Know your new grouper regs for the opening of season May 1

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 30, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys After a four-month closure, the recreational and commercial harvest of shallow-water Groupers will reopen tomorrow (May 1) in all Monroe County and Atlantic Ocean waters. Each recreational harvester has a daily bag limit of three Groupers in these waters.  Three Reds are permitted, but no [...]

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Evening fun fishing with Marathon’s next generation

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 28, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Christy and I took Marathon’s next generation of fishermen out for some evening fun fishing. We took a little bait and a couple of rods, some adult beverages and a camera and headed all the way out to Key West Bank to see if the [...]

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Florida Keys Fishing Report for April 28, 2010

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 28, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Grab a large cup of coffee.  There’s so much to report this week, you’re going to need some time to take it all in. We are entering my favorite time of year for fishing in the Florida Keys.  There is a myriad of species [...]

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Grouper season reopens May 1 with new regulations

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 27, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Grouper season reopens Saturday, May 1 – woooo hoooo! The recreational and commercial harvest of shallow-water groupers (including gag, black grouper, red grouper, scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney, graysby, yellowfin grouper, yellowmouth grouper and tiger grouper) will reopen on May 1 in all [...]

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Fine yellowtailing for group from the Jersey Shore & a Wisconsin friend

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 23, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – It’s always fun to have fellow clam-diggers (Jersey Shore people) on the boat. The Kicak brothers – Bob and George – come to Marathon frequently to visit Bob’s father-in-law, Joe Whalen, who spends the winters here. George didn’t make this trip, but Bob and his [...]

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Family fun fishing for the Dugan and Holmes clans from Massachusetts

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 20, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Back in February, the Dugan and Holmes clans had to postpone their Florida Keys vacation due to bad weather back home in Massachusetts.  Quite simply, all flights were grounded. Fast forward to April, the snow is gone and here they are!  Two sets of Moms [...]

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Sunset cruise for Bill & Vickie on their 25th anniversary

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 20, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Bill & Vickie Yakimetz spent some time in the Keys to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. After a couple of days of the Duval Crawl, they came to Marathon and stayed at beautiful Conch Key Cottages.  They adored the serene setting with the little [...]

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Florida Keys Fishing Report for April 21, 2010

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 21, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys -  Lots of excitement at the World Sailfish Championship in Key West. In last week’s report, I predicted conditions should be ideal for tailing, which should translate to impressive catches in the 8th Annual World Sailfish Championship, which took place April 13-17 in Key West. In [...]

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Florida Keys sunset cruise for the ladies and Michael

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 18, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – A few sprinkles were no problem for Mass ladies! Nadine Bruzzi from Massachusetts treated her mom and aunt – and her four-year-old Michael – to a sunset cruise during their stay at Tranquility Bay. Despite a some clouds, we had nice views of Pigeon [...]

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Team Axman wins 7 Mile Marina Marathon Sharkathon

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Editor

Captain’s Blog – April 10, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – The 2nd annual 7 Mile Marina Marathon Sharkathon proved to be a colossal test of angler skill and dexterity in the pursuit of six species of shark.  The all-release tournament awarded points for mako, tiger, hammerhead, bull, black tip and lemon sharks.  Minimum qualifying size was [...]

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