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It's been steady action in 100-300 ft of water all week fishing live herring & pilchards under the kite and out of the outriggers on sailfish, mahi & kingfish along with some nice blackfin tuna and lots of Bonita. There have also been some mahi out a little deeper under frigate birds chasing flying fish. The wrecks in the 180-250 ft range have been holding some big amberjacks up to 50lbs and they have been eating big live blue runners, speedos & goggle eyes. There have been plenty of pilchards at bug light and the herring have been on &...

Offshore: The fishing offshore prior to this cold front has been excellent with catches of blackfin tuna to 15 lbs live baiting and smaller with trolling feathers. The issue is the onslaught of boats catching and keeping small tuna. Please remember to release small tuna as they can grow to 10 pounds within 6-8 weeks. We try to leave the masses behind and focus on finding free ranging schools of tuna. Mahi fishing has been excellent with several large gaffers taken this past week in the areas we fish in.  There are smaller mahi are in schools but the slammers are...

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...

These are the primary colors for So, Cal. and the Cabo/East Cape area. These Colors are on every boat I have ever been fishing on.  #1 Petrolero. Solid chocolate top with a single back stripe down the middle of the side, the belly is grey. No colored bars or flakes. The inner skirt is a bright solid orange with no bars or flakes. #2 Mean Joe Green. The outer skirt is solid black with lots of sparkle with the inner skirt is a bright medium green with lots of sparkle. Some like the outer skirt to be black on the...

If you are un-familiar with Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, and you are serious about Blue Marlin, you need to open your eyes. This location has been absolutely on fire as of late and just held it's first annual Blue Marlin tournament won by Fa La Me.  One of the top boats and top teams is the Contango. I had the pleasure of meeting them at the tourney and they also picked up a few Bost Lures. Looks like they are working out great landing 1 of only 8 Blues caught yesterday on a slow day. You can follow...