Florida Keys Fishing Report week of 10/29/2018
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Offshore:
There have been some Dolphin caught this past week, but we are clearly in the transition from summer time conditions to winter time action. The water temperature has dropped some and we have had a couple of frontal boundaries clock the breezes around to west and north. There have been Blackfin Tuna caught on the Islamorada Hump in sizes from a few pounds to the teens. If it is calm and you must run in search of Dolphin the Hump can be used as a “plan b”.
Reefs:
Here is where the majority of reports will come from for several months. The Sailfish have shown up as expected. The Miller Time released 2 Sails last week and the Playbaby released 1. On the Get Bent they boated a Wahoo thirty pounds just off of the reef. Captain Wayne King on the Expedition Released a Sailfish and caught a Cobia, along with some King Mackerel. The King Mackerel bite should be on in the 90 to 180 foot depths. Live or dead bait throughout the entire water column should get the attention of the Kingfish.
Gulf and Bay:
There have been some unsubstantiated reports of Spanish Mackerel in our near Gulf waters. The run of Spanish historically shows up sometime in November, so the possibility is real that they are present now. The Tripletail catches have been good by skiff captains who run the trap buoys in the Gulf. And, of course the Mangrove Snapper is the ever present go to fish in the Gulf. Anchor and chum and they will come.
Flats, Backcountry and Flamingo:
Shallow water guides continue to tell of good catches of Snook. There are lots of Pilchards around and one throw with the cast net should yield all the bait needed. Of course, the bait shops are providing plenty of good size Shrimp also. Captain Vinnie out of Bud and Mary’s Marina fished a couple of trips last week and concentrated in the channels near the bridges. Vinnie’s crew released one Tarpon and caught a bunch of Mangrove Snapper and Jacks to make for some good rod bending. Captain Eric Scoble got into some Snapper and Snook in the backcountry.

 

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