posted by admin on May 18

Key West fly fishing is one thing you won’t want to miss if you’re here on vacation and you like to fish. Considered a specialty of many top guides in the area, Key West fly fishing is one of the most popular types of sport fishing in the Keys and especially Key West. With miles and miles of flats around our tiny island and beyond, Key West fly fishing guides have lots of area to choose from when it comes to getting those tarpon, permit, bonefish or snook.

If you’ve never fly fished before, don’t worry. Tour Key West fly fishing guide will help you with all the gear and techniques like fly casting and fly tying patters. Learn about flies that act like a poppers, streamers (which are supposed to look like minnows) and other fly patterns designed to fool the fish. You will learn how to cast and maneuver the fly so that it looks enough like a real surface fish that your target will eat it.

Your Key West fly fishing guide will know how the tide affects the fish up on the flats, just one of the ways in which you will benefit from their experience and passion for Key Wet fly fishing. Booking a Key West fly fishing charter for your Key West fishing vacation guarantees a great day fishing out on the water. And hey, you will probably learn some valuable tips from your guide as well.

posted by admin on May 17

Key West party boat fishing is a really good way to get some great fishing done while here on vacation, and not break the bank. If you’ve ever gone fishing, or if you just like to fish a little, or if you’re here for a Key West fishing vacation, definitely book yourself a spot on a Key West party boat fishing trip. It’s economical, it’s fun, and you will get fish, since the boats all but guarantee fish catching. Key West party boat fishing means you’ll be with a group of anglers, from around 15 to 30 people. Sometimes the Key West party boats go out with smaller groups, and you get lucky.

But it really doesn’t matter how many people are on the boat- you will have a good time and catch fish. Everyone is out to have a good time, and the group spirit is contagious, and makes a wonderful way to spend a half day during your Key West vacation. Combine half a day of Key West party boat fishing with a Key West Do it All tour the next day, and you will have covered all the major water activities in Key West.

posted by admin on May 17

Key West barracuda fishing is either done as a way of getting bait or chum, or for the sport of it. Barracuda are strong fish, and get big so they fight pretty good. They are found everywhere- the flats, the reef, and backcountry. You can use them for bait when you go shark fishing, or you can let them go, catch and release.

Key West barracuda fishing is a nice way to begin your shark fishing day, since how the way to go shark fishing is to anchor up, set out your chum and baits, and wait. The Key West barracuda fishing part lets you hook some exciting fish before you have to settle down and wait for the sharks to show up.

To use the barracua as shark bait, first catch three or four barracuda and string them up through their heads. Hang this mess off the back of your boat, and fillet the barracuda, without detaching the fillets. Barracuda are very bloody, so this will put out a nice scent trail for sharks to follow. Now sit back and wait a bit for the big strike!

Key West barracuda fishing is done by trolling a tube lure at high speeds. Barracudas will also hit surface lures, which is fun. However, they often follow the lures without striking. They have good eyesight and are often knowledgeable about people and boats. An almost guaranteed way to do Key West barracuda fishing is to put out a legal-sized snapper on a wire. They just can’t seem to refuse this!

posted by admin on May 17

A Key West fishing vacation: imagine yourself on a calm evening on the water in Key West. Your boat is anchored, you’ve popped a beer and set it in the cup holder. Your lines are baited and you’re just chilling, waiting for a tarpon to strike as you watch the famous Key West sunset. All your worries are behind you as you focus on the ripples of the calm evening water, watching for the rolls of the silvery monsters that will soon snap up your bait and pull like a train going full speed. Your calm moment will become a total chaotic mess as all heck breaks loose when you hook a tarpon.

Luckily your quick-release anchor allows you to unhook and chase the tarpon as he pulls you across the water. But you don’t give in- eventually the tarpon gets tired and you keep on reeling him in, for the first catch of your Key West fishing vacation.

A calm evening of tarpon fishing on the flats can be followed the next morning by an offshore fishing trip for mahi mahi, marlin, tuna, wahoo and who knows what else. Or a reef trip for snapper and grouper. Or bonefishing, again on the flats. The possibilities are endless, and the outcome will always be exciting on your next Key West fishing vacation.

posted by admin on May 17

Key West bone fishing is done on the flats from a small, shallow-draft flats boat. Most Key West fishing guides will whisk their customers out the back country for flats fishing, as this is where most of the flats are in this area. They either travel north, northeast or west for the best Key West bone fishing territory. If you go south of Key West, it’s patch reefs, Hawk’s Channel, deeper water, and the reef. The flats south of Key West just aren’t there. Fishing Dry Tortugas is another option for flats fishing out of Key West.

