Key West Fishing-Incognito-Light Tackle

Key West Fishing Report

6/29/09

We have had a great run of big fish over the past couple of weeks. The Dolphin are running in the 15-30 pound range with a few bigger and plenty of schoolies mixed in. I have had a couple of days this past week with no fish under 12 pounds or so. Everything has been caught in the middle of nothing. No weeds, no debris, no current rip, no color change, no birds. Just out there cruising in the blue water. The current is moving good to the east and the water temp is 85.5. I had 2 nice triple hookups with all 3 fish over 25 pounds but the bad part was that I only had one angler that day so we had to pick our fish and loosen the drag on the other two until we could get to them. We managed to get all but 2 to the boat. I have been trolling with a plain ballyhoo on each outrigger and a Pakula Uzi in Dorado on one flatline and a Pakula Mini-Sprocket in Dorado on the other. There have been Sailfish free-jumping everywhere but I have not hooked into one in a few weeks. Marlin are out there and filtering in feeding on the peanut Dolphin. I hooked a White around 50 pounds and a Blue came up on a Ballyhoo but tore it off the hook.

On the reef the fishing has been good as well. Yellowtailing had a great run for the last week or so and Grouper started biting great when this front pushed through.

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2008 Key West Ladies Dolphin Tournament

2nd Place Aggregate 43.9 pounds

16.8 and 27.1

4th Place fish 27.1

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2008 Southernmost Swordfish Tournament

2nd Place

Angler: Mike Burleson with release of 80 pound (estimated) Swordfish at 4:30 PM

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2007 Key West Gator Club Dolphin Derby

3rd place Women's division

30.4 pound Dolphin

15.9 pound Dolphin

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2007 Key West Fishing Tournament

Largest Kingfish Men's Division-66 1/2 pounds in 50#line class

Largest Cobia Women's Division 14 1/2 pounds in 12# line class

Largest Dolphin Women's Division 22 pounds in unlimited line class

Largest Skipjack Tuna Women's Division 12 1/2 pounds in 50# line class

Largest Yellowjack Women's Division 16 1/2 pounds in Unlimited line class.

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2007 IGFA Junior World Championships

Tiffany Smith, happy to have finally caught her first dolphin, as well as taking home Junior Female Stringer award, Top Junior Female Day 1, and Top Junior Female Day 2

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Video Links:

Blue Marlin 4/21/07: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKjURGqPYjc

Mutton Snapper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPN830xzUk

Goliath Grouper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN-x-1Hf794

Red Snapper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE26UvDE6dk

Blackfin Tuna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK3cV2E4Okg

Catch Gallery

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