Fishing Report

June 13, 2013 by

June 13 2013 – Give us good weather and the fishing will Rock!

Permit fishing

Fishing The Flats of Key West this angler has a great day fishing with Capt. Kyle Walsh of Dream Catcher Charters.

After the tropical system that turned into Andrea passed through here and rinsed off the island chain we have had nothing but epic fishing conditions and incredible fishing reports to follow.

Inshore the tarpon fishing is still full on. The migration has not slowed a bit and there are thousands of fish circling Key West and the Marquesas Keys. On the flats the permit have been making a great showing. I was fishing the flats yesterday on what I would consider a weak incoming tide and was still able to put my fly fishing angler on some great shots of tailing fish. Bonefishing has also been pretty good but not stellar just yet. Some fish in the 4-6 lb range have been caught. Its not a stretch to try and go for the big three Key West Grand Slam. Elsewhere in the shallows we have some excellent table fare in our snapper population that has invaded the Key West backcountry waters. Mangrove snappers are super tasty and hard fighters on light tackle. Don’t forget our toothy guys for some extra fun with barracudas and sharks.

Offshore the dolphin fishing has been a 50 – 50 sport mixed with some blue and white marling on the troll. Several blue marlin and some whites have been hooked in the last few days on our offshore boats in this super calm waters conditions. Dolphin up to 40 lbs have been eating and entertaining anglers off Key West.

The reef is loaded with snappers and remember it is grouper season. Get to some good bottom with any of our light tackle fishing guides and you will be rewarded with a STELLAR dinner of Yellowtails, Muttons and Red Grouper. There are some black grouper around as well to put some more color in the box.

We offer all facets of fishing here in Key West at Dream Catcher Charters. Deep Sea, Reef, Wreck, Flats and Backcountry fishing. We have specialists that cover it all.
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Deep Sea Fishing Weekend Wrap Up

June 1, 2013 by

June 1 2013- Deep sea fishing for dolphin, tuna and wahoo was decent this weekend. Some nice fish were caught. Mostly Dolphin with a few exceptions.

Capt. Rob Harris was running the Intense for Dream Catcher Charters several days this weekend with some nice slammer dolphin coming to the dock. Fish up to 20 lbs for some fun anglers and plenty of them. Along the way Capt. Rob also stopped to get up some Snowey grouper to add to the box and a 25 lb fish made it to the surface using some high tech electric reels made exclusively for bottom fishing in 500 ft of water. A highlight the last few days was the white marling that Capt. Robs anglers jumped. He was about 100lbs and full of fire and fury as he ate the flat line and turned tail to run. After a brief fight the fish spit the hook and went on about his day.

Reports elsewhere in the Key West deep sea fishing fleet are similar, dolphin to 20 lbs and the occasional marlin. What a great time to be deep sea fishing here in Key West.

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Flats Fishing Report

June 1, 2013 by

June 1 2013 – Perfect weather and decent tides rewards an angler with 2 nice days of weather, some great shots and 4 nice fish, flats fishing with Capt. Steven Lamp of Dream Catcher Charters.

Starting off early is great for tarpon fishing here but for a quick tide shot at some sight fishing for permit and bonefish I decided that an 8 am depart was great for me to pick up a last of the out going and first of the incoming tide in an area where my logs told me there would be some opportunities lurking. Fishing with a regular customer of ours but our first time fishing together. We set off in my Lake and Bay flats boat. Nathan had landed many tarpon and some other species with our guides here at Dream Catchers and now his dream was to get shots at and catch a nice permit or bonefish that was sight fished on the flats. He was up for the task…

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Nathan Catches a nice Key West Bonefish.

First day was off to a decent start, the flat felt fishy as I worked the shallows of an edge falling out with the tide. Shrimp in Key West have been scarce so it was an artificial sort of morning using a special tied buck tail jig that I am fond of in grassy areas for bonefish. Working the skinny water many smaller sharks were looking for some fun as well. Backs out of the water they are easy to note the difference from that of a bonefish. The bones were cooperative coming through in schools of 6 – 10 in the smaller sizes. Shots were made and things just did not come together. I spotted some fish tailing right up on the shallowest part of the flat. The cast made, Nathan was hooked up large on a nice bonefish. Weighing in at 6.5 lbs. A very respectable Key West bonefish.

Moving on down the flat we poled a good ways. Interestingly enough there were an amazing amount of tarpon in the channel just to our backs, but Nathan was on task for his tailing permit. The tarpon were not going to be harassed today. A few more shots at bonefish were made but no connection as we got to where I knew some permit would be poking about.

Permit

Capt. Steven and Nathan pose with Nathan’s permit.

Now using the bonefish rod as a secondary to the permit rod we made ready with one of the few crabs to be found in Key West for permit fishing. Not long at all and we had our first shot of the day. three nice fish working a shallow spot of the flat just ahead and what luck, working our way. Nice.. A cast was made and the largest of the three fish ate and Nathan landed his first, largest and sight fished permit. 23 lbs. Nice first fish. It was a real fighter too making many runs across the flats. And that was a wrap on our first day of flats fishing..

