Molasses Reef Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Jim Mulcahy
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Excellent mahi fishing offshore.

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Jim Mulcahy Key Largo, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Excellent mahi fishing offshore.

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Andrew Atwill
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been crazy on the reef and in the backcountry

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Andrew Atwill Key Largo, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been crazy on the reef and in the backcountry

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Eric Reynolds
Homestead, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Patch reef fishing has been great and will just get better as the winter time fronts keep pushing down. Plenty of action with a large variety of fish. Snapper, and grouper are the targets but there are plenty more mixed in. Last trip we got some nice mutton snapper and...

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Eric Reynolds Homestead, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Patch reef fishing has been great and will just get better as the winter time fronts keep pushing down. Plenty of action with a large variety of fish. Snapper, and grouper are the targets but there are plenty more mixed in. Last trip we got some nice mutton snapper and some grouper.

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Eric Reynolds
Homestead, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Swordfishing between the cold fronts on a calm day are very productive. Last trip we caught 4 out of 6 bites. Some big ones around and one of my favorite fish to eat. They call them the gladiator of the sea for a reason! Fish on average weighing in at...

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Eric Reynolds Homestead, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Swordfishing between the cold fronts on a calm day are very productive. Last trip we caught 4 out of 6 bites. Some big ones around and one of my favorite fish to eat. They call them the gladiator of the sea for a reason! Fish on average weighing in at around 200 lbs. so make sure to bring a big cooler for your fillets.

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Scott Grenfell
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton snapper fishing inshore on the patch reefs really could use some charters boss it is slow

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Scott Grenfell Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton snapper fishing inshore on the patch reefs really could use some charters boss it is slow

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Jason Calhoun
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

The fishing has been good on the reef.

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Jason Calhoun Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

The fishing has been good on the reef.

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Jason Calhoun
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

A fun 4 hour morning reef trip today. We got throw back groupers (2 Short Reds and a protected Nassau) some delicious yellow jacks. This Angler got to fight some sharks too. The water was 1-2ft waves and we fished between 15ft and 80ft of water

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Jason Calhoun Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

A fun 4 hour morning reef trip today. We got throw back groupers (2 Short Reds and a protected Nassau) some delicious yellow jacks. This Angler got to fight some sharks too. The water was 1-2ft waves and we fished between 15ft and 80ft of water

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Bryon Niekamp
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Mahi has been good anywhere from 500 to 1000 ft off key largo. Fish have been 15 to 20 lbs with plenty of schoolies in the mix. Trolling feathers pink and blue tipped with bonita strips. Small blackfin on tuna flies trolled behind the spread.

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Bryon Niekamp Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Mahi has been good anywhere from 500 to 1000 ft off key largo. Fish have been 15 to 20 lbs with plenty of schoolies in the mix. Trolling feathers pink and blue tipped with bonita strips. Small blackfin on tuna flies trolled behind the spread.

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