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Florida Keys Fishing Report Page 4 1/06/06 Captain Rick Killgore |
| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Tarpon Fishing Starts Feb. 15th – Aug.1 For example, starting March 4th the 2003 season had some incredible fishing days. We caught 54 tarpon in 10 days of fishing, and three of them were over 140 pounds (one was 175 lbs. and another 160 lbs.). The tarpon start to show up here in mid-January. By mid-February we start to get a break from the cold fronts and the tarpon fishing can be good. The only thing that shuts down the tarpon fishing early in the season, are the cold fronts. But that sparks up the sailfish fishing, reef fishing, and Florida Bay fishing (calm leeward waters). What great alternatives for those of you who must travel this time of year. There is always something to fish for. My 23’ SeaCraft was originally designed for this type of fishing especially kite fishing for sailfish. Now I have caught quite a few sailfish off Islamorada when I ran a charter boat out of Bud-n-Mary’s almost ten years ago, before I started working for myself. I have caught at least 725 sailfish for clients and quite a few myself while kite fishing off Key Biscayne down to Ocean Reef, slow trolling live baits off of Islamorada, and trolling dead baits off Isla Mujeres and Costa Rica. Check out my fishing log highlights for the details. While you are sailfishing, the grouper, snapper and kingfish can be very good on the outer reef. If it is rough, and one is prone to seasickness the patch reefs have nice mutton snappers, med-size groupers, small yellowtail snapper, some mackerel, and big barracudas. And if one definitely does not want to take a chance on getting sick, fishing the lee of the flats of Florida Bay in 10 feet of water for big sharks, Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, small grouper, and sea trout is very fun because there is a lot of action. So if you’re planning a trip early in the season, we have a good chance of having some great tarpon fishing. But if we get hit by a cold front, we got some great options too. So do not delay, the season will be booking up fast. Call me or e-mail. Islamorada Fishing Charters Florida Keys Captain Rick Killgore END |