6/1/16 Offshore fishing in Islamorada, Florida Keys

May came to an end yesterday and we are already fishing in June here in Islamorada! The mahi bite finally picked up last week for a handful of days, but unfortunely the bite got a little slow again the past few days. A week ago boats were averaging 15 - 30 fish, and the past few days some boats have had just a couple keepers and a few boats have had managed 10 - 15 fish on full day fishing charters. This is why we never recommend a half day ''offshore trip". There has been fish of all sizes, inlcuding two big slammers on the Predator at 48 and 43 lbs back to back days! We've also seen a few in the 15 - 30 lb range and a fair amount in the 3 - 7 lb range. The sargassum weed hasn't been thick off the Key's like it usually is, and I think that is why we've had inconsistent mahi fishing. I do think it will turn on again any day, but the fish haven't been making it easy on us. It's fishing for a reason though, and all the Captains will do their best to put you on some fish! You might not fill you're freezer every trip, but you should almost always catch enough for a few fresh fish dinners. 

Other fish caught offshore the past week inlude blackfin tuna, tripletail, amberjack, snowy grouper, yellowedge grouper, tilefish, rose porgy, barrelfish, a couple wahoo, a couple sailfish. The Fearless weighed in two monster blackfins caught while kite fishing on the reef at 32 and 34 lbs! 

On the reef the boats have been doing very well on yellowtail snapper most days, and the Miss Islamorada party boat limited out on snapper the past two trips. There's been a couple black grouper caught as well as a few mutton snapper, and the Kalex had suprise African Pompano on a recent trip. The permit bite also picked up and we've seen a number of boats catch a couple of them. 

The swordfish bite has been pretty good too. The Bn'M caught fish on 3 of their last 4 trips, including a 255 lber. On the "Broad Minded" we've managed 1 fish on each of our last couple trips and two fish on one trip before those. Two of the fish were 257 lbs, one was 45 lbs and another 75 lbs. Capt. Travis also had a 100 lb swordfish on his last trip on a private boat. 

Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 when you're ready to book you're next Islamorada Fishing Trip and we'll set you up with a great boat and crew!! Also make sure to check out our new Outiffters store with the Largest selection of Pelagic gear in the Florida Keys, a bunch of Yeti products, and some Columbia products! 

Tight Lines, 

Capt. Nick Stanczyk 

This weeks fishing report sponsored by YETI!