Got out with my boss and we had a good trip a few days ago. Cold weather moved in which is a possibility this time of year. Fishing was a little slow in the early part of the day but with an 8 degree temperature drop in the water I think the fish were slightly shocked. But by 1030 AM we got into a hot snook bite we caught about 20 in one spot. After that we picked a few more fish in various areas. Got a real nice snook in one spot and then a couple bigger redfish and a larger snook off the beaches outside of the creeks. Ive got availability now thru Xmas so give me a shout to get on some fish!

Got out on the patches for a trip today. The patches are sets of coral heads, sea fans, and lively hard bottom that are on the atlantic side of the Florida Keys. So not exactly the same as the 'backcountry' gulf side, but it's still fairly shallow 15-30 foot of water. The seacraft boat is great for fishing out here because of it's high gunwales and bow, so you can get out on these bits of reef even when the wind is blowing a little bit. Moreso than you could on a skiff anyways. And the fishing tends to be really good in the fall, winter, and spring when the water is cooler out here. It's a great option on half days you can get good table fare, and pull on a big variety of fish. We had action with barracudas which was fun on light tackle. Also some various groupers on the bottom including a juvenile goliath. A huge nurse shark gave us a good battle as well look how big that sucker is! Hogfish were on the scene too which unfortunately we can't really keep much any longer due to regulations, but they are fun to catch and beautiful to see. And of course a variety of snappers out there too that we were able to get a bucket of for a meal. The phones starting to ring for Christmas week and season next year, and we still have some openings around Thanksgiving.

Well a great half day trip today. I had customers book directly. Father and his young 6 year old son. We had beautiful weather with a nice dry north breeze. Caught our live pilchards for bait and hung around some locao bay islands. The juvenile tarpon were happy we hooked several and landed two nice ones. You nornally arent allowed to take tarpon out of the water but these juveniles we can as long as they are under 40 inches and you are careful with them. We also had our nice snappers for action and table fare. We had a half day bookes but we were having such a good time they extended things.

Had another awesome half day trip today! We caught pilchards early to start the day, plenty of 'em around as mentioned last report. We hit some shallow water patch reefs on the ocean side with the calmer weather. These are small clusters of coral heads and sea fans on the atlantic side, usually in anywhere from 15 to 30 ft of water. The seacraft I'm running now can get out there even on the slightly rougher days and it is often great fishing this time of year. We had all kinds of action with various snappers, groupers, jacks, and more! We had a few nice jumbo mangrove snappers, and even got a large mutton snapper which was awesome! He got us in the rocks for a few minutes and we let him be, and then maneuvered the boat around and managed to get him loose! We also had quite a few yellow jacks which make for great table fare too.

Well it's slowed down slightly with business now, we'll hopefully have a busy weekend around Thanksgiving and of course after Christmas. But other than that its a great time to come to the Keys to get the place to yourself. I've still been getting out a couple days a week and fun fishing on my own some. Last couple trips we did half days and the snapper fishing was excellent! Big pilchards (baitfish) are around all over the place with the fall weather arriving. So bait is easy to get most of the time and that is often half the battle of a good fishing trip. With those on hand we've been finding very good size mangrove snappers which make for excellent tablefare! Also with the pilchards you always have a shot of catching a nice snook, tarpon, jack, grouper, etc... around the bridges or in some of the local honey holes nearby. If you are wanting to get out and fish let's do it I've got plenty of availability and we'd love to get you out there!

Have had a couple of half days recently and the big snappers have shown up! Limited out with two different groups, with nice size snappers up to 17 inches. The live bait has been plentiful and should hold up through November. Weve had a fair bit of wind some days but the larger seacraft Im running now is comfortable no matter what the wind is doing. A few snook and small tarpon have still been in the mix often too. And some shots at larger tarpon are still to be had as well. Lets go fishing I have plenty of days available in November!