Mickey's Guide Service Fishing Reports

I guess our season is officially underway now, I didn’t see this coming but I’ll take it. I was depressed about coming home from Key West but that’s now a distant memory cuz there’s fish everywhere. Smallies, Shad, Walleye, Stripers, the whole deal. Me and little Mikey and Doc John went out tonight and didn’t have to wait at all for our first bite, or the second, third, etc. In 90 minutes we had a full day’s worth of action on Shad— both males and big Roes. If you want to get in on this action I will take you out from 5-7pm, give me a ring at the number below. It has been 2 years since I ran my last Shad charter, but this is a good time to try it as I have a feeling this will be our next fishery to close. Do yourself a favor and check it out now.

Usually at this time of year I’m preparing my tackle for when the real fishing begins, like a month from now. Right now there are a lot of options though because of the unbelievable warm weather we’re experiencing. We have Shad in the river right now, and not just one or two here and there. fishing is actually outstanding and we’re fishing in t-shirts! Tonight my friend Eric and I went out for a few hours and had steady action the whole time with small Buck Shad as well as large Roes. If you want to fish please give me a call; it is happening right now and will continue for who knows how long.

Randy and I went out prospecting some new territory today and were rewarded with this big Grouper and a couple of Blacktip Sharks. Great pic, gorgeous fish!

Today I got to fish with my father, the man who got me started on the sport when I was a little kid. The fish gods smiled on us today as we had super fishing and beautiful weather. We had big Amberjack, African Pompano, Kingfish, Grouper, Yellowtail, and on and on. Key West has an amazing fishery and today we got to experience a little bit of it all both offshore and inshore. Also joining us was my Uncle Bill who I have been fishing with my whole life as well. Tonight we are eating fresh fish and drinking big. A day we’ll never forget.

I haven’t had many chances to type up fishing reports because we barely have enough time to eat and shower (when we get the weather to fish). The offshore fishing was much better today, we got covered up with Mahi into the mid-teens for a couple hours. We found a big weed line with tons of flying fish and Dolphin stacked underneath and we fished the hell out of it and put a lot of meat in the cooler. We’ve also had a lot of Grouper, Bonita, Sharks, Kingfish, and all of the Yellowtail you could ask for. We dropped a Sailfish today 10 minutes into our first drift, a lot of action. Things will hopefully continue to improve. Check out these pics–Zach today with a nice Mahi, Little Michael with a nice Red Grouper, and what was once a nice Black Grouper that got chomped by a 6 foot Blacktip Shark just as we were about to lift him in the boat.

Check out this cool video from today of a nice Hammerhead we landed while flying kite baits for Sailfish. Today we had Drew and his father Mike out for a full day of offshore fishing where we caught a little bit of everything. The highlight for sure was this nice Hammerhead that went batshit on a live bait and took a half hour to land. I edited the video down to about 3 minutes. We had some nice Kingish, Grouper, Snapper, and Macks as well. Enjoy!

Today we had a good day of trolling offshore with David and Crooks with a great Mahi bits as well as the usual Kings and Bonita mixed in for good measure and semi-steady action. The wind finally laid down enough for us to get back tothe blue water which is the only place I want to be right now. Heard about a couple of Sailfish on the radio which is what we’ve been waiting for, they are balled up just to our North and we’re waiting for a little cold front (alright not too cold) to push them down our way. A beautiful day on the water once again–they’re all beautiful days down here though honestly.

Today we had Nate and Tasha out for a stellar day of fishing. We caught Grouper after Grouper after Grouper, and Kingfish/Spanish/Cero Macks, and the largest Mangrove Snappers any of us have ever seen. We could do no wrong today and easily broke the 100 fish mark with too many quality fish to begin counting. We also had Bonita, Yellowtail, Jack Crevalle, Mutton Snapper, etc. A mind blowing day of fishing on both bait and jigs. Wow.

We had beautiful weather for a day on the water and a great bite to go along with it. We had repeat customer Jim Whalen on the boat today and he always brings good luck and good weather with him. We had a ton of action today with 7 or 8 nice Kingfish coming to the boat as well as a half dozen nice big fat Bonito, Red Grouper, Jewfish, Flag Yellowtail, and a Blackfin Tuna. The Sailfish bite hasn’t really turned on yet but for the 2nd trip in a row we raised one in the spread but he wouldn’t bite. A really solid trip after 4 days of wind keeping us at the dock.