Blackfin Tuna Fishing Reports

Fishing report from Austin F. in Port Orange, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Austin here.

Fishing report from Casey Y. in Key Largo, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Casey here.

Fishing report from Tony Y. in Islamorada, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Tony here.

Fishing report from Randall S. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Book a trip with Captain Randall here.

    Past 3 trips have been really good fish are biting
    Past 3 trips have been really good fish are biting
    Past 3 trips have been really good fish are biting

Fishing report from Nick B. in Marathon, Florida

Fishing report from Alberto G. in Tulum, Quintana Roo

Fishing report from John C. in Pompano Beach, Florida. Book a trip with Captain John here.

Fishing report from Conan Y. in Islamorada, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Conan here.

Fishing report from Robert G. in Freeport, Texas

Fishing report from Todd P. in Playa Flamingo, Provincia de Guanacaste

    Fishing and weather has been great

Fishing report from Matthew C. in Destin, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Matthew here.

    Fishing has been fantastic gearing up for spring break will be running spring break specials at 285 an hour for March April and May

Fishing report from Taco P. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Taco here.

    WOW what a great way to start out the New Year fishing here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Trolling the reefs has been a bit slow this January however when we ventured out just a little deeper between 200 and 400 hundred feet of water the black fin tunas have been biting ok in the early hours of the day but seemed as we got into the afternoon hours they were biting real good. Not real sure what happen but the last few years has been producing more and more Wahoo’s also mostly in the same depth as the black fins. I’m pretty sure they are feeding on the black fins. Not just us, but all the boats seem to be bring in more and more Wahoo this being the best year I’ve seen yet. Also while the Mahi mahi are not really in season right now BUT this year they seem to be showing up way before spring and what a welcomed surprise this is always a great crowd pleaser. The bottom fishing has been expectedly good this year as lone as we have a little north current. No current no good too much current no good BUT a knot to a knot and a half good I mean real good. Catching the vermilion snappers reel good along with quite a few red snappers ranging from 8 to 20 pounds another great crowd pleaser. And the best new of all we are catching them in state waters so we get to harvest them. And once again showing up early the Greater Amber Jack SEA DONKEYS, talk about a fight! We had seen many a man give up the rod before landing one of these 30 to 80 pounders. However an unwelcomed catch nice groupers are also biting BUT Sad to say out of season. Some times I think these fish know they get to be set free. LOL

Fishing report from John G. in Key West, Florida. Book a trip with Captain John here.

Fishing report from Shawn S. in Pompano Beach, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Shawn here.

    Its been a little slow but there are still so pretty good days mixed in.
    Its been a little slow but there are still so pretty good days mixed in.

Fishing report from Nick T. in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Nick here.

Fishing report from Casey Y. in Key Largo, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Casey here.

Fishing report from Robert G. in Freeport, Texas. Book a trip with Captain Robert here.

Fishing report from Justin F. in Key West, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Justin here.

    It's beeen gooooood

Fishing report from Jonathan R. in Destin, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Jonathan here.

    Fishing is always more difficult with the weather in the winter, so if you’re looking for a constant bite we recommend spring but with that being said the tuna bite is really good so to each their own! We fish year round Trolling- plenty of Bonita around, blackfin Tuna are close in right now between 5-15 miles of the pass! Mahi can be found further offshore on weedlines! King mackerel are a hard bite this time of year but can be found near shore Bottom Fishing- Vermillions are in abundance right now and have some decent size to them too, triggerfish are on structure but finding a keeper may be another task! Plenty of perch and Ruby lips running around so if a fish fry is what you’re after then that will be too easy to get! Grouper bite is good right now as well as Almaco Jacks Capt Jon

Fishing report from John A. in Wanchese, North Carolina. Book a trip with Captain John here.

    Left the dock this morning breaking ice to get out of the marina, hope I didn't wake the hood up in the process as it was loud. Made our way to the bridge and the shoaling is bad, reading as little as 6in under the props, not fun in the dark. Buddy fisjed north yesterday and never turned a rod so we made our way to the south hoping to land on the blackfin. We worked hard and covered the grounds but the bite was slow. We had the marks but they were deep and stayed deep, eventually they had to come up, but just not while we were there. Got a little beat up the first 20miles home into a stiff north wind, thankfully it laid down and we made good time. We spent a little time searching for deep water through the shoal but it wasn't to be found. Finished the ride home with a pretty sunset and cut the few fish we had. Great groups of guys and we had a good time. Weather will allow us to fish Thurs and Friday if we get enough guys to get the trip together. They're out there, just gotta stay on em.

Fishing report from Maurice Y. in Key Largo, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Maurice here.

    Fishing in the last couple of weeks has been outstanding in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. The water is cooling down & the bite is in full swing on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish & blackfin tunas. The sailfish have finally been showing up in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & it’s only going to continue to get better as we get deeper into the season. We’ve been catching most of them slow trolling live bait & pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The blackfins are still super thick on the humps & it’s been nothing but pure fun! We are catching them in just about every way possible from trolling feathers, to live bait pilchards, to slow pitch jigging the Mobster! ( Captain Maurice’s secret weapon- try them) It’s also wahoo fishing time & I’ve been hearing of a few being caught. We onboard the Ace of Spades will actively start fishing for those hard fighting, tasty torpedoes throughout the holidays, so hopefully I’ll have something good to report on the next fishing report. On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water and on the deeper water wrecks in 100 plus feet. Also the Spanish, cero, & king mackerel bite has been insane on the patch reefs out to the deeper reefs.

Fishing report from Alex H. in Key West, Florida

    This was the last nice day we've had!

Fishing report from Jayme S. in Key Largo, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Jayme here.

Fishing report from Mike W. in Hatteras, North Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Mike here.

Fishing report from Donnie J. in Boothville-Venice, Louisiana. Book a trip with Captain Donnie here.

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