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Join me on board the "Intense" for a great day of
offshore light tackle fishing on the reefs and wrecks of
Key West Florida.
Key West is littered with wrecks and has one of the
longest barrier reefs in the world. There is a ton of
fun to be had out there for any angler no matter
experience. My boat is set up to fish for anything we
encounter I offer trips to the wrecks and reefs and out
to the Dry Tortugas off of Key West in the Gulf and Atlantic waters on a
daily basis.
The "Intense" is a 32 ft Yellowfin Center Console
equipped with twin engines and rides as smooth as silk.
With plenty of room for 6 persons we generally only fish
with 4 on these trips. The boat has a small bathroom and
some shade with cavernous cooler space for food and
drinks and what you may want to kill for dinner. This
boat is made for long distance runs as far out as the Dry Tortugas Fishing and designed to handle heavy seas safely and swiftly.
State of the art electronics from Furuno and Garmin with
the best in safety equipment including satellite phone
and weather with EPIRB. State of the art just begins to
describe my Yellowfin. Powered by twin 300 Mercury
Verado Outboards you can be assured of getting to the
fishing ground economically and fast.
Fishing the wrecks can be a great blend of sight fishing
mixed with bottom fishing and live baiting. Bring your
strong arms for a fun day of fishing. We have the
federal permits to legally take you fishing on the
awesome wrecks in the Gulf Of Mexico and beyond.
Permit - Cobia - Huge Barracudas - Goliath Groupers -
Amber jacks - Jack Crevale - Black Grouper - Mangