Northwest Channel Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Hunter Ledbetter
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

We've been doing a lot of Lobster Diving line, fish hunting, and patch reef fishing. We're coming into our winter fishing. We're looking for wahoo, mackerel, sailfish, cobia, tuna and snappers on the patch reefs

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Hunter Ledbetter Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

We've been doing a lot of Lobster Diving line, fish hunting, and patch reef fishing. We're coming into our winter fishing. We're looking for wahoo, mackerel, sailfish, cobia, tuna and snappers on the patch reefs

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Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

Lots of snapper inshore. Weather has not allowed much offshore, but we got a handful of mackerel and a decent mahi yesterday

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Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

Lots of snapper inshore. Weather has not allowed much offshore, but we got a handful of mackerel and a decent mahi yesterday

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John Jackson with Reel Easy Fishing Charters
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

been busy. happy holidays.

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John Jackson with Reel Easy Fishing Charters Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

been busy. happy holidays.

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Ryan Carter
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

The backcountry basins are still very good with plenty of action and species to capture on artificial lures. Captain Justin has been hiding from the high winds on the leeward side of the island doing some high action bottom fishing. The local wrecks and channels have been producing plenty of...

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Ryan Carter Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

The backcountry basins are still very good with plenty of action and species to capture on artificial lures. Captain Justin has been hiding from the high winds on the leeward side of the island doing some high action bottom fishing. The local wrecks and channels have been producing plenty of great tasting fish including mangrove snapper , yellowtail snapper, mutton snapper ,yellow jacks and a few groupers. Live pilchards and pinfish are still the bait of Choice for the highest odds of productivity. The forecast for the next few days looks promising with calm winds and 75 degree temperatures. Looking forward on what’s to come on this weeks fishing charters.

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

Fishing has been good inshore reef bite was nonstop.

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Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

Fishing has been good inshore reef bite was nonstop.

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

Mahi bite had been heating up the past couple trips, Mutton snapper on the reef too

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Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

Mahi bite had been heating up the past couple trips, Mutton snapper on the reef too

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Chandler Williams
Lexington, South Carolina
Reported: 11 months ago

From todays ce trip. Snook bite is hot. Bonefish and perms around. Juvi tarpon are there but have been tough.

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Chandler Williams Lexington, South Carolina Reported: 11 months ago

From todays ce trip. Snook bite is hot. Bonefish and perms around. Juvi tarpon are there but have been tough.

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Ryan Carter
Key West, Florida
Reported: 11 months ago

We had some fantastic weather this week with Light winds and calm seas. The trout fishing has been good in the basins on artificial lures. With a mix bag of pompano , jacks , lady fish and blacktip sharks. The bottom fishing continues to be great with plenty of action...

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Ryan Carter Key West, Florida Reported: 11 months ago

We had some fantastic weather this week with Light winds and calm seas. The trout fishing has been good in the basins on artificial lures. With a mix bag of pompano , jacks , lady fish and blacktip sharks. The bottom fishing continues to be great with plenty of action catching grouper, snappers, lots of jacks, barracuda and a few Cobia are starting to pop up. Right now the Cobia are with the sharks so it can be a struggled landing the larger sized fish before the sharks eat them. Bait of choice is still live pilchards that we have been cast netting everyday to start the morning.

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