Day 2.

The bonefish Gods were making things a little tougher. with some high clouds for tough viability. we go into the flats a little early in the tide but that did not mean the fish were not there. After being mugged a few times Nathan landed a nice jig shot right into the middle of some bonefish traversing their way from shallow to deep for his second sight casted fish. This fish ate well and fast. Coming into the scales at 4.5 lbs. Now we were off to compound on some permit..

permit fish and angler

Nathans 2 permit day 2

It was a slow mid day on the hunt for permit. We saw a few fish but the water was moving slowly and the fish were super wary blowing out early before we got in range. as the day progressed I felt a geography change was needed to get our shots. so I jumped and made a 15 minute run. It paid off.. Right off the bat we had a shot at 12:00 but the crab landed at 11 then a 1:00 again 11. Now Nathan was angry, silence fell between he and I as he realized any chance of bettering yesterday was fading. Then I spotted a nice fish tailing on the flat in a white spot. These fish can be super spooky on the white.. I took the time to explain exactly where he was to Nathan, he said nothing. Do you hear me? he nodded.. Ready? nodded, Cast!! He did and the shot was Perfect.. 10 minutes later we landed a nice 13lb permit to add to his list.

Nice day fun times..

Capt. Steven Lamp

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Fishing Report For Key West

May 27, 2013 by

May 27th 2013 — Soggy conditions will take over the Blue skies for a few days here in Key West bringing a wet blanket over the killer fishing we have been experiencing for the last several weeks.

Wow, as soon as you think, Hey…. its over.. 5 -10 and we win.. Whammo Mother nature re assures us she is the HBIC. The forecast this week is one of the worst I have seen in May in a very long time. A strong low pressure compliments of our friends in the Yucatan is headed our way with a large but moderate circulation.. My opinion this is the line in the sand that separates the winter northern patterns from the fronts that hit us from the South. The tropical weather pattern has just begun  TODAY… As i sit here in Sugarloaf Key and its Pouring rain I am assured that weather is a coming..

Hows the backcountry Fishing? Its tough. reports from the backcountry today were off from that just 24 hours ago. The tarpon bite was hard this afternoon as the winds were approaching 20 – 25 mph out of the East South East. Jacks, snappers, and sharks were reported by the men here at Dream Catcher Charter for their afternoon efforts, Good thing.. thats what they were targeting for some young anglers. Sight fishing was a challenge in the winds but some permit were seen up on the tops of the flats.

Offshore I have nothing for you except over the weekend the Florida Keys Dolphin Championship was won by a guy out of Big Pine Key with a 42 lb fish.. Nice work. I have no reports from today out of Key West except that the offshore deep sea guys are still planing on getting out there tomorrow in the wind..

The Fishing Forecast.. With the weather we are watching it looks as though the week to come after Memorial Day will be hit or miss. They are calling for winds up to 25 and rain chances most days this week into the 60 percent range.. Yuck.. But the show must go on..

Bad Weather Forecast Fishing Tips —- If the weather looks favorable for a short while DO NOT Hesitate to call a fishing guide and set up a last minute ride to go get your fishing thing on.. Tarpon trips are especially good for this as we can be in the fish in a mater of minutes and we would LOVE to fill the gaps of our schedules of the guys who Bailed on us for the bad weather..

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Tarpon Report Key West

May 19, 2013 by

May 19th 2013 - Mid May report for tarpon fishing in Key West.

The migration is doing well. The path this year is a bit different than we have seen in the years past. The tarpon are on the beaches pushing along like always but not in huge numbers. We are actually finding our huge numbers of hungry fish in a strange place and boy are they hungry tarpon.

Great shots at numerous fish are possible here in Key West especially tarpon fishing with the captains at Dream Catcher Charters. These guys have been in it for 2 trips a day every day.

Artificial lures the tarpon are eating the bagley finger mullet, Hogy lure (white and black) and the MirrOlure Lumo Serries as well as the MirrOlure Catch 2000. In the AM I prefer the white and red colors on my plugs and later in the day a darker color wins…

Fly fishing has been “ok” many fish eating flys all day but the tarpon are not as numerous in the shallows as the years past.. I think this will all improve later in the month.

Live bait is still king for sight fishing for tarpon. We are using mullet, pin fish and crabs (when we can get them).

The weather is holding up well. The moon phase is between a new and full moon today with good (decent) tides. Already reporting in this am is Capt. Kyle Kelso here at Dream Catcher Charters tarpon fleet with a 100+ lb slob hooked up and wearing his angler out.

Tarpon fishing charters are in huge demand.. Call Island Genn and find out how you can get on the books with a good tarpon fishing guide here in Key West, last minute.. She knows all the fishing guides worth fishing with and their schedules.

Island Genn
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