July 8, 2016 Deep Sea Fishing Report

We've had some great weather here in Islamorada in early July. The past couple days were some of the best days on dolphin we've seen this summer as well! All the boats that fished full days had anywhere from 10 - 25 fish, and there was a lot of nice size ones! A handful of boats had between 4 and 6 slammers in the 20 - 30 lb range, and many boats had "gaffers" in the 8 - 18 lb range. Hopefully the dolphin bite remains strong, because we all know we were due for it! There was also the usual "schoolies" around. 

 

On the humps there's still been plenty of blackfin tuna, mostly footballs in the 3 - 8 lb range, but a couple boats still caught some bigger ones on the live bait in the 15 - 25 lb range. There's also been a couple sailfish releases the past week, which goes to show you that you never know when you'll have a shot a billfish. 

 

A couple boats have been deep dropping and there's been a few snowy grouper caught, a couple queen snapper, some blueline tilefish, and the Hey Papa had an usual catch with a 48 lb wreckfish! Back on the reef the mangrove snapper bite is picking up, and July is usually one of the best months for them as they spawn. 

Way offshore I've been doing some daytime swordfishing and we had some great fishing the past week. We caught fish on 4 of our last 5 trips, inlcuding a monster weighing in at 423 lbs!!! The other fish were between 40- 160 lbs. 

Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 when you're ready to book your next Islamorada Fishing Adventure and we'll set you up with a great boat! We've also got hotel rooms and houseboats for you to stay in on your Fishing getaway! 

Tight Lines, 

Capt. Nick Stanczyk