It happens every once in a while that I get folks who do not want to fish for mahi. Today was one of those parties, which is fine, because mahi isn't the only fish to be caught this time of year.
We started by catching 20 yellowtail, then went to the hump and caught a dozen blackfin tuna and. finished the day deep dropping. Caught a decent snowy, rose porgies. and yelloweyes on the drops and headed for home.
My anglers Jason, Troy and 10 year old Riley had a great time.

Had Bob and his guys out today for a full day and although we didn't see any big fish we caught plenty of schoolies.
The wind has finally abated which made for a very pleasant day on the water.

The wind came down just a bit today but it didn't make it any smoother, in fact the current moved in and it was rougher today then the other day.
Duncan and his guys survived it and we caught 19 nice schoolies and a couple teenagers.
Not a bad day considering the degree of difficulty.

Duncan,  Curtis and a couple of their buds came back to fish mahi and they  picked the right week again..
We started with ones and twos but then found a turtle with a large school of mahi on him and it more and more  fish for  rest of the  day.
Fortunately we found our fish fairly close because the wind is not letting up and it's nasty out in the gulf stream. We ended up with  over 30 gaffers and heavy lifters

Thought I took a picture of our catch today. ... guess not. We caught 18 fat  schoolies and pulled the hook on a 30 pounder. We also took a beating while out there. The wind was a few knots more then yesterday and yesterday wasn't exactly pleasant.
My new clients from Miami had a great time and are planning their next trip on the kk.

After a week or so of beautiful weather the wind has returned. The wind was not totally a bad thing as it kept most of the small boats inshore and made for better mahi fishing.
We did well again today , catching a couple 17 to 18 lb mahi and 20 or so schoolies. Bill and his group will be taking home a bunch of filets and planning their return to Islamorada next year.

Memorial Day weekend could be one  of my least favorite fishing weekends of the year. The mahi fishing is just starting to improve and it seem like  every small boater in south  Florida  is out looking to score a few fish. Boating etiquette  and common sense die long before the 1st mahi does.
Enough said.
We caught fairly well with one around 17lbs and 15 nice schoolies. Bill and his buddies (from PA) will be back tomorrow for another go on the kk.

Hardly got the baits out and had our 1st tarpon on. Jumped that one off and didn't have another bite for 45 minutes.  I was starting to get a little anxious when Joe  hooked up one about 90 lbs. We caught him  and a few minutes later Joe's girlfriend caught one around 40 lbs. We jumped one more tarpon off a little while later and  then headed home.

30 fat schoolies and a 25 lb bull made for a great day for our group from central Florida. Another gorgeous light wind day and fish too......it doesn't get any better.

Finally. The mahi showed up in numbers today with most boats catching as many as the wanted.
We stayed in the 500  ft depth and had close to 40 by late morning. Caught a few tiles off the bottom later and saw a big blue marlin in the weed.
Congrats to Marge,  Gary, Johnny and Damien on a great day.

no pictures yet. Mom was shooting pictures when we first hooked up  but I was too busy maneuvering the boat to get out my camera,  trying unsuccessful to keep the line off the channel marker piling. Amazingly we were able to pull the line off where it was caught on the piling, send Tony up the tower leg to get the line over the marker and still catch the tarpon. We definitely beat the odds on that one.
Jumped 2 more tarpon off and caught 4 sharks  to complete the evening

Wendy with her snowy grouper we caught today on the half. No current in the tarpon hole so the yellowtail bite was slow. We decided to run out to a couple of the deep drop spots and although there wasn't much current out there either we caught pretty well for the time we had.. porgies, verms , groupers and jacks, caught in a hour other so.

Big group today with 5 boats chartered . 2 boats did well but the rest of us struggled catching less than a dozen mahi. There were more fish caught today than the last few days so hopefully things will pick up.

Caught this teenager but only found a few more to go with him. It's been a little difficult in the mahi fishing department but one of these days soon they will show up in numbers.

There wasn't a lot of waiting for bites last night. We had a tarpon bite and caught a shark 5 minutes after the baits went in the water.
John, Terri  and their daughters Grace  and Jean did wonderfully, catching  14 sharks and 1 out of 4 tarpon.
Congratulations gang hope to see you again soon.

Bill with our catch today. Mahi fishing was a little slow so we did a little deep dropping and caught porgies, snapper and a snowy to go with a few mahi we found.

yesterday's catch of mahi

Aaron and his father in law standing in front of their catch today. The group did great today even with the rough seas.

Terry and his crew from Minnesota fished a full day with us today. They were a lot of fun and we had a good time although the mahi fishing was a little slow. We did catch 6 mahi, some nice porgies and a decent snowy grouper.
They will be back next year or sooner depending on how soon the cold starts.

Final day of the crones and colitis foundation tournament and we went mahi fishing. Not a lot of fishing boats out deep today and that was kind of surprising. Caught 20 and we were back a the dock 1:30.
A nice short day, beautiful weather and plenty of fish. Doesn't get much better.

The second day of the crones and colitis tournament was today and it was a bit of a struggle for everyone.  We caught some decent yellowtail and a mutton and kingfish. A few boats found enough mahi to fill the rack but overall it was slow.
Tomorrow is the last day and hopefully the fishing will improve.

The day started pretty nice once we got through the rain. Caught our limit of big yellowtail and decided to go look for mahi.
We caught 8 out in 500ft under the black birds but the rain and wind made things pretty uncomfortable.
Tony, Tony and Albert hung in there and had a lot of good fish to take back to Miami.

Robert's guys rallied today. Yesterday a bit too much liquor made for a long day for a couple of them. Today was very windy but the current and wind were in the same direction and the yellowtail bit very well. We also caught a mutton, a couple big grey snapper and 2 nice king fish. Back home by 11 and happy to be there.

1 -12lb grouper, 2 -10 to 12lb muttons and 20 large yellowtail made for a great day on the K K IV.
Frank and his guys from NY did a great job today. Thanks guys see you soon.