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Fishing report from Rich A. in West Palm Beach, Florida Book a trip with Captain Rich here.

Fishing report from John G. in Key West, Florida

Fishing report from Chris A. in Charleston, South Carolina Book a trip with Captain Chris here.

Fishing report from Nick B. in Marathon, Florida

Fishing report from Rick S. in Riviera Beach, Florida Book a trip with Captain Rick here.

Fishing report from Danny D. in Port Aransas, Texas Book a trip with Captain Danny here.

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

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

    Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023 Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish, wahoo, king mackerel & mahi-mahi or dolphin fish as we like to call them. Uncharacteristically for this time of year, we’ve been slamming the dolphins offshore between 120 feet - 300 feet while trolling wrecks looking for wahoo. For whatever reason they are showing up, I’m totally happy about it. The sailfish are here! They are around in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & we’ve been getting multiple releases a day. Most of them have been caught either kite fishing, slow trolling live bait or pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The king mackerel have been caught in the same manner as the sailfish. Like I said on my last report, it’s wahoo fishing time & onboard the Ace of Spades we’ve been catching them. Then bite has been up / down the outer edge of the reef & around the deep water wrecks between 115 feet - 250 feet of water. Trolling Normad plugs around 9 knots, high speed trolling lures with various size trolling weights & live bait fishing has been working for us. On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water. This is also the best time of year for patch reef fishing.
    Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023 Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish, wahoo, king mackerel & mahi-mahi or dolphin fish as we like to call them. Uncharacteristically for this time of year, we’ve been slamming the dolphins offshore between 120 feet - 300 feet while trolling wrecks looking for wahoo. For whatever reason they are showing up, I’m totally happy about it. The sailfish are here! They are around in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & we’ve been getting multiple releases a day. Most of them have been caught either kite fishing, slow trolling live bait or pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The king mackerel have been caught in the same manner as the sailfish. Like I said on my last report, it’s wahoo fishing time & onboard the Ace of Spades we’ve been catching them. Then bite has been up / down the outer edge of the reef & around the deep water wrecks between 115 feet - 250 feet of water. Trolling Normad plugs around 9 knots, high speed trolling lures with various size trolling weights & live bait fishing has been working for us. On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water. This is also the best time of year for patch reef fishing.
    Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023 Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish, wahoo, king mackerel & mahi-mahi or dolphin fish as we like to call them. Uncharacteristically for this time of year, we’ve been slamming the dolphins offshore between 120 feet - 300 feet while trolling wrecks looking for wahoo. For whatever reason they are showing up, I’m totally happy about it. The sailfish are here! They are around in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & we’ve been getting multiple releases a day. Most of them have been caught either kite fishing, slow trolling live bait or pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The king mackerel have been caught in the same manner as the sailfish. Like I said on my last report, it’s wahoo fishing time & onboard the Ace of Spades we’ve been catching them. Then bite has been up / down the outer edge of the reef & around the deep water wrecks between 115 feet - 250 feet of water. Trolling Normad plugs around 9 knots, high speed trolling lures with various size trolling weights & live bait fishing has been working for us. On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water. This is also the best time of year for patch reef fishing.
    Key Largo to Marathon Mid January 2023 Happy New Years to all from our wonderful Hawks Cay Resort location. Fishing over the holidays up till now has been spectacular in the Florida Keys, between Key Largo & Marathon. Just about everything is biting now on the reef / wrecks & offshore. The predominant bite offshore has been sailfish, wahoo, king mackerel & mahi-mahi or dolphin fish as we like to call them. Uncharacteristically for this time of year, we’ve been slamming the dolphins offshore between 120 feet - 300 feet while trolling wrecks looking for wahoo. For whatever reason they are showing up, I’m totally happy about it. The sailfish are here! They are around in good numbers between 100 - 180 feet & we’ve been getting multiple releases a day. Most of them have been caught either kite fishing, slow trolling live bait or pitching live ballyhoo at bait showers. The king mackerel have been caught in the same manner as the sailfish. Like I said on my last report, it’s wahoo fishing time & onboard the Ace of Spades we’ve been catching them. Then bite has been up / down the outer edge of the reef & around the deep water wrecks between 115 feet - 250 feet of water. Trolling Normad plugs around 9 knots, high speed trolling lures with various size trolling weights & live bait fishing has been working for us. On the reefs & wrecks, the Yellowtail snapper / mutton bite has still been consistent on the reefs between 45- 90 feet of water. This is also the best time of year for patch reef fishing.

