posted by admin on May 2

Key West fish range from inshore mangrove snappers you can catch right off a dock, to offshore pelagic species like marlin and tuna. On the reef, typical Key West fish caught are grouper, snapper, and mackerel. Yellowtail snapper are very common and extremely good to eat. In fact, the most common Key West fish targeted by party boats are Yellowtail.

Another tasty Key West fish is grouper. Black grouper are found all over the reef, six miles out and further. These are bottom-fished and prized for their tasty flesh. Bottom fishing can also produce other grouper, like Reds and Jewfish. Jewfish, or Goliath Grouper, are sport fish only, protected by Federal law. Because of their mammoth size, they are extremely fun to catch.

Trolling can yield Key West fish like mahi mahi, wahoo, and sailfish. For these species, go further out than the main reef to deeper waters. Trolling takes time but can yield lots of action once a big pelagic fish is hooked. Deep sea fishing in Key West is great partly because of the species brought in by the Gulf Stream, which sometimes is as close as two miles from Sand Key Light, on the reef near Key West.

Key West fish on the flats are your permit, tarpon, snook, sharks, bonefish, and barracuda (also found in deeper waters, as are the sharks). Lots of anglers who go flats fishing in Key West like to use fly rods and tackle. When you hook some of these Key West fish on fly, it’s pretty amazing, to say the least!

posted by admin on Apr 17

Let your fishing vacation go to exciting extremes by booking a Key West fishing charter on your next vacation.  Offshore, reef, or flats fishing trips, morning, afternoon or night, it’s the most thrilling and rewarding way to spend the day.  Hook big game fish, elusive flats fish, or tasty eating fish like grouper, any way you go, whatever type of Key West fishing charter you choose, we can almost guarantee you’re in for one heck of a ride!

Bonefish will make your fly rod sing after it has hit the bait you expertly throw right in its path.  Sailfish will dance in the air when hooked, but you better stay alert because all havoc lets loose when you set out to fight a sailfish.  Fishing in Key West is exciting in every form it takes, from backcountry, flats, reef, bottom fishing, offshore and trolling, it’s never a dull moment!

Key West has more expert captains per square mile than any other place we know of.  There are second and third generation, and up and coming fourth generation fishermen (and ladies too!) running the Key West fishing charters.  They have decades of experience, a knack for finding the big fish, and of course every captain has his or her secret favorite fishing spots where they’ve taken their best customers every year.  These sweet spots are kept secret, the GPS numbers guarded, their locations proudly handed down from generation to generation.

So you see, when you book a Key West fishing charter, you’re not only booking a fishing trip, you’re booking tradition, valuable expertise, and guarded family secret spots!  This means you’re going to catch some amazing fish, and have a blast in the process.  Non wonder people come back year after year and jump on a Key West fishing charter the minute they’re back in town.