(from TryCharterFishing.com)
A Local’s Guide to Travelling through and Enjoying Paradise
KEY LARGO - ISLAMORADA - MARATHON - BIG PINE & THE LOWER KEYS -KEY WEST
As mainland Florida disappears into the passing reflections of your rearview mirror, and you become engulfed in the tranquil blues and greens of the Atlantic and Florida Bay waters, you soon realize [...]
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Canal Cobia!
You just never know what you’re going to see swimming around in the Florida Keys.
This evening my neighbor (with my assistance), caught a 34-pound cobia–in our canal!
It all started while he and his wife were snapper fishing and they noticed two very large, and very mean looking bull sharks swimming around.
Bull sharks are not uncommon [...]
R.I.P. Pentax Optio W60
Optio, Pentax W.
(December 25, 2008- September 7, 2009)
Mr. Pentax Optio passed on Labor Day weekend while doing what he loved most; capturing beautiful images of Florida Keys underwater sea life.
Mr. Optio, best known for his work providing fishing and outdoors photography for websites such as TryCharterFishing.com, FromtheYak.com, and for the Florida Keys Weekly Newspapers, will [...]
Tarpon Fun
A Florida Keys welcoming committee! These guys were waiting back at the dock for Captain Ariel to return from his fishing charter. To book a trip with captain Ariel check out www.TryCharterFishing.com.
Super Simple Swordfish Kabobs
Often the simplest dishes are the most flavorful- and this is definitely true with this easy to prepare, yet wonderfully delicious swordfish recipe.
I made these swordfish kabobs for my wife and a couple of guests, one of whom is a swordfishing captain for a local charter boat, and even he agreed that this was some [...]
Vote for Innis (McNubbin)
In the cutest dog competition. He will steal your shoes if you don’t vote for him.
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Daytime Swordfishing in the Florida Keys- Cont.
Last month I posted about my Florida Keys daytime swordfishing excursions about the Permit out of Marathon, Florida.
Daytime swordfishing was rather new to all of us during our first few trips and though we did learn a lot, no actual fish were caught. We enticed a few hits, tore up some baits, and also acquainted [...]
Florida Keys Lobster Mini-Season
We are on the brink of another Florida Keys lobster mini-season and US-1 is flooded with tourists trailering their bug-hunting vessels into town. Pretty soon the reef will be overtaken by dive flags and center-consoles, and the waters rich with enthusiastic divers and snorkelers searching holes and ledges for tasty tails.
Before the madness ensues, I [...]
Simple and Delicious Cobia Recipes
Yesterday, to our surprise, we caught a nice cobia while out fishing a wreck off Marathon. Unlike during the winter months, cobia are not that common in the Florida Keys during summertime, especially on the Atlantic Ocean side. So we were quite thrilled to put one in the box- thrilled enough that we decided to [...]
Nighttime Snapper Fishing in the Florida Keys
It’s hot! Correction, it’s scorching hot!
Currently, at 4:30 pm, its 94 degrees with only a 4 mph wind ever so gently blowing out of the East. Weather.com says it feels like its 104!
Talk about a heat wave, even for the Florida Keys.
This is the kind of weather that makes you want to stay indoors, camped [...]