8/20/15 Deep Sea Fishing Mid August in Islamorada

The crowds have simmered down here a little bit in Islamorada, so it's a perfect time to relax and go deep sea fishing in Islamorada! We still had a few days last week and over the weekend where everyboat fished, but the last few days about 1/2 the boats have fishing each day. The last few days the mahi bite has been very good, with boats having from 20 - 40 fish. There's been a lot of nice size schoolies (where you don't have to meausre them), a decent amount of "gaffer" size fish in the 8 - 15 lb range, and a few "slammers'' making the 20+ lb mark.

There was a couple slow days on the mahi last week, where a few boats only had a few keepers and some of the boats had eight to ten keepers, so it was really nice to see such good fishing the past few days. The blackfin tuna are showing up in decent numbers too, and some nice fish over 20 lbs. A big blackfin tuna on a 15 lb spinning rod is a great fight. I think we will continue to see decent mahi fishing the next month and the blackfin tuna bite should only get better and better as we enter the Fall months.

On the reef there's still yellowtail and mangrove snapper, as well as some barracudas, jacks, and sharks. Way offshore I swordfished a couple trips, one trip we caught 2 fish, keeping a 160 lber and tagging and releasing a small one. The next trip we hooked one fish late in the day but unfortunately lost him on the leader. When the weather cooperates the Fall is a great time to target swordfish as well.

We should also been seeing some big dusky and silky sharks on the humps with the tuna, so if you want to pull on something big consider giving that a shot! Call the marina to book your next fishing trip at 305 664 2461 and we'll set you up! We also have offseason rates on our hotel rooms so don't forget to ask about that!

Tight Lines,

Capt. Nick Stanczyk