8/4/16 Early August Deep Sea fishing in Islamorada, Florida Keys

The winds look to be calming down the next week here in Islamorada. We had some windy weather the past ten days, but it didn't stop the boats from getting out and catching some fish. Last week we saw some of the best catches of mahi so far this season. There was a good number of fish from 20 - 40 lbs on the dock every day. The past few days the bite slowed way down for most of the boats, although them still found some keepers.  Mahi fishing has been this way all summer, with the bite turning on and off, but I'm sure they'll spark back up again as we work toward this next moon. 

On the humps the blackfin tuna bite has been pretty good most days, with fish from 3 - 18 lbs. We should see a lot more pilchards showing back up this week with the calmer weather, so live baiting the humps should be an option.  They are great fighters on light spinning rods and when you get them chummed up on live bait behind the boat it's an exciting sight to see! The Relentless released a suprise blue marlin earlier this week as well. You just never know when you'll catch one trolling here. 

 

There has been a couple wahoo around offshore, as well as some tripletail. Back on the reef the mangrove snapper bite has been very good, with some real quality fish up to 5 lbs. The Warbird also had one of the biggest cero mackerel we've seen at Bud n' Mary's in a long time, weighing in at 12.4 lbs. There's also been some yellowtail and a couple mutton snapper around. 

 

Way offshore there has been a fair bite of swordfish. A few days have been slow with just a cheap shot or two, but we had one really good day on the Broad Minded where we caught 3 fish. Many swordfish trips are decided by one bite, meaning if you catch that bite you have a great trip, but if you miss it you have a slow trip. We are getting into the prime months for swordfish, so I'm sure we'll see some fish as we approach the Fall. 

 

Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 to book you're next fishing charter and we'll find a great boat for you! 

Tight Lines, 

Capt. Nick Stanczyk