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Posts from ‘November, 2009’

She’s not 504…

But I’ll take her any day!
Another fun trip with Phil, Mel, Ty and Jason Long of Best Bet Sportfishing.

From left: Phil Price, Jason Long, myself, and Ty Price.

504# Florida Keys Swordfish

Congrats to Captain Ty Price and Nick Borraccino for helping landing this once-in-a-lifetime catch this past week. This fish, which weighed in at 504-pounds, was caught Thursday off Marathon, Florida.

Photos courtesy of Denise Matzen.
Stay tuned- I’m hoping to do a feature on Ty and Nick’s catch to be published in next week’s Florida Keys Weekly [...]

Journey Through the Florida Keys- Key West

(from TryCharterFishing.com)
Now Entering- KEY WEST
Mile Markers: 6 to zero…including Stock Island.
Welcome to Key West…the end of the road. It’s been a fun and exciting journey through the Florida Keys and now you have reached the southernmost city in the continental United States. If Key West was your destination from the start, we hope that [...]

Journey Through the Florida Keys- Big Pine & the Lower Keys

(from TryCharterFishing.com)
Now Entering- BIG PINE & THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS
Mile Markers: 40-6….the Seven-Mile Bridge to Key West.
Welcome to Big Pine and the Lower Florida Keys. First stop, Bahia Honda State Park (MM 36.8-O)- our favorite place to take out our camera phones and send photographs of palm trees and pelicans to our envious friends back [...]

Journey Through the Florida Keys- Marathon

(from TryCharterFishing.com)
Now Entering- MARATHON
Mile Markers: 60-40…if you count the Seven-Mile Bridge.
Welcome to Marathon. You caught your first Florida Keys bonefish; dipped your feet in the saltwater at Anne’s Beach (MM 73-O); fed the tarpon at Robbie’s (MM 78.5-B, how cool was that?); slowed down for the police car “decoy” in Layton (MM 68-O); took [...]