Southbound
Key West, Florida
Catch of the Day
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January 2012
January 31st, 2012
Windy and fairly “Sporty” today!
But we found some protected waters and caught some nice Cero Mackerel on 20lb and 8lb test spin tackle.
Best fish of the day was the big sucker in the middle – 13 1/2 lb Cero mackerel on 8lb spin!
(That’s only about 3 lbs off the world record!)
January 28th, 2012
Full Day Today
Weather was beautiful, but fishing was tough
We live bait fished for Sailfish offshore
We sharked fish inshore
and finally we trolled the reef
We got a few, but it was not hot and heavy for sure
January 27th, 2012
Full Day Today
Started pretty slow, But finished strong!
Finished the day on the reef and had great action with big Cero Mackerels, Barracudas,
Nice Yellow Tail Snappers and a Bonito on 20lb spin
January 25th, 2012
Full Day Today
Excellent day, lots of bites and some big fish
35 lb Kingfish
King fish, Cero Mackerel, bonitos and some nice Yellow Tail Snapper
January 24th, 2012
Full Day Today
Started slow but we finished strong!
January 23rd, 2012
Late trip today
Looking for Black Fin Tuna
Only got one
And a 36 lb King Mackerel on 20 lb spinning tackle
But fishing was generally slow
January 21st, 2012
Half Day Today
Weather was beautiful, but Fishing was a bit slow
Released 2 nice Black Grouper. Legal size but season is closed until May 1st
January 18th, 2012
Half Day Today
Kingfish, Bonito, Dolphin and Barracudas!
January 17th, 2012
Kingfish and Barracuda’s again today
A couple of big Barracudas
And Some nice Kingfish
a Good Half day!
January 16th, 2012
Good Day Today
Some big Barracuda
and
Got our limit on Kingfish today!
January 15th, 2012
Still chilly and “sporty” offshore, but some nice King Mackerels biting
January 14th, 2012
Cold Front came through the area last night
Cold, windy and “very Sporty” Today
January 13th, 2012
Friday the 13th wasn’t unlucky for us!
2 Good Trips Today
Kingfish and bonitos in the morning!
40lb King Mackerel!
More Bonitos and Kingfish in the afternoon!
Good action in the afternoon!
January 11th, 2012
Looking for a Sailfish Today!
We Got One!
And Another One!
(This one was missing it’s bill, but it looked like an old injury and the fish seemed healthy)
And a couple dolphin for Dinner!
January 9th, 2012
Good Day Today,
But we really earned them.
Seas were 6-8 ft all day!
January 8th, 2012
Some nice Black Fin Tuna today!
Had a Sailfish on but lost it right at the end of the day!
January 7th, 2012
January 6th, 2012
Half Day Today
and some Quality fish
23lb Bull Dolphin!
Same fish different pose
3 nice dolphin and a Black Fin Tuna
Has some other good fish on, but they came “unglued”
January 5th, 2012
Temps warming, Wind dropping
and Fishing improving!
January 4th, 2012
Still a bit breezy and pretty cold,
(for Key West)
Not a lot of bites, but some quality fish
and released a Sailfish
January 3rd, 2012
A Very, Very Strong Cold Front came through last night
Winds were blowing 34kts, (that’s about 39mph for you landlubbers).
Much too rough to go off shore. We tried to Shark fish in
shallow protected water, but while it was calm,
it was very muddy and fishing was very slow.
January 2nd, 2012
Half Day Today
Only caught one fish
But it was a good one!
January 1st, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
No fishing today,
We’re taking the day off
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