Fishing Reports & Pics

Marathon last couple days 1-5-23

Sword, Snowy and Jumbo BLT

Last few days have been great for putting fish in the box. Had a sword trip with a friend that was successful. On the way out were few weeds but…

July Humps, Mahi and Snowy

Snowy bite continued to be hot along with a trip to the humps and some dolphin fish.

June Deep Dropping

Continued the hunt for Snowy – tile and picked up a few Mahi along the way.

May opens up Snowy season

Finally deep drop time is here and we are ready to look for new spots and visit old ones. Snowy and Blue Line Tile season is only 4 months long.…

Easter Marathon

Easter provided a great day to get offshore. Got an early start for teenage boys and headed straight for the humps. Trolled with two to three in the spread and…

Marathon Sword, BFT & Rose

Great couple days offshore, goal was to find some Black belly rose spots and deep drop for swords. First thing troll 180-300 looking for wahoo or BFT. Bite was slow…

Marathon Hump – BFT and Mahi

Had a couple of trips into the gulf for kings, sharks and macs when it was too rough oceanside. We did get offshore and was able to make to the…

Marathon Mahi and Triple Tail – Feb

Got a first-time offshore angler and timing was perfect for going deep. With a flat calm day and the gulfstream 28 miles offshore this would be a good day to…

Marathon Slammer and Tuna

Winds laid down enough for a run to the Marathon Humps for someone who has never been there after fishing in the keys for over 20 years. Stopped at a…

Holiday Fishing

December 27 – been windy for last couple days so other work and some bayside bait catching. Went out for a few hours last couple days and the water is…

December Slammer

December 18-19 Have two split days in a row. Day 1, quick trip early for Wahoo – lines in at 7am. Only had a couple hours but with a cold…

December Wind and Mahi

Saturday went out the backside looking for bait and whatever else might show up. Found a decent spot, set up anchor and the chum block. Had bait action right away…

Marathon Mahi – Nov 7

Out on a trip to try a sword drop. First 8-10 miles not too bad then it got rough. With seas to nasty to drift we look for weeds or…

Marathon, Mahi, BFT and a big shark – Oct 21

Quick trip in the windy part of October. Got sister and BIL in town for their first time to the Keys. First day we picked up my new bait catchin…

October 2nd Mahi

Back after 2 weeks and the seas were rough, but the fish are there. Had about a 5 hour window headed south looking for signs. Some scattered weeds in 650…

September Mahi, BFT and Sail

Made a afternoon trip to try a new swordfish rig and to catch dinner. Seas were calm and we saw plenty of weeds on the way out. Stopped at some…

Marathon Snowy – BLT last day

Last day for deep dropping for snowy and blueline tile until next May. Seas were rough again at 4-6+, it has been blowing all week. Had squid and fresh bonita…

Marathon Blueline tile 8/29

Went out to the new spot to look for snowy and Blueline Tile. Seas were rough at 4-6+, but that was no problem for the World Cat. Had squid and…

Marathon Snowy – BLT, Sun, Mon Tues 8/28

Back after about a month at my other business. Got here just in time for the last days of BLT and snowy season. Sunday our target was Golden and BLT…

Combination of a few summer days

This is a late post but wanted to get some pics out with snowy and tile season ending soon. Monday is the last day for Golden so go out and…

Marathon, Lane, BLT and Triple tail

Got some friends coming down for the weekend to weekend mini season so I went out to do some more scouting. Seas have been calm last couple of days but…

Marathon Golden and Grouper

This was a 3/4 day, with fellow captain Harlan Trammell scouting for new snowy and golden spots. First we drifted a new area for blue line tiles. The bite was…

Marathon 1st Tile – June 25

This was a 3/4 day, scouting for new snowy spots and getting someone their first tile fish. Started at the dock by netting a bunch of mullet then out SW…

Marathon Tile – June 24

Back from my other office, get in Sunday afternoon and got a couple hours to look for new deep drop spots. Get fuel and ice and head out with a…

Marathon Grouper, Tile and Mahi – June 12

Had some first timers down to the keys with no experience fishing. First day got a slow start and the storms forced us back to the dock. Plotter not working,…

Marathon Snowy and Mahi 5-23

Slight break in the weather provided an opportunity to take a couple guys out for their first deep drop and search for some Mahi. Stopped on the reef to try…

Grouper – May 20

Traveling all morning but finally pulled into Marathon and got the boat loaded around 2pm for a quick run to the grouper grounds. Back for a few days and got…

Tuna and Tile May 7

Monday’s plan was to troll at the hump then back to the deep drop. Smooth ride out meant there would be a lot of boats out there. Approaching we see…

Marathon Tile and Margate May 6

Sundays plan was to stop on the reef before heading out to deep drop. Tried a couple of spots but found little to no current on the reef. Even the…

Marathon Grouper May 5

Other work in the morning so I didn’t get out till noon. Plan was to hit the reef for grouper and look for mahi while running to deep drop spot. …

Marathon Grouper – May 4th @ 2 for 2

Back out after a couple days at my other job. Only had a small window in the morning so I pointed the cat to a spot east of where I…