Fishing report from Robert P. in Hillsboro Beach, Florida Book a trip with Captain Robert here.

    Big Mahi’s in close, twilight blackfin tuna action and kings on the reef. Sailfish on the kites have been hot also.

Fishing report from James C. in Jupiter, Florida

    Great day this past weekend with Some regular clients were available for charters throughout the holidays

Fishing report from Michael K. in Destin, Florida Book a trip with Captain Michael here.

    Fall fishing was epic, inshore and offshore.”

Fishing report from Richard M. in West Palm Beach, Florida

    I think I might’ve sent you this last month . Just wanted to make sure. We caught an even bigger wahoo that day, but it got away right at the boat.
    I think I might’ve sent you this last month . Just wanted to make sure. We caught an even bigger wahoo that day, but it got away right at the boat.
    I think I might’ve sent you this last month . Just wanted to make sure. We caught an even bigger wahoo that day, but it got away right at the boat.
    I think I might’ve sent you this last month . Just wanted to make sure. We caught an even bigger wahoo that day, but it got away right at the boat.
    I think I might’ve sent you this last month . Just wanted to make sure. We caught an even bigger wahoo that day, but it got away right at the boat.

Fishing report from Joe C. in Jacksonville, Florida Book a trip with Captain Joe here.

    With water temps dropping sub 65* action in the main river has slowed to primarily trout with sheepshead available on nice days which are far and few between. Water temps dropping doesn't mean slow fishing all the time though, in fact it's at its best in Jacksonville when it's cold. The best option for cold weather is 2 person flats boat trips. While the redfish limit has dropped to 1 per person in the last couple months it's reared it's head with an incredible bite from schools feeling way less pressure. Offshore when fishable is absolutely on fire. Lots of nice catches bottom fishing and great Tuna and wahoo trolling on the 10/12 hour trips. Right now until spring is a great time for the 4/6 hour trips to seabass fish with the great possibility to get lucky on a 4 hour trip gag grouper as they push in shallow with cool weather. Bonus pic of a super rare catch for us a small Warsaw grouper while Seabass fishing. Let's get out and fish!

Fishing report from Juan R. in Port Isabel, Texas Book a trip with Captain Juan here.

    Schools of drum have been good. On the few calm days that we have snapper trips in State waters have also been good. Reds have fair but inconsistent..

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

Fishing report from Robert P. in Hillsboro Beach, Florida Book a trip with Captain Robert here.

    Sailfish are moving in,alot of mahi still around and kingfish have taken over on the edge.
    Sailfish are moving in,alot of mahi still around and kingfish have taken over on the edge.

Fishing report from Richard M. in West Palm Beach, Florida

Fishing report from Casey Y. in Key Largo, Florida

Fishing report from Gil C. in Fort Pierce, Florida Book a trip with Captain Gil here.

    Went out offshore this morning, clients hooked into 3 King Macks quick, then a pod of Dolphins moved in on us. Kings went down. and when the kings go down like that you’re wasting your time to stick around so we bumped it offshore. Hooked into a good size Mahi, had another ~20 pounder bust off. Then things went cold. So we picked it up and motored back to one of my favorite spots where we picked up a Bonito, 2 Baracuda, a 4-5ft Silky Shark, and to top it all off two lunker Black Fin Tuna! First was right under 20lbs and the second was pushing 30lbs if not over. Absolute studs. As far as an outlook goes, with this wind picking up and Tropical noise pushing up our way, we’ll be inland bass fishing for the next couple days. But given the bite today and recently, once the swells die down out there next week, I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be on Like Crazy!

Fishing report from Bryan M. in Miami, Florida Book a trip with Captain Bryan here.

    There's been Sailfish and Dolphin around.

Fishing report from John H. in Panama City, Florida Book a trip with Captain John here.

Fishing report from Jonathan K. in Fort Pierce, Florida Book a trip with Captain Jonathan here.

    Fishing has been great , todays trip caught a ton and lost a ton to sharks , but still had a great time

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

    We do have a few more weekends left of snapper in November starting the 13th 14th and 15th!

Fishing report from Anthony A. in Key Largo, Florida

Fishing report from Dale H. in Clearwater, Florida

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