Today we fished the patch reefs and rock piles to the south. The first spot was slow, but as we were a about to to leave a big Cobia came up in the chum so we fed him a pinfish. After a pretty long battle we landed the Cobia and it was well over 40lbs. We still didn't have a lot going on after that so we hit a few different spots. We had a steady pick at Grey and Yellowtail Snappers throughout most of the day and we ended the day with a nice Mutton Snapper. Overall, it was a nice day with plenty of action and good eating fish.
Jan. 12, 2016
Just arrived back from a week in Louisiana. I brought my flat skiff up there to catch some redfish. We had pretty terrible weather almost all week, most of our days were cut short and some days we didn't even make it out on the water, but we did manage a few fish. We got a really nice fish at the end of the week when the sun finally came out. It was a lot of fun to fish with all the guys at badfish.tv and I can't wait to see the footage they got.
Dec. 23 2015
We went out in the back country yesterday afternoon. We tried fishing some mud slicks in the basins, but it didn't really produce for us. It was pretty warm out, but the slicks looked good. We then went out further north to work some flats on the gulf side. There were birds and jacks blowing up schools of ballyhoo everywhere and it was non stop for a few hours. As we were poling across the flats there were jacks just spraying bait all around the boat. After catching a bunch on fly and because we were tired, we took the hooks of poppers and just started casting into the schools just to see the bite.
Dec. 9, 2015
We fished on the center console today. Originally our plan was to go into the Gulf, but it was still a little choppy out there due to the Northeast wind. We changed our plan and started fishing the patch reefs out front. We got a few Yellowtails and some Grey Snappers. There were also a lot of Jack Crevalles in the area and we caught a few on fly and spinning gear, but we needed meat so went out to the Reef line. Out there we caught a bunch of Yellowtails, a nice Cobia and few other species. All around it was a good day, with some action and great tasting fish.
Nov. 28, 2015
It has been blowing hard Northeast for the last week so we haven't been doing a lot of fishing. We tried to brave the elements on wednesday, but it was to much and we turned right around. However, we did manage to fish the back country yesterday (friday), but it was slow and blown out. We caught some Snappers and a Jack Crevalle but the conditions were pretty terrible. The winds laid up a little today and we were able to get offshore and target sailfish with live baits. We went 2-3 on Sailfish and had other action with Kingfish and Barracudas.
Nov. 21, 2015
I took my friend Bunky and his party out to do some reef fishing on the center console yesterday. It was decent, we wound up catching a bunch of yellowtails for dinner, amongst some other species. We fished in the Gulf the day before and that was more productive for us. We caught a variety of Snappers, Mackerels, Sharks, Barracudas and Groupers. They brought all the fillets to the Boathouse for dinner. They cooked them up a few different ways and it was a great meal.
Nov. 17, 2015
We have spent the last couple days fishing offshore in rather sporty conditions. Using a lot of live baits, pilchards and some goggle eyes. The pilchards have been thick around Key West and easy to get a net on them. There have been a lot of Bonitas and Blackfin Tunas around the wrecks and the bite has been great on pilchards, even got a few Cobia as well. We got 1 sailfish bite on a live Google Eye on a kite, but we jumped it off. Also, there has been some Kingfish and Barracudas eating too.
Nov. 11, 2015
Went out in the the back country today around Waltz Key and Jewfish Basin. It was super hot and flat calm. We didn't see a lot on the flats, just some big sharks. We caught some Snappers around the Mud Keys then we saw Jacks blowing up schools of ballyhoo. We chased them around for a while, we got some nice ones on fly and spin gear.
Nov. 2, 2015
We took the 26 Regulator about 30 miles into the Gulf and fished different wrecks out there. We had 1 quick shot at a Cobia, but he took off after 1 pass by the boat. We then caught our limit of nice Mangrove Snappers, up to 5lbs. We also caught a few short Red Groupers, but we only managed 1 keeper. Other than that a few barracudas, Jacks and Kingfish to finish off the day.
Oct. 31, 2015
Today we had some nice weather and we spent the day fishing in the Marquesas. We missed a few shots at Bonefish along the flats on the north side of the islands. After that we found a lot of Tarpon blowing up schools of Mullet in the east channel. We didn't get any bites on fly, but I netted some Mullet and we went 1-4 on live Mullet. The One fish we did land was well over 100lbs and we spent most of the afternoon fighting it.