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Fishing Report May 2 Upper Keys Sportfishing and Capt Jorge Piñera Offshore We have not fished offshore after being out of town most of the week but there are reports of blackfin tuna at the humps as well as dolphin(mahi) offshore. The tunas have been taken on small feathers and the dolphin on several different bait presentations. Several weeks ago we took two nice blue marlin and will be pursuing them in the next few days.   Reefs  We went on a half day charter yesterday with a group from FL and limited on Gag and Red Grouper. The grouper bite is good...

Offshore The word continues to be dolphin, dolphin dolphin as known in Florida. Mahi or Dorado in the Pacific and Atlantic. Nevertheless the catches are very good to excellent. We have caught several nice bulls and cows in the 30-40 pound class as well as many gaffer sized fish from 10-20 pounds. Multiple schoolies have been caught and released. The trick we tend to use is a mahi/tuna sized lure with a chugger head available from Bost in front of a smaller ballyhoo rigged with a 7/0 hook.   Immediately on a seperate rod several feet behind we place a horse ballyhoo naked with...

This past week has brought great fishing to the Upper and Middle Keys. We at Upper Keys Sportfishing have consistently caught nice slammer mahi on our longer Marlin charters and full day charters. The fish are found one at time and is more hunting than fishing. The tuna bite on the humps has been great but if you are happy with 20 charter and private boats catching lots of small 12" tuna then head there.  If you want the larger 20 plus pound blackfins you need to go away from the crowd and spend your time and fuel and willing...