Shannon and her guys were not going to let some wind and waves stop them from fishing on vacation. We went out for a half day and caught our limit of black fin tuna and stopped on the reef to grab a few yellowtail snapper to go with dinner. Plenty of happy faces in that family.

Steve brings his grandson down to hang out at the marina and check out the daily catch. I got the opportunity to ham it up with Josh and this bull Dolphin that day. What a great life.

Shannon Kept it simple by requesting some good eating fish on their half day charter. The Yellowtail snapper were biting on this February 17 morning. With calm seas , it was a great way to start the day.

Aaron and Matt had an active evening of fishing aboard the Kay K IV. They hooked up four tarpon and successfully landed two. They also caught several other salt water species including Jack Crevalle, Nurse sharks, and a Sting Ray.  

Dave, Bethany, and their son Jack from Savannah Georgia come down annually to bend the rod. Did not leave disappointed this time. Jack caught his first sailfish in rough seas along with a couple fish for dinner!

It was great to see Jeff and Paulette a couple days ago, after too many years missing from fishing on the KK.  Jeff and the guys (Paulette stayed on solid ground) had a great time fishing with Dave and Mitch, catching enough snapper for a few dinners and for the show, a sailfish off the kite. Don't wait so long for your next trip Jeff, hope to see you again soon.

Bart and his son had a really nice time fishing with us Saturday. These guys are great anglers. Definitely veterans to the game. We struggled with several species but tore up the tails.

Doug and Dale have a great day on the Kay k all the way from New York. We were able to get them out there after their original plans on another boat were cancelled due to mechanical failure. We all try to work together to ensure the customers have the most memorable vacation.

With a northeast current over three knots and a twenty knot wind trying to push that current back, it promised to be a "HANG ON" kind of day. Dr Mike was the only one of his group that was brave(?) enough to desire going out with captain Dave to see what fish were out there to be caught.
What they found was a color change in 160 ft with lots of hungry sailfish tailing down sea along side it. Dr Mike let Joe (our FWC scientist on board) catch his first sail and second sail ever! As Mike told me at the dock "I've caught a thousand of them, it was fun watch someone catch one that had never caught a sail before".
They finish up the day  by catching a pile of snapper and then headed home a little early, tired but happy.

Well, I got called out of retirement today, Dave had to go out of town for the day and I filled in ii his absence. Bill, Tom and Scott have fished with us a number of times before and we always have a great time fishing with them.
I felt like I got really lucky on getting this day to fish on because the current was perfect  the water was dirty and the wind was light. We caught over 20 yellowtails (most of the over 20 inches), one nice mutton, a smaller mutton and one kingfish. Overall, great fishing with good people on a picture perfect day.

Dave fished with uncle Jim the other day, Jim is 89 years young and a very good angler. He has obviously spent a bunch of those years with a rod and reel in his hands. Bob and Glen were also along to help with the catching and they did a lot of that, catching over 20 yellowtails in a couple hours. They looked hard for a sailfish after catching snapper but did not find a hungry one.

Not a huge sail but a sailfish none the less.

Talked to Cp today and he told me they tried the wahoo thing early with no takers so captain Dave took them out to some of the deep drop spots where they found the silk snapper biting.  Dave put together a beautiful catch of silks and even found a few vermillon snapper to add to the pot. The boys have one more day (Thursday) before they have to return to the cold north till next year this time.

Year after year these same four guys show up on MLK weekend to harass the captain and mate, drink some beers and just forget about the world for a few days.
We have seen some changes over the years with the guys, had some very sad times with lost love ones, fed off Pat's strength as he fought to recover from his stoke, saw a marriage lost but a stronger one built, and through all those events (and more) the laughter, the support and the true friendship continued. Pat, Dick CP and Ed you guys are the "bomb", true friends that I have enjoyed fishing with over all these past 15 years and I look forward to riding along occasionally on your future trips so I can hassle you for a change.
Captain Dave and Mitch had a great day Thursday with the guys, power trolling for the yellowtails and caught a few of the great eating yellow jacks as icing on that stack of fine snapper fillets.

A sailfish, some other hard fighters and a bunch of snapper made for great day for Young Song and his family. The Song family is more of our repeat folks that come down from Chicago to escape the cold.

CP got to be our first guest of 2023 as he put together another great catch of snapper to start the year out.  CP spent a lot of time putting his new year resolutions together so he needed some help in the fish catching department  but he was able to get that from the crew so it all worked out.
Looking forward to a great year and seeing the Jersey boys (with CP) back here in mid January.

CP, his daughter Kelly and her friend Pat fished a morning half today, getting in their last possible fishing day of 2022. Caught more than enough for dinner on another gorgeous  day here in Islamorada. CP will be back on Monday for a longer day, to start the year off right with a fishing trip on the KK.

Good day with the yellowtail snapper, Dave struggled a bit early but moved around and found the hungry ones. Suzanne and her family had dinner and fish to take back to South Carolina.

There have been some nice blackfin tuna coming down the reef. Here is Chris with one he caught the other day with Dave

Hank, Rosalyn and Patrick had a great day with captain Dave a few days ago while we were out of town. They caught a lot of yellowtail snapper, some of which they took to a local restaurant and the rest they had shipped back home to enjoy over the Christmas holidays. 
The KK is out of the boatyard, polished, painted and all ready for another great season.

Christmas day temperatures here in the keys were not what we normally expect to see this time of the year. They started dropping on Saturday and by Sunday were hovering around 50 degrees, not and ideal fishing day but Jake and his boys Grant and Charlie were game so off they went with captain Dave. They were able to catch a dozen or so snapper for their evening dinner and one sailfish for the show. Nice work Dave on a rough cold day.

 Monday I rode along with CP and Joe on a difficult fishing day where we caught plenty of fish for the dinner planned that night, but struggled to do so.
Tuesday Dave took CP, Joe, John and Carley (no review Carley) out and they put a great catch of yellowtail and silk snapper on the dock. This was the second day in a row that CP was able to stay in the boat. We all hope this is a trend and we don't ever have to use the "man over board" button again. Nice job CP!

Frank, Rob, and Rick got to catch a mixed bag of porgies, snapper and kingfish on their full day out with captain Dave. A good time was had by all and they will be back again next year.

Ryan and Conner caught their first big bull shark on spinning gear the other evening while out with Captain Dave and Mitch. The bull was the highlight of the evening but their was plenty of action with other sharks before and after the bull.

Our good friends and their family came down from central Florida to meet up with our family that is visiting from Louisiana  and today we were going to take them all out for a half day of fishing but only Tiff and Niko were able to get up this morning to make the departure time.
Oh well, we had a great time with Tiff and Niko catching close to are limit of snapper along with some exciting moments with the big sharks that seem to be everywhere now.