Backcountry Shark Fishing with FishMonster Charters.
Sting Wrays on Sundays
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to Louie Wray for sending in this video!
What Kind of Fish Is This?
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just before this publication I got a call from Capt. Duane Piccicuto who has a place in Big Pine Key. He had caught a rather unusual fish and thought we should take a look. “…I was fishing Sat.14 With Bill and Karen Buchard my family from Mass. staying at my house on Big Pine away… Read More
The Perfect Day…
February 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A beautiful day in February or March fishing the crystal clear blue seas of the Florida Keys has all the makings of the perfect day. We are on the Aikatsi before sunrise the boat and gear are all ready to go as we ease past the markers at the end of the channel. It is… Read More
Living in Paradise
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Locals call it “getting off the rock” and visitors ask “where do you go for vacation when you live in paradise?” For most of us the answer is…home, aka, to see family. Sometimes this place seems very small and even though we are connected by a road to mainland, pretty darn isolated. Our shopping leaves… Read More
Just Catch Fish
February 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recently we had the privilege of taking a special family fishing. This family of 5 wanted to experience the joy and excitement of sport fishing in Islamorada. We started our trip with a stop at the famous bait patch. We began chumming up ballyhoo, yellowtail snapper, grey snapper, some blue runners and were hoping to… Read More
The Secret to Fishing February’s Windy Weather
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Rigid flexibility. That catch phrase is the essence of how to plan your fishing trip in February’s often volatile weather patterns. The winds can go from perfectly calm one day to thirty knots the next with the passing of a cold front. Staying ready to get out on the calm days and jumping when you… Read More
Get Out of the Wind
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
During the winter and spring we tend to get plenty of wind and as the wind blows the seas pick up to heights where people just don’t go off shore to fish. Don’t let the wind and waves get you down – get out there and just don’t go as far. There are plenty of… Read More
Fishing Regulations Made Easy
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You are probably aware that the multiple agencies responsible for creating the current fishing regulations governing the waters of the Florida Keys continue to exert their independence. By this I mean the guidelines never seem to have much coordination and you still need several different rulebooks to insure you are not violating any agency’s statutes…. Read More
Happy 50th Anniversary Key West Marine Hardware
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
They did it again! The Bermuda chubs chewed another huge hole in the mesh of the chum bag setting free the last of the block. That event signaled the end of another fully enjoyed chum slick evolution. It was at its peak when the chubs finally wore through the nylon mesh saving the rest of… Read More
