3/7/16 Deep Sea fishing report Islamorada early March

We had some gorgeous weather here the first week of March, but unfortunately the wind came back up yesterday afternoon. A lot of boats took advantage of the calm weather and sight fished for cobia and quite a few of the boats had success. The biggest fish of the week was a 57.7 lb cobia on the Cloud Nine, and both the Relentless, Reel McCoy, and Kalex had fish in the 40 - 49 lb range. I don't think we'll see many caught the next few days as it will be windy and stirred up inside the reef, but you never know. I think once the wind settles out we will see some good catches again. 

About a week ago the Kalex had a incredible day and released 8 sailfish (including a quad), but overall the past week there's just been a few caught and released each day. Some boats have fished full days for them without any luck, which always reminds us that it's always fishing!! I think we'll continue to see a handful of them here and there, but it won't be as consistent as the winter. 

There's been a couple Mahi caught, but it's definitely a little early to expect to catch them with consistency. The Indigenous caught a nice 25 lb Bull while they were out deep dropping a few days ago. 

There's still been a couple African Pompano around the wrecks, as well as a lot of king mackerel. Further offshore we've seen quite a few amberjack and the sharks are feasting on them as well. The snapper bite on the reef has been fair. When the current has been right the boats have done well on yellowtail and the occasional mutton snapper. 

I think we'll see some good catches bottom fishing on the reef the next few days with this windy weather. If we are lucky and some "east current" shows up I wouldn't be suprised to see some numbers of sailfish released as well. 

Tight Lines 

Capt. Nick Stanczyk