Marathon Fishing Reports Blog

Offshore Fishing Report: Catching the Rarest Fish in the Keys

July 10, 2010

Jul
10
2010

This past week we fished 40 miles west of Key West for yellowtail and grouper.  The bite was on for the yellowtails.  We placed a block of chum in the bag and it wasn’t five minutes when we were pulling in our first flag yellowtail.  We had blue runners about five pounds swimming around the…

Have you ever seen a Mako shark eat a swordfish?

April 26, 2010

Apr
26
2010

MARATHON, Florida Keys — Wow, what a beautiful week we had out on the water.  The weather was almost perfect the entire week.  We still didn’t find many dolphin but while were searching we came across an unusual floater. We found half of a large swordfish floating, with a mako shark circling.  The swordfish was…

Offshore Fishing Report: Cold Water Moves Into Marathon

February 21, 2010

Feb
21
2010

MARATHON, Florida Keys — Cold and blusterous, seems to be a theme this year.  There has been cold water plaguing us here in Marathon.  This was caused by the Gulf Stream shooting into the Gulf of Mexico and forcing out cold water, which inevitably was forced along the Keys and it was the reason why…