida
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Grif Helwig
Grif H.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
We have had a long stretch of difficult conditions in the Keys as many of you know. However, when the sun peeks through the clouds we have seen some great tarpon and bonefish. We have another short stretch of bad weather showing up. After that pushes through I believe the big migratory tarpon will make a good showing.
Grif Helwig
Grif H. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
We have had a long stretch of difficult conditions in the Keys as many of you know. However, when the sun peeks through the clouds we have seen some great tarpon and bonefish. We have another short stretch of bad weather showing up. After that pushes through I believe the big migratory tarpon will make a good showing.
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Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L.
Key West, Florida
Reported 2 months ago
We are in our transition phase from winter to spring, and then into summer fishing. Patch wreaths are still producing. We still got mackerel around mahi are showing up. There's still some tuna or what we're really excited about is one May when the group are open up hogfish opens up deep drop opens up in our start of our traditional offshore fishing!
Hunter Ledbetter
Hunter L. Key West, Florida Reported 2 months ago
We are in our transition phase from winter to spring, and then into summer fishing. Patch wreaths are still producing. We still got mackerel around mahi are showing up. There's still some tuna or what we're really excited about is one May when the group are open up hogfish opens up deep drop opens up in our start of our traditional offshore fishing!
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Tyler Samaniego
Tyler S.
Key West, Florida
Reported 3 months ago
Tarpon season is in full swing here right now
Tyler Samaniego
Tyler S. Key West, Florida Reported 3 months ago
Tarpon season is in full swing here right now
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Alex Harmon
Alex H.
Summerland Key, Florida
Reported 3 months ago
Tarpon are all over and biting very well! Snappers have shown up very good in the back country on their way out to the reef to spawn!
And a few lingering cobia
Alex Harmon
Alex H. Summerland Key, Florida Reported 3 months ago
Tarpon are all over and biting very well! Snappers have shown up very good in the back country on their way out to the reef to spawn!
And a few lingering cobia
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    Kate H. | July 14, 2026

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    Bryan K. | July 13, 2026

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    Bob is the real deal. He put me on the fish right away. Super patient and knowledgeable of the area. Strongly recommend a trip with Bob!

    Milton T. | June 28, 2026

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    Brad & James were terrific! They were helpful, patient, & professional during the entire trip. They receive our highest recommendation!

    Rudy G. | June 25, 2026

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    Anthony M. | June 23, 2026

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