Category Archives: Key West Fishing Reports

This week in beautiful Key West has offered some spectacular Tarpon fishing. Morning, afternoon, and sunset trips have all been productive. Captain Kevin on the Outcast had an awesome 1/2 day sunset trip yesterday. His clients went 8 for 13 on the mighty silver king. The offshore bite has still been productive with good size Mahi Mahi, [...]

Great weather and great fishing this week in Key West. Capt. Chris Garcia on the Coolwater II had an awesome day yesterday with his long time clients from the UK. They ran to one of Captain Chris many wreck spots in the Gulf Of Mexico and had non stop action all day. All in all [...]

Today is May 1st which means it’s officially Grouper season. Both the Atlantic and the Gulf are open for these excellent fighting and great tasting fish. Grouper are typically caught on the reef and wrecks, and here in Key West we typically catch Black, Gag, Red, and Scamp Grouper. The last few days in Key [...]

This time of year reminds me why the spring is my favorite time of year to fish here in Key West. Both offshore and inshore fishing was great last week. Sailfish have been red hot offshore and the Tarpon fishing has been great inshore. Capt. Kevin on the Outcast had an awesome 3/4 day charter last week when his [...]

With the exception of today we have had great weather this week. Today we had a couple hard rain storms move through Key West making us have to cancel our charters. However the good news is it’s a one day thing and the weekend will be beautiful with the sun out and 10 to 15 [...]

This week here in beautiful Key West we have been busy. With all 4 boats running charters everyday this week there have been a lot of fish hitting our dock. Mutton Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Tuna, Cobia, & Cero Mackerel are a few of the great eating fish our customers have enjoyed this week. Along with [...]

At the beginning of this week Capt Tony Miller on the Coolwater was the 1st Captain to do our long range Gulf of Mexico shrimp boat trip for 2013. This specialty charter is only done in the spring and early summer time. The Gulf shrimp boat trip is very weather depended, due to the long run (40 [...]

  We had a little cold spring cold snap this week. With temperatures in the low 60′s it was a little unusual for this time of year. However we did have some great reef fishing. Capt. Bill Wallace on the Coolcast caught over 20 Mutton Snapper this week with his clients. Mutton Snapper is a great [...]

Today is March 1st and we are officially in our spring fishing season here in Key West. Spring is our favorite time of year due to the fact that it gives us lots of fishing options. Inshore, Reef, Offshore, and the Gulf Of Mexico can all be loaded with awesome fishing this time of year. [...]

With temperatures back in the hight 70′s the last few days the Tarpon have made their way back into Key West harbour. Capt. Cory on the Coolwater II had a great sunset trip yesterday. Cory’s clients wanted some eating fish. Cory took them to one of his many Snapper holes and they caught lots of [...]