Flats and backcountry fishing reports. Fishing reports on what is happening out back on the flats and in the Marquesas Keys off Key West.
Key West fishing report for May 2026 holds a lot of variables mostly weatherwise but also a new element has arrived this spring in the form of Weed. Sarcasm seems to be making most of our Key West fishing more challenging as the winds have still not decided which way they wanna blow consistently. Whether you are fishing in shore or offshore, the weed has certainly gotten in the way these last couple weeks. …
Bonefish
March bonefish bonanza! Key West is loaded with great bonefishing this month. Water temps are mid 70s and the bonefish are on the flats in good numbers.
A good Key West tarpon with me and one of my anglers.
Fishing Report and forecast for Key West, Florida for the first week of March 2025. I was at one of my favorite breakfast spots in Key West La Te Das on an absolutely stunning Sunday. My wife makes me take Sundays off. Looking around I was thinking about how nice it would be to go fishing. So, here I am taking about it with a Key West fishing report and forecast for the upcoming…
Bonefish Caught On The Flats
Flats Fishing in Key West in the month of June of 2024. Tarpon, permit, bonefish, barracudas are all on the flats here in Key West.
One thing has been consistent these last few weeks and that has been the winds. Easterlies have prevailed as high as 25 mph and some days as low as 10 -15. That has not stopped the fishing though. We have been making some great days on the water both inshore and offshore.
Flats Fishing for Permit in March.
March was pretty good for permit fishing this year. One of my favorite months for permit fishing in Key West.
Beat the wind and go backcountry fishing Key West. The weather the last few days has really been bad. And there is more wind coming next week, the week before Christmas week. The wind is a killer for our deep sea fishing charters. Folks get seasick when waves are big out there. No matter how good the fishing is at that point. Its bad. So.. We often recommend that folks look at the backcountry…
Shallow Water Mutton Snapper
Cooler Temps Mean Shallow Water Muttons October 26th 2022 - Fall is definitely in the air here in Key West. That means less humidity and cooler overall temps. It also means great conditions for shallow water mutton snappers. From now through the end of March the muttons can be found in the shallows making a nice surprise catch for my backcountry fishing and flats fishing anglers. As the temps start to cool from the…
Inshore Fishing In the Fall
Fall fishing out of Key West is pretty incredible.
March 3rd 2022 - Environmentally speaking one of the worst things to a fisherman is the winds. High winds can really make life difficult on a boat when you are trying to fish. The winds are going to blow, expecially when we are Fishing Key West in March. So far in my years I have yet to learn how to stop them. However I may have learned how to fish in them more comfortably.…