Yellowtail Snapper Fishing Reports

Fishing report from Darius K. in Sarasota, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Darius here.

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

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

Fishing report from Adam H. in St. Petersburg, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Adam here.

Fishing report from Charlie S. in Jupiter, Florida

Fishing report from John J. in Key West, Florida

Fishing report from Jason C. in Key Largo, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Jason here.

    Then there are the Cobia....the only good thing about the big sharks is they bring big Cobia.
    The snapper and triggerfish bite are on fire right now. The Permit are schooled up on the reefs. The sharks and barracuda are putting on a show as well.
    The snapper and triggerfish bite are on fire right now. The Permit are schooled up on the reefs. The sharks and barracuda are putting on a show as well.

Fishing report from Chris P. in Tavernier, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Chris here.

    Reef and wreck bit have been in fire here in Islamorada , multiple African pompanos , nice sized mutton/mangrove snapper , and smoker king mackerel a have made for great action morning and afternoon at the wrecks . The reef has been producing some flag yellowtail, yellow Jack , and even a few nice muttons there to . Overall solid week

Fishing report from Eric T. in St. Petersburg, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Eric here.

    The offshore bite has been excellent while the inshore bite is heating up with snook and redfish

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

Fishing report from Jake A. in Marathon, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Jake here.

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

    Fishing/diving has been good! Snapper were spawning on the reef this past week! Great yellowtail bite.

Fishing report from Nick B. in Marathon, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Nick here.

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

    weather has been all over the place windy conditions

Fishing report from Nick B. in Marathon, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Nick here.

Fishing report from Alex H. in Key West, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Alex here.

    Tarpon are showing up as well!

Fishing report from Joel B. in Marathon, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Joel here.

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

    Hey David! We had some wind come in yesterday afternoon/today which clouded up the shallow patch reefs and made for some good fishing today. Water temp has dropped off to 78 degrees and we are starting to see a lot of our winter migratory fish!

Fishing report from Nick B. in Marathon, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Nick here.

Fishing report from Alex M. in Key Largo, Florida

Fishing report from Charlie S. in Jupiter, Florida

    Bottom fishing has been where it's at past week. Families visiting for the thanksgiving holiday wanted to bring home meat. Scattered sailfish and mahi for those willing to risk a goose egg.
    Bottom fishing has been where it's at past week. Families visiting for the thanksgiving holiday wanted to bring home meat. Scattered sailfish and mahi for those willing to risk a goose egg.
    Bottom fishing has been where it's at past week. Families visiting for the thanksgiving holiday wanted to bring home meat. Scattered sailfish and mahi for those willing to risk a goose egg.

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

    Snapper, grouper, mahi, and my PB bonefish while on anchor at the dry tortugas
    Snapper, grouper, mahi, and my PB bonefish while on anchor at the dry tortugas

Fishing report from Gage B. in Clearwater, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Gage here.

Fishing report from Chris P. in Tavernier, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Chris here.

    We have been fishing lots of wrecks, reefs. and inshore water. Jumbo size yellowtail have been pretty consistent on big love pilchards, along with the occasional African pompano and yellow Jack. Some decent size muttons have started to move into patches and mangrove snappers too. On the windy days we fished inshore and caught tarpon, snook, Goliath grouper and some nice sized mangrove snapper too.
    We have been fishing lots of wrecks, reefs. and inshore water. Jumbo size yellowtail have been pretty consistent on big love pilchards, along with the occasional African pompano and yellow Jack. Some decent size muttons have started to move into patches and mangrove snappers too. On the windy days we fished inshore and caught tarpon, snook, Goliath grouper and some nice sized mangrove snapper too.
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