7/19/15 Mid July Offshore Fishing Report Islamorada

July is moving right along and we are past the half way mark fishing in Islamorada in July 2015! The weather turned really nice the last few days with calm winds, but unfortunately we've seen some tough fishing! Since the middle of last week the mahi bite slowed down, but I think it will pick back up as soon as we get a little more wind. Today was better than the last few days, but it wasn't easy by any means. Today the boats averaged 8 - 18 fish. Most of the fish have been from 3 - 15 lbs, with a few slammers amongst the fleet in the 20 - 35 lb range. Late this afternoon the Reel McCoy was running home and they found a big bull and put a 42 lber on the dock! So you just never know when you're gonna get that Slammer! Some boats did decent last week with 10 - 15 fish, but many boats had anywhere from 2 - 5 fish. On the hump there's been quite a few skipjack tuna with a few blackfin tuna mixed in. A few boats have deep dropped (deep water bottom fished) and caught some barrelfish and blackbelly rosefish. Back on the reef there's been yellowtail snapper, mangrove snapper, and mutton snapper. The Hey Papa found a some permit one day and released a couple. I swordfished a couple trips the last week and we tagged and released one juvenile broadbill swordfish yesterday, and the trip before that was slow with no bites. I think the mahi and tuna will turn back on soon, and either way our boats will give it 100% each day! Give us a call in the marina office at 1 800 742 7945 to try your luck fishing! The Miss Islamorada Party boat has been doing very well lately, and they've had over 200 yellowtail on multple trips this week!

Tight Lines,

Capt. Nick Stanczyk