11/14/15 November Deep Sea Fishing Report

What a November we have had here fishing in Islamorada! It's been a mixed bag the past ten days, and sure a couple days were a little slower than others, but we saw some incredible catches! A week ago the mahi bite was very good, the Relentless had a rack full of fish one day including a couple bulls over 30 lbs. A lot of boats had 15 - 20 fish from 4 - 15 lbs.

It has slowed down the past few days, and I think we will see some fish here and there, but as we get into winter they will be hit and miss for sure. The sailfish bite was strong a couple days, one day alone the Cloud Nine released 5. Most of the other days there's been a few release flags flying amongst the fleet. I think we will see more consistency with the sailfish once we get some colder weather. A good cold front should really spark the bite and make it more wide spread. On the reef a lot of boats have caught king mackerel, yellowtail snapper, a few grouper, and there's been a couple wahoo around. 

Way offshore daytime swordfishing has been decent as well. I fished 6 trips the past 10 days and caught fish on 5 of them. Three trips produced one fish, one trip produced 3 fish, and the other trip we landed 7 broadbill swordfish! When fishing one day is completely different than the next, but if you fish enough days you'll see both the incredible ones and slow ones. The swordfish have ranged from 30 - 80 lbs. We also caught an Alfonsino, which was a suprise. 

Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 when you're ready to book your next fishing charter! The reef fishing is going to be going off when we get our first cold front!

Tight Lines,

Capt. Nick Stanczyk