7/11/15 Islamorada Deep Sea Fishing Report

It has been Mahi Madness the past week here fishing in Islamorada! It has been very consistent fishing for almost all the boats every day! The offshore boats have been averaging from 20 - 40 fish, and all different sizes. There's been some small "shakers" that we have been letting go, but most of the fish are big "schoolies'' and "gaffers". They have been averaging 5 - 15 lbs, and we've seen a few nice "slammers" on the dock each day as well. Capt. Joey on the Fearless charter boat weighed a true Monster bull in this week, tipping the scales at 56.5 lbs! That's the biggest one on the dock so far this year at Bud n' Mary's, and his personal best, so CONGRATS to you and your angler! Great Job! We've seen some "slammer" mahi from 25 - 40 lbs each day spread out amongst the fleet. There's been a few blackfins and skipjacks around the humps, as well as a couple sharks and amberjacks. The reef bite has been very good for yellowtail snapper, with the Miss Islamorada limiting out on a few of there charters. The mangrove snappers are biting good if you can find them, and there's still a couple mutton snappers around. Out further I've been doing quite a bit of swordfishing. The bite has been pretty steady, averaging from 1 - 3 bites per trip. You just have to make them (or one of them) count in order to have a successful day. We've caught between one and two on most of our trips lately, although One trip we lost 2 and another trip the Catch 22 lost two as well. We've tagged and released a handful of the fish, and kept some for dinner , the biggest being to 140 lbs. We have been using GrayFishTag research tags on some of the releases, so hopefully someone else will catch them one day and we can see how much they grew and where they wound up going.  Give us a call in the office to get in on the mahi action at 305 664 2461 and we'll set you up with a great boat.

Capt. Nick Stanczyk