March 4th 2024 – Figuring out what the weather will do is no science, it’s more like a magic 8 ball. Seeing what the last 3 months have provided for us, then looking at the long range forecast it seems as though, Winter is going.. Temps in the mid 70s water temps in the shallows mirror that and the fishing has some good and some not so great reports depending on the day. Here are the highlights that I have seen..

Fishing Report

Inshore we are waiting for the tarpon to get consistent. While there have been a few caught here and there I cannot really say tarpon fishing is a thing yet. I will know tomorrow after my two inshore trips on my bay boat. I assure you I will be ready. March is one of my favorite months to go flats fishing for permit. There have been very few permit seen on the flats as of late, hoping that improves as the conditions are right for sure.. New moon comes up this weekend on the time change. Big tides, big permit on the flats in March. Barracudas have been a hoot, ready to pounce on anything that is rolled across the flats.

Just offshore I have fished a couple of my signature All In Wonder fishing charters and we have had a blast. The wrecks did not disappoint with good cobia and barracuda fishing. The Gulf backed it up with some good grouper fishing where we released those fish so we could run to the Atlantic and fish for mutton snapper. All were chewing well. NOTE… I did not see loads of bait anywhere, like I normally do this time of the year. Concerning?

Offshore the fishing has been up and down with the changing of the swell direction. Key West Deep sea fishing charters have produced some good mahi last week with a few sailfish scattered in the mix and the occasional wahoo. The deeper the better on the mahi and wahoo as the trend went. Fish were caught from 250 to 700 feet of water. The East bound current was at 550 or so last week but the stream is still way offshore. Coming up March is typically a windy month and I don’t expect we will escape that this year, however The long range forecast looks favorable for Easterlies that will be manageable in the 10 -15 knot range with a few exceptions over the next weekend. I betcha the mahi, wahoo and sailfish will be around with a strong tuna bite for us to the West.

Check out my Key West March Fishing Calendar to see that we expect traditionally here.

So, as I gather my stuff to go and do prep work on my Viking 47 to do her spring maintenance items the air feels a little heavier with some humidity. I like that for the tarpon fishing in the shallows and maybe those permit will show. I am fishing pretty much every day through to next week inshore, offshore, wrecks and reefs so I will keep you all posted.

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