Offshore fishing report for early December
Friday, December 4, 2015 at 11:43AM It's December here in Islamorada and that Means it's time for our sailfish tournaments to start! Today the 52nd annual Islamorada Sailfish Tournament starts so we wish our boats the best of luck! It's over on Sunday so we'll see who has the most releases then. We've seen some great days of sailfishing the past week, but a few days have still been slow. They bite good one day and then there's just a few caught the next day. It should get more consistent each week now here in December. The Hey Papa had an amazing trip last week where they caught 13 in a single trip! A few other boats have had 4 - 6 releases, and a lot of boats have had 1-2 releases per trip. There's been some blackfin tuna, wahoo, and we had a couple days with some late season mahi. On the anchor we've seen mutton snapper, a few grouper, and quite a few yellowtail and mangrove snapper. The king mackerel are moving in and we should see some more once we get another cold front. The Relentless also found some cobia yesterday and had a few keepers. Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 if you'd like to book a trip and we'll set you up on a great boat. I fished 2 swordfish trips and we lost a couple the first trip but on the second trip angler Don DeLeon caught and released a juvenile broadbill on a spinning rod in 1600'!
Tight Lines,
Capt. Nick Stanczyk
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