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Summer Slammers!
8/9/20 The peak of Summer is here and weather and fishing is HOT! Offshore, we are catching Mahi Mahi up to 20lbs along with the...

Capt Dan Matthews
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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Florida Keys Re-Opening June 1st!
Monroe County will lift the blockade and once again allow tourists back into the Florida Keys. Regulations are in place to limit hotel...

Capt Dan Matthews
May 27, 20201 min read
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Bring on Spring!
With the end of winter in sight, the Florida Keys are cruising thru Sailfish season. These acrobatic, wily billfish are a Key Largo...

Capt Dan Matthews
Feb 7, 20201 min read
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They're HERE!
The Florida Keys favorite billfish has arrived back in big numbers. Yes, I refer to the wiley & acrobatic Atlantic Sailfish. Big numbers...

Capt Dan Matthews
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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Winter Fishing Report
@MissChiefCharters - Early December brought the first cold front through the Florida Keys. A large mass of wahoo, sailfish and Blackfin...

Capt Dan Matthews
Dec 29, 20191 min read
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2019 Poor Girls Sailfish Tournament
Another February brings on the 30th Annual Poor Girls Sailfish Tournament back to Islamorada, Florida Keys. This was our second...

Capt Dan Matthews
Feb 6, 20191 min read
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Epic Sailfishing
Every so often a fishery becomes the stuff of legends. Well, Sir, the South Florida Sailfish fishery is that and more, right now. Record...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Jan 24, 20191 min read
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A new season begins!
As the season changes from hot to not so hot, fishing has begun to make its seasonal transition. Fishing in Key Largo moves from deep...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Nov 29, 20161 min read
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Happy New Year from the Florida Keys!
Beautiful weather and amazing fishing have arrived in the Florida Keys. The new year started off with a bang out in the offshore side of...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Jan 8, 20161 min read
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Florida Keys fishing fun!
As weather begins to cool in the Florida Keys, our fishing makes the transition from the summer trolling season to winter live bait...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Oct 15, 20151 min read
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Slammers, gaffers & schoolies, oh my!
Our late season deep sea mahi mahi fishing keeps getting better and better. As of late we have been finding big schools of mahi over...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Sep 19, 20151 min read
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Key Largo Fishing Adventures
Fishing is as good as it gets here in the Florida Keys. Offshore we are finding large schools of mahi mahi, from schoolie size to larger...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Aug 12, 20151 min read
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Great Yellowtail snapper bite
Our half day reef trips are producing nice catches of yellowtail, mutton and mangrove snapper right now. We are fishing reefs and wrecks...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Jul 14, 20151 min read
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Hot weather = Hot Fishing!
Fishing is as good as summer gets for us in the Florida Keys. Offshore we are finding large schools of mahi mahi in waters from 300 to...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Jul 5, 20151 min read
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White Marlin caught off Key Largo, Florida Keys
Anglers from the UCA group released this White Marlin off Key largo during the UCA Contractors tournament at Ocean Reef, fishing aboard...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Jun 12, 20151 min read
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Florida Keys Fishing Frenzy
The Florida Keys summer season is in full swing. Offshore we are catching Mahi Mahi, Tuna, Wahoo, Amberjack and Billfish. The reefs are...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Apr 26, 20151 min read
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The Florida Keys, like no place else!
Coming to you live from sunny island of Key Largo, I bring you the skinny on all goings on pescatorial! The sun is shining, the wind is...
Capt. Dan Matthews
Mar 14, 20151 min read
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Cold fronts bring hot fishing to the Florida Keys
While many are feeling natures wrath in the forms of freezing temps and blizzard conditions, we are enjoying 70 degree days and mild...

Capt Dan Matthews
Jan 25, 20151 min read
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Happy Holidays from the Florida Keys!
Winter brings mild weather, holiday cheer and great fishing opportunities to our islands in the stream. The waters of the Florida Keys...

Capt Dan Matthews
Dec 12, 20141 min read
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Epic Florida Keys offshore & reef fishing!
Fishing in the Florida Keys is RED HOT right now. Over the past 2 days we fished both the reef and offshore side. We have been blessed...

Capt Dan Matthews
Nov 8, 20141 min read
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