Bone fish like to feed in such shallow water, they become visible to the naked eye if you can elevate yourself a bit. You’ll see that flats boats have a perch above the engine, where your guide can stand and look for bonefish, and also get good leverage to push the boat along with a pole. The large platform at the bow of a flats boat is also good for standing and looking for bone fish. Key West bone fishing will take you into water that’s sometimes as shallow as six inches! The guide will cut the engine, trim it up, and propel the boat by poling silently through the extremely shallow water. Key West flats fishing can be done with fly tackle spinning reel tackle.

posted by admin on May 16

Key West Mahi Mahi Fishing involves getting yourself on a big boat that can go offshore. The method is trolling, trolling, and more trolling in the blue water. Your captain will troll around and look for weed lines and debris, under which there might be mahi mahi. Sometimes your Key West Mahi Mahi fishing guide will drive as far as twenty miles offshore to get to deep enough water.

The baits trolled can be artificial lures and or dead ballyhoo. Mahi Mahi travel in schools, so if you hook one, you’re in business. The Key West Mahi Mahi fishing season begins when water temperatures warm up, in Spring time. This is a great time to book an offshore fishing trip for your vacation. Mahi Mahi, or Dolphin as some people call them, taste wonderful. The meat is soft and the taste is delicate. A good way to cook Mahi Mahi is to make a breading of flour and ground up peanuts and pan fry the fillets. You don’t even need any sauce on that!

Key West Mahi Mahi fishing can be exciting because these fish like to jump, right after they’ve been hooked. And if you find a school of them, (small mahi mahi are called “schoolies”), you might end up with multiple fish on the lines at once.

posted by admin on May 16

For Key West shark fishing, you can use live or dead bait or artificial lures. You can go Key West shark fishing on the flats and target them with a fly. They range in size greatly from little Bonnet head sharks to the humongous Great Hammerhead shark.

You can also go Key West shark fishing on the reef and beyond the reef as well. Of course there will always be nurse sharks that are less exciting to catch, but they are very prevalent around the waters of Key West. They don’t really fight much, they just hang on the bait and lumber away on the drag. That’s why they are not very much targeted by people who love to go Key West shark fishing.

The best sharks to catch are Bull sharks and Black Tip sharps. Black Tip sharks jump in the air and Bulls well, they just fight extremely hard. Sometimes they jump but they are targeted because they fight so hard. Key West shark fishing is catch and release, truly a saltwater sport fishing activity only. You can get shark fishing charters that go out at night for a really different experience.

posted by admin on May 15

Some choose to do it on fly, some choose heavier tackle for the big ones, but whichever way you choose to do it, Key West sportfishing is the most thrilling thing you can do on vacation in the Southernmost City. Thousands of anglers can testify to that, after visiting Key West and satisfying their fish lust on a reef fishing, back country charter, or flats trip. We have big sport fish here, due to the proximity of the Gulf Stream, the reef, and the Gulf of Mexico.

The location of the island is what makes Key West sportfishing great, but our guides are world-class as well. With experience, passion, and a never-fading love for Key West sportfishing, our guides can take you out for the best fishing you’ll ever enjoy! The big boys are marlin, tuna, kingfish, wahoo and dolphin (that’s mahi mahi). Book a Key West offshore fishing trip for the big boys. It’s like hooking a train car or a falling piano. Or try some shark fishing, which can be done on the flats or in the backcountry. You will break a sweat! Bring water, bring a camera, and bring your sense of adventure because Key West sportfishing is not for the timid or the weak!

posted by admin on May 14

For the best Key West fishing trip, try hiring a guide who can show you things about fishing in Key West you’d never ever discover on your own. With years, even decades of experience, a guide will show you techniques, drive you to favorite spots, and probably talk your ear off about any subject having to do with fishing, if you ask him (or her). These guys love fishing, and it’s their job to make your Key West fishing trip as good as, if not better than, any fishing trip you’ll ever take, anywhere in the world. Key West and the rest of the Florida Keys for that matter, are known world-side as salt water sport fishing destinations. And the fishing charters out of Key West are top notch.

It’s because we have the Gulf of Mexico, miles of flats, and the living coral reef, all within six miles of the city, making any type of Key West fishing trip not only very exciting and bountiful, but also convenient and fun. When a Key West party boat can get to the reef in under half and hour, more of that half day fishing is spent actually fishing, not driving.

posted by admin on May 13

This Key West Party Boat goes out almost every day and provides anyone who wants to try Key West fishing with a fun half day for a very reasonable price. That’s what a Key West party boat is all about - a fun day of fishing. You will most likely go out on the Key West party boat with a like-minded group of anglers who want to catch fish and enjoy the day. Key West party boats are large enough to accommodate larger groups, say if you have a wedding in Key West or a conference and a group of you want to do some fishing.

To find a Key West party boat for your day or half day of fishing, head over to Garrison bight, off Eaton Street. Or, if you don’t have a car, go to Historic Seaport to find one. They’re easy to spot- they have huge signs advertising Key West Party Boat!

Once you’ve booked a spot on a Key West party boat, you should expect to head out to the reef for some bottom fishing. They will sometimes go past the edge of the reef, but sometimes right to the main reef itself, which is only six miles out. A quick ride for lots of fishing time on a Key West party boat.