Grouper Opening Day – May 1st

Grouper season opener and the wind is blowing 15-20 but very manageable in the 32 World Cat. This trip is all about getting a grouper so I had no other…

Marathon Mahi – April 1, 2018

On this Easter trip we set out to target Mahi. Pointed the World Cat south looking for weeds or debris. Big temp break at about 400 and scattered weeds. Stopped…

Spring Break 2018

Spring break fishing. Got a good weather day on Saturday so it was off to the humps and then look for dolphin on the way back. Had two teenage boys…

March

March which had a lot of wind blowing when we were trying to get out. Also was limited on fishing time because of traveling back forth with my other business. …

Feb 5th – Marathon Hump

Got a great weather window and just in time to head to the Marathon Hump. Three of us load up and go looking for pilchards. They were very scattered, but…

Feb 2nd Ceros

Finally back out after some other work and a lot of windy days. Pushed off with neighbor’s son and went on the search for some pilchards. Worked hard at it…

Dec 23 – Jan 4th Groupers, Sail and more

Going to combine several trips into one report. Had some computer problems and a lot of traveling so these are a little delayed. First pic is from December 23rd ,…

Marathon Grouper 12/22

Had a repeat trip and he wanted to only target Groupers. He brought fresh speedos and we loaded up the World Cat with ice, bait and gear. Headed out NE…

Dec 19 HST tuna

Left the dock at 2:30 for a quick stop on the reef and then some high speed trolling. Went to a grouper spot and sounder had good marks so we…

Dec 17th Reef

Sunday is the reef day and we started out by putting some pilchards in the livewell. Loaded with good looking bait we headed to some rocky grounds. Went to a…

Dec 16th – Offshore

Had Saturday and Sunday scheduled with 2 great guys. Plan was one day offshore and one day on the reef. Seas were a little rough but the World Cat can…

Dec 15th Humps

Quick trip to the humps few boats and no birds. We trolled around and picked up several small BFTs. The sharks seemed to get every nice sized one we hooked…

Target Grouper – December 2nd

Had a trip with forum member HollywoodJoe and he wanted to target Groupers. He brought fresh speedos and we loaded up the World Cat with ice, bait and gear. Headed…

Friday Dec 1st

With day full of things to get done I had a 3 hour window 1st thing in the morning for fishing. Just got some new trolling lures in and wanted…

Huge King and some reef action – 11-30

Had group of three looking to bend a rod and catch some reef fish. This was another charter teamed up with Capt Harlan Trammell (Piner Wahoo) www.american-allegiance-charters.com . We run…

Marathon reef – happy hour – Nov 8th

Had lots of onshore work and catch up for today but I wanted to check out the reef. Around 2pm loaded up and headed out looking for bait. Water still…

Marathon Humps – Nov 7th

Another trip to the humps Got a late start but still made to the humps by 8am. Did not see anything on the way out but dirty water for 20…

10/24/17 The Humps

Target marathon humps Went out with a couple of guys on Tuesday and got met with some rough seas early but the world cat blasted thru. Watching for birds, weeds,…

Magic Minnow – Humps 10/8/17

Teaming up with Capt Harlan Trammell (Piner Wahoo) www.american-allegiance-charters.com on some trips. We run on my World Cat and he makes sure you keep on the fish. This trip was…

Mahi Oct 6th, 2017

Back in the Keys for some more clean up, repairs and a couple days of fishing. We went out to some rough seas but this where the world cat outperforms…

Sept 24, 2017 – Post Irma

Finally made it back on Thursday 21st 11 days post Irma. First few days after Irma hit were nerve racking from not knowing what happened. Only a few scattered reports…

Aug 30, 2017 Marathon deep dropping for Tile

Left dock at sunrise with one passenger and goal of getting some tiles and a snowy. Headed straight for the humps to get some fresh bait. Stopped 2 miles short…

Aug 28, 2017 slammer today.

Went out with Piner on a hunt and seek mission for more bottom spots. Goal was to find snowy and tile. Got a late start and headed south looking for…

Tuesday July 25th – scouting around

Still working on getting the boat dialed in along with lots of other work going on this summer. Monday had a few hours so I headed out to check a…

Saturday night Fast Food – Marathon 7/22/17

Got a 3pm start because of some other work I had to get done. Goal was just to take a boat ride and look for dolphins. Got to first weed…

New Ride July 21st

First trip in our new World Cat 320CC. Did not have a full day but wanted to run out to the humps and back to break in the new vessel. …

June 27 Mahi – Tuna

Got a late start because of some work stuff in am. Weather looked great so we headed south looking for birds. Todays target was Mahi and head to the hump…

June 24, 2017 Mahi Mayhem

Went out with neighbor, his son and SIL only looking for dolphin. Got a couple miles past the light saw frigate working so lines in and we are hooked up…

June 22, 2017 – Rough Seas

Had a trip planned with Bruce – Ankona and Kevin – Kgfisher to run out and look for phins. Weather called for rough conditions and as we pressed south the…

We will have fishing reports coming soon.

Nice porgies, mutton and hog AJ on a 5000 series Trigger, Mahi and lane Cobia Cuda Nice Cobia

March 22, 2017 The winds laid down and gave us a window to try and find some black fin tuna. This was my last chance on this trip and I…

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