9/7/16 Offshore fishing report for early September 2016

If you fished down here last weekend at Bud n' Mary's Marina you might have got in on the EPIC sailfish bite!!! It was an unheard of bite of fish for this time of year, but the conditions lined up right with the current, water color, depth, and a little bit of wind. Hundreds of sailfish were "tailing" down the color change/current edge and boats were mostly sight fishing them, and some boats slow trolled some. We usually see this condition in the spring time, but for some unknown reason it just happend a few days ago in Islamorada. A lot of boats had between 4 - 10 fish a couple days in a row, and the Catch 22 and Buzz On each had a day with 21 releases!!! Sure enough the condition faded away after a couple days, but it sure was a nice suprise to see! 

 

Offshore the mahi bite has still been hit and miss. The Reel McCoy found some gaffers and schoolies yesterday, so hopefully as well work our way towards the next full moon we see another push of fish. The tuna bite has been decent most days on the humps, although a couple days they didn't cooperate. It's been a mix of blackfin tuna and skipjack tuna. There's also been plenty of big sharks feasting on them, so if you want to pull on something big consider that. 

 

On the edge of the reef and the wrecks we've seen a few mutton snapper, yellowtail snapper (when current is right direction), some mangrove snapper, cero mackerel, and a few big kingfish showing up. 

 

Way offshore I had 2 swordfish bites my last trip and we landed one about 95 lbs. These next few months are prime time for swordfish and we have a number of boats that can get you out there to try your luck. Give the marina office a call at 305 664 2461 if you'd like to book a fishing trip of any type! 

Capt. Nick Stanczyk 

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