3/27/16 Deep Sea fishing report for Late March

Spring break has been in full swing here the past couple weeks and we've had a ton of boats fishing! We are in the Spring Time fishery now which means there's a wide variety of fish, not always a ton of each, but you need to be ready for everything! There was some great catches of king mackerel, with one monster aboard the Buzz On weighing in at 45 lbs! The sailfish bite has been on and off, but there are still a couple around. 

The Yellowtail snapper bite has been pretty good, although a few days were tougher when the water cleaned up and the current wasn't right. We've also seen a handful of nice mutton snapper caught, inlcuding a true monster aboard the Gimme Jimmy weighing in at 23 lbs! There's also been some mangrove snapper, lane snapper, a couple yelloweye snapper and vermillion snapper. 

We are starting to see some blackfin tuna on the humps as well as a some skipjack tuna. It's still early to gamble on mahi, but there has been a handful the last couple days. Boats will start going offshore more often each week coming up. The amberjacks have been pretty good on the humps as well. 

 

There's been a couple wahoo around, both on live bait and on the troll . We saw some cobias last week when it was calm and I bet we see some more the next few days as the weather gets nice again. Just remember they take patience to find! 

Way offshore there's been a couple swordfish around, and it should only get better as the months pass. The "Broad Minded" had a 200 lber earlier this week and a 120 lber yesterday. 

 

Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 and let us set you up on a fishing trip in Islamorada! 

Tight Lines,

Capt. Nick Stanczyk