Sailfish Release
We have had a great month of fishing here in Key West and the winter weather has been cooperative too. The tuna bite offshore has been awesome, typically we have been doing afternoon/evening trips to target the tunas with live pilchards around the offshore wrecks. We have caught plenty of other fish on the pilchards as well, such as bonitos, amberjacks, jack crevalles and mutton snappers. The sailfish bite has been consistent over the last month; we have had a few days with multiple hook ups, including one day when we caught 5 fish out of 5 bites. All the sailfish have been caught on live baits like, goggle eyes, pilchards, and ballyhoo. There has been a lot of action on the reef with some nice mutton snappers and kingfish.
We have being seeing a lot fish in the backcountry this past month too. The typical winter species like barracudas, sharks, and jacks have been around, but there has been a good amount of bonefish and permit. The Tarpon haven't really showed up yet around Key West, but any day now we should start to see some big schools of fish popping up.
Blackfin Tuna