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The dolphin fishing has been red hot off Marathon. The bite has been from 12-15 miles out still. Working the birds has been the best thing. Trolling the rigged ballyhoo with the JCamm lures infront of them once again has been working on the larger fish. We have been using fresh flying fish behind the...
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The seas were big and so were the fish. We headed out to the Marathon Humps and we ran into some big dolphin just inside the humps. The fish were on working birds. Rigged ballyhoo with a blue and white JCamm lure in front of it did the trick. The blackfin tuna were hitting the long Shimano butterfly...
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We headed offshore today and the weedlines were thick 9 miles South of Marathon. That is where we found our first slammer dolphin. The we found some working birds and once again we put out the J Camm lures with a ballyhoo and that kept off the small dolphin and the other two slammers could not stay off...
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Today we are fishing the first day of the Keymorada fishing tournament. We released 5 permit and hooked 15 or so. We also caught 2 cobias and released a few small amberjacks. The seas are calm and it is starting to get warm out there. We are sitting in third place right now. Thanks for checking out the...
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Where were they 2 days ago for the Marathon Offshore Dolphin Tournament??? We had a great day with Blackfin tuna! We hooked our last one and a shark ate him. As we were fighting him, three large dolphin showed up. We pitched out our live baits and a triple header was on! We landed a 20, 27, and a 30...
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May and June bring great fishing to the Florida Keys. This is when the dolphin (mahi-mahi), blackfin tuna, and blue and white marlin are being targeted and caught offshore. Trolling rigged ballyhoo and lures around the Marathon Humps will surely put a big bend in your rod. The grouper season opens up...
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Today was a great flat calm day and the fishing was red hot!! We started out on the reef and caught some yellowtail and mangrove snapper and a 30 pound Cobia. We hit the wrecks and the permit bite was red hot. We went 10 for 20 on the permit today!! The shark took one of them. We had a great day on the...
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Today the seas were 5-6 feet offshore early on. We fished the Marathon Humps and tore up the blackfin tuna on the jigs. We got into dolphin on our way to and from the humps. The big dolphin are showing up. We lost one today in the 40 pound class. We still had a mess of fish to clean. Thanks for checking...
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We had a great day at the Marathon Humps with 13 blackfin tuna, a 28 pound cow dolphin, a 8 pound schoolie dolphin, released a 200 pound hammerhead shark, missed a permit bite, and went 1 of 2 on tarpon. We are had a varity of fish for sure. The seas were flat calm and the the dolphin are coming through...
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We started in the Gulf and hit the wrecks again. We caught 12 cobia and kept a few. We also caught and released several Goliath groupers. We then headed to the Ocean and the permit were schooling on the wrecks. We went 1 for 6 hook up's on them. Mitch caught and released a 36 pound permit. Mitch...
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Mark was fishing with us all by himself today. We caught our limit of big snappers and caught a few nice gag grouper on the reef. Small live pinfish did the trick. We hit the wrecks and fought some big amberjacks and cudas. We then looked for cobias and we came across a 35' whale shark and we thought...
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By Capt. Chuck Simpson Along about Marathon-way, in the Florida Keys, located oceanside-accessed by a causeway just off US1-is Key Colony Beach. Resting waterside on this small island is an establishment, which specializes in serving a unique type of Key's cuisine, atmosphere and appetite-pleasing...
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By Capt. Chuck Simpson If you have ever traveled to Marathon, in the Florida Keys, perhaps you are familiar with the Sombrero Resort and Lighthouse Marina. Painted in the middle Keys and reminiscent of years past, Sombrero Resort has seen its share of vacationers, boaters and fishing tournaments-and...
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The wind is blowing 25 out of the South and we are anchored up on a wreck off Marathon. The fishing has been red hot with big kingfish, muttons, amberjacks, and a hammerhead. We are flying a kite and hanging live mullet off of it. The mutton snapper are eating live blue crabs on a 1oz. Calcutta jig....
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Today we fish the color change from 150 feet of water out to 280 feet of water. Early on we caught dolphin and fought the cloud coverage. Around noon the sun stayed out and made it easy to spot the tailing sailfish. We saw 5 and caught and released 2. There were more dolphin surfing the waves as well...