Shrimp Boat fishing

Fishing behind the shrimp boats is a great adventure You never know what is going to be there. We often head down there looking for Blackfin tuna and cobia and muttons but the bonitas are always present. The way it works is you run down there pick up some bycatch from the shrimp boats. It is like being at an aquarium.

Bycatch is a mix of all kinds of various fish the shrimpers drag off the bottom..

This is a typical scene at the shrimp boats the fish just boil next to the boat. It takes a few tricks to catch the blackfin tuna but it is always a lot of fun. You can see the blackfin here underneath the bonitas. They are the black ones. Sometimes you pull up to a boat and it is all bonitas another boat maybe 80% blackfin tuna you just have to hop from one to the next till you find what you are looking to catch. I have even pulled up behind a shrimp boat and seen nothing but cobia or sharks just depends on the boat.



It is one of my favorite places to take a fly fisherman who wants to just catch fish one after another.

P.s. Don't bring any whimpy fly rods they will snap them in half. I have seen it a hundred times.

Capt Mike

Permit Sight Fishing

Imagine the fun of sight casting permit in shallow water and watching them eat your crab. The pure adrenaline as the permit screams out line trying to escape. You'll quickly understand why they are one of the great game fish in the Florida Keys.

Kids havin Fun with Dolphin

Mark Block's son was havin' fun with his frist dolphin we had a great day and it so much fun to enjoy fishing with the whole family

Blackfin on Fly at the Shrimp Boats

Clay McKinnon's Permit

It's really was a nice big permit, he's just a big man.
ha ha ha ha
Come Back and Play Clay

Dolphin Fishing has Cranked up into High Gear

It is June and the dolphin are chewing. There have been a lot of schoolie dolphin but there are still some nice ones running around. There was a 65 lb dolphin brought in this week and a number of 20 to 40 lb fish. This dolphin ate a Williamson artficial lure and was a blast for our junior angler to catch. Whether it is a group of guys out fishing or a family trip I take the time to try and teach everyone how to get the big one.

The tarpon fishing in the harbor is still going strong. The worm hatch happened just two nights ago and the tarpon are still agressive and plentiful in the harbor. Give me a shout to see what the weather looks like and we'll get fishing.

Key West Harbor