The calendar says that it is winter but the fish and i aren’t so sure! We have had some days of traditionally great winter time fishing but warm water species are still around. On January 4th while running a private boat “Weez in the Keys” we caught 44 sails in one day (a best day for all on board), of course that happened THE DAY BEFORE the Silver Sailfish Derby 
We went on to catch 28 sails the next day but fishing slowed considerably each day after that. Sailfishing has been good but not great since then but believe it or not the dolphin (mahi) fishing has remained strong since last summer. Yesterday , aboard the Miss Britt, the catch on a full charter was 15 dolphin to 40 lbs, several skipjack tunas and 2 muttons on the reef to 18 lbs. There have been cobias on the rays in 20 feet of water on the days we can see the bottom and there have been wahoos around near the full moons. Overall it has been a great winter so far and I have to say that i can’t complain about the weather or the fishing!
Thanks for checking in—Ray
Feb
15
Nov
25
Winter is around the corner and so are the sailfish! The really great thing is that the dolphin haven’t left yet. I have never seen dolphin fishing like this in October and November. We have had good summers and early falls before but this has been better late season fishing than I have ever seen. The fish are not only close to the reef but they are the usual 4 to 12 lbs that we usually see in the fall. Add to the picture a few sails, kingfish and swords and you have a recipe for great fishing trips. I don’t know how much longer this will last but we’ll take it for as long as mother nature will provide it.
On the sailfish scene, congratulations to Capt. Bill Wheita and the Blue Time fishing team for their convincing win in the Sailfish Cup Tournament last week out of Miami. They caught 13 sails in the 2 day competition. Sailfishing has been good but not great overall. We have seen a lot of green water this past month after having huge amounts of rainfall in September and October. It shows signs however of clearing out and blue water moving in. That’s all for now—I hope you can get out there and enjoy some time on the water!—Ray
Jun
4
Fishing this past week has been hampered by windy weather but there have been plenty of fish when you could get out. We got out fishing 2 days ago on the Miss Britt with Capt Jason running the boat. He fished an afternoon trip and caught 2 out of 4 sails in addition to kingfish, bonitos… Swordfishing has been good in recent weeks with our last trip producing a sword about 180 to 200 lbs out of 3 bites. One bite during the day and two at night. I have heard of several other boats catching swords also. Yellowtail fishing has been picking up over the last few days as well as the mangrove and mutton snapper fishing off of miami. Mahi have been showing up better in recent weeks and should continue to improve in the near future. One other bit of good news is that the wind is calming down and should stay relatively calm for a while. That’s all I have for now, I hope you can get out there and catch a few—Ray Rosher