Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

A Thanks Filled Flamingo Week - After a week filled with thankful reflection and family reunion, I find myself stuck without words to describe my appreciation for many blessings. Aside from the obvious, there is one several of us here have in common. This year, with talk surround more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

11/29/08 Flamingo- Florida Bay- Sight Fishing In The Skinny - This week was a bit different than the past couple of weeks. It was still chilly, but we had a break from the howling wind for a few days this past week which made for some intense sight fishing. Most of the fish we have been finding have been in so more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo

In between cold days - 112708 Thanksgiving day, I am fishing with buddies Eric and Jorge from the Miami Sport fishing Club. We have had this tradition for about the last 15 years and for me its really the only time I ever get to fish with them. I suggested we target Cob more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Gulf Stream close off Key Largo - Reef/Offshore-11/29/08 The weather this week off Key Largo was great with moderate to light winds mostly out of the north and dry sunny days.The gulf stream moved in and provided steady current to float our chum and killer rips and color change more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

were in our winter pattern - 112408 This past week was very tough for me with the passing of my mother. I needed to get away and just have go fish. I called my good friends Paul and Capt. Raul and asked if they we up to it, the 3 of us have a good time together and usually pu more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Negative Tides, Chilly Temps & High Winds! - When it comes to fishing in and around Cold Fronts, you can throw your typical game plan out the window. An impending Cold Front typically means increased (sometimes drastically) winds and a sharp drop in temperature. Like an immediate reach for yo more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

11/22/08 Flamingo-Florida Bay- Finding Protection! - Windy! That's how the day started today and stayed throughout the day. That's one of the many great things about flamingo, that it can be windy, yet there is always somewhere to find protection from the wind. Today, the water level was also very low more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo

Cold fronts turn on the reef - Reef -11/19/08 Fishing the shallow reefs in 15 to 30 feet of water the past few weeks was on with lots of action and variety. Lots of Spanish and cero macks are in with fish up to 8 lbs. Some big African pompano and mutton snapper Are eating live more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

The Winter Pattern is Settleing in on Flamingo - As I sit and write this fishing report a strong cold front has just pushed through South Florida and our temperatures are quickly dropping into the 60's and eventually into the upper 50's. At this point I think we can safely say that summer is over a more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Flamingo

Sailfish, Dolphin, Swordfish... what do you prefer? - The offshore fishing in the middle keys has been excellent in recent days with a variety of things working at the moment. The recent cool fronts bringing down north winds and cooling the waters has put fish in the move that migrate into the local are more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon