Fishing and Weather

We have a saying in the Keys.  There are only two types of weather.  Whether you are going fishing or whether you are not.  We have been going fishing and it has been good.  Some of the big tarpon are starting to show up - we got a 100 pounder a couple evenings ago.  The bite wasn't red hot - but we hooked two and landed the one.  The spanish mackerel have been red hot action with fish up to 6 pounds.. The patch reefs are still holding plenty of variety with porgies, snapper, grouper and a host of others.  The backcountry has been good for trout, snapper, some reds, black drum, sharks and of course the jacks and ladyfish.  So, even with this wild weather (very cold for this time of year), the fish don't seem to mind - too much!

 

Hey Doug Horst - if you are reading this - send me that tarpon video you took with me!

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Fishing Update

The tarpon fishing is starting to kick in!  We have been out the last three evenings in a row and hooked tarpon every night.  Fish up to 70-80 pounds - most averaging 10-30 pounds.  Mullet are showing up and the bigger tarpon are sure to follow.  The fishing  throughout our area has been good over the last few days.  The trout are big fat and full of eggs as they are getting ready for the first spawn of the year.  The speckled sea trout are making their way back into the traditional shallow water spots as the waters warm and every day we are catching more and more of them.  The patch reefs are still good with a mix bag of snapper, porgies, mackerel, grouper, etc and yesterday we got a 25 pound cobia.  Yum!!  The gulf has been great for spanish mackerel and a mix of trout, jacks, ladyfish and some shark action.  Warm weather and great fishing - does it get any better????!!!!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

The tarpon are back!  The water temps have been in the high 60's early in the day and up to low/mid 70's by afternoon evenings.  That's almost 10 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year.  The tarpon are here - even though it still is pretty cool for March -  and they are eating!!  We had 4 tarpon eat and got 2 of them to the boat on an afternoon/evening trip.  The two landed fish were in the 30 pound range.  Awesome fight on light tackle.  This is just the beginning.  The evening tarpon fishing will only get better as we get into spring and approach mid summer with warmer temps.

 

Good Fishing Everyone!!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Islamorada Mid-March Fishing

It's mid March and the water is finally starting to warm.  The fish are reacting well the last few days.  Today we had a great catch of redfish, trout, sheepshead and mangrove snapper.  We got 5 beautiful reds, 15 or 20 huge speckled sea trout (many fish over 20 inches).  These trout are starting to row up for the spring spawn - so, they were real fatties.  We bent the rod on as many mangrove snapper as you want to catch and lots of real beauties.  We've also been seeing some nice tarpon hanging around the dock - which is a great sign that they are starting to show up.  There were 4 tarpon swimming around my boat at the dock today that were 100-150 pounders.  Got 2 evening tarpon trips this week - should be good!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Fishing

The last few days have been good for some trout, ladyfish, jacks and lots of snapper.  All the snapper you want to catch (almost every cast).  We got a nice pompano yesterday.  The black drum, sheepshead and reds have been difficult.  We had a nice bonefish to the boat on Tuesday and tried some evening tarpon fishing.  The water is still a little to cool for the tarpon - as we found out.  No bites on the tarpon - but we did see a couple.  Hopefully next week the tarpon fishing will start to kick in.  It's only a matter of time now!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Good Fishing

The last few days have been great!  Plenty of action in the backcountry.  Nice schools of sheepshead and black drum with a few redfish in the mix.  The channels are full of trout and ladyfish.  Some reds and a few snook showing up on the flats and there have been a few tarpon rolling around the channels and basins. 

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

March Fishing

Well the cold fronts just keep on comin!  Low 47 today and a high of 60 degrees.  But that didn't stop us from fishing yesterday.  Lots of snapper, trout, ladyfish and jacks.  Plenty of action.  We are still waiting for the waters to warm for our snook, redfish, tarpon, bonefish and shark fishing to kick in.  Looks like this coming week may be the warming trend we have been waiting for.  March, April and May are always great fishing!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com