Top 10 Reasons To Fish The Florida Keys

1.  The absolute best place in the world to sight fish big tarpon..
Mid April though mid June thousands of big, migratory tarpon  pass though the crystal clear water of the Lower Florida Keys..

2.  Big permit..  The biggest...

3. Yeah we have big bonefish too..  not as many as you will see in Belize, Bahamas or the Yucatan.. but they are big..

4.  Don't need a pass port.... travel Insurance, immunizations, etc..

5. No language barrier... you can understand what your guide is saying.....(even though you may not want to)

Hells Bay Skiff

6.  Keys guides have  all the latest gear, rods, flies, etc..  This is huge!!   This means you do not have to lay out over a $1,000 for a rod and reel that you may only use a hand full of days a year..  Plus it give you a chance to try out the stuff we like..When you go to another country you have to provide rods, leader, tippet, line cleaner, etc. and hope you have bought/tied the right flies..  Here all you have to do is step in the boat..




Looe Key Tiki Bar

 

7. If we do get bad weather and fishing is not possible.. we refund your deposit and you can spend it foolishly in Key West on wine, women and song....  or Rum runners and Grouper sandwich..

Counch Rebublic Sea Food Company

8. Excellent restaurants and fun bars.. Key West has lots of both!   Fished in a lodge in the Yucatan years ago..  My friend was served a jack crevalle for dinner..  Last year on a do it your self, JU JU travel tip to Andros.... My buddy Tom ordered the fish  in a locals spot in Fresh Creek...  They served him a baby tarpon...  I had the cracked conch..  LOL..actually every night after that too..

Florida Keys App

9. Your I phone works every where, even on the flats.. ( Not necessarily a good thing) 

Key West International Airport

10. Key West Airport.  When you fly into Key West , there are no 18 year old kids with pimples and automatic weapons , dressed in camo in the airport..  (might be some TSA people with a funny gleam in their eyes)
Also you don't have to listen to the annoying LOUD Calypso band while standing in line for 45 minutes at Nassau customs....

If you are not here this week end you should be....

We had a minor cold front earlier this week. Before the temperatures dropped in to the low 60's, we found several nice schools of bonefish on the warmer flats near deeper water..  Looks like the weather is improving for this week end.  Highs in the 70's..   More Key West festivities this week end too.. 

I plan on being in Key West this week end,  how ever I will be on my skiff looking for permit and barracudas..

Although the Wine and Seafood Festival sounds like a lot of fun!!

Key West Food and Wine Fest to Star Sunshine, Savory Flavors and Spirited Fun

Food and wine enthusiasts can savor sunshine, standout dishes and stellar vintages during the second annual Key West Food and Wine Festival, happening now through Sunday, Jan. 30.

 
                                             
The festival of flavors also features a wacky afternoon of coconut bowling and sampling coconut treats at Blue Heaven Restaurant in historic Bahama Village, a traditional Key West shrimp boil at the funky Hogfish Bar & Grill beside the shrimp docks and a "bubbles and madness" champagne brunch at Azur Restaurant.