Backcountry Fishing Key West Produces Nice Lunches.

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This mutton snapper was caught in less than 12 ft of water and demanded to join us for dinner. He had a seat right on the plate.

Backcountry fishing in Key West can produce some nice lunches this time of the year. As the bait moves in and out with the tides the predators take note and take bait. Using the simplest techniques in the channels and edges I come up with some nice snapper catches that would impress even some of the more hard core reef fishing charters out of Key West. Let week was no different. How I Go…

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Wahoo, Dolphin and Blackfin Tunas Key West

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A Good Day Of Wahoo Deep Sea Fishing on board the "In XS".

October 4 2020 - Weather is a funny thing. They say it will suck and sometimes they are wrong. Last week was as good example of that as I was deep sea fishing our of Key West on board my 47 Viking the "in XS". Deep Sea Fishing Report We got out a few days over the full moon time period. The fishing was very good both days for a Miriad of species. Brandon…

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Beavertail Elite Flats Fishing Skiff Boat

Beavertail Elite 17 flats fishing poling technical skiff boat Choices are hard to make these days when it comes to flats fishing skiffs. There are so many out there and the conveluted ideas behind them seem to be endless. It's All About Choices Having the best of the best when it comes to my bay boats I wanted to get myself a great technical poling skiff. I have been fishing flats fishing boats since…

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Mercury 150 Fourstroke Outboard Motor

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Our Proline 28 with the Mercury 150 Fourstroke outboards

This is a post I made back in 2012. We have been using the Mercury 150 Fourstroke Outboard motor ever since. We no longer have the SeaHunt featured in this post but now we use the 150s on our 28 ft ProLine for a perfect solution on that boat. In the 6000 plus hours of operation at Dream Catcher Charters we have on the Mecury 150 four stroke we have found nothing I don't…

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Mercury Verado Fourstroke Outboards

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Mercury Verado

Updated February 2016 Mercury Verado Four Stroke outboard motors have been becoming the mainstay. As we all know the bunny huggers of the world are taking control so the old ways of the presumably dirty engines are gone. The EPA wants the environmental assets, the public wants the seemingly good fuel economy, quiet operation and the presumed longevity of the four stroke engine platform. The days of two strokes are getting behind us now…

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Yellowfin 24 Carbon Elite Bay Boat

My Yellowfin Carbon Elite CE bay boat Is Perfect September 23 2020- This is a re-post of an article I wrote about my / Yellowfins first 2015 Yellowfin 24 Carbon Elite CE bay boat powered by the new (then) Mercury Racing 400r. There have been some modifications and updates to the original article. My Yellowfin Carbon Elite CE bay boat Is Perfect Since 2005 I have owned bay boats and discovered one absolute. There…

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