posted by admin on Apr 17

Mahi Mahi Caught on a Key West Offshore Fishing Boat

Key West offshore fishing takes you beyond the coral reef out to the dropoff and beyond for big game fish.  Catch marlin, tuna, cobia, mahi mahi and anything else cruising the deep waters near the Gulf Stream.   Let our Key West fishing guide service hook you up with an offshore boat for a thrilling day of deep sea fishing.  It’s just about thirty minutes for some of the faster boats to get out to the dropoff, about six to seven miles to get to 150 foot plus water.  In other words, Key West offshore fishing boats spend most of the day fishing, and they get you to the deep water fast.

Once out in the deeper water, your offshore boat will troll for mahi mahi and the other deep water species.  If you’re targeting sailfish or King Mackerel, you’ll use a balloon or kite.  “Running and Gunning” is looking for floating debris and then throwing live or dead baits at it.  This way you can catch dolphin or triple tail.  Deeper under floating debris is going to be Wahoo, jacks and other big fish.  A big score out there in the deep water is to find something like a floating wooden pallet, used in warehouses.  The longer it’s been in the water, the better.  That’s because it will have had time to grow a nice healthy crop of marine plants, barnacles, and other food items that attract small fish, who also flock to debris like that for cover from larger fish.  Once you get the garden and the smaller fish, you’ll get your mahi mahi following it to eat the fish.  And underneath, there could be anything!

There are several techniques used by the Key West offshore fishing guides, and you can bet they have lots of tricks up their sleeves for hooking salt water game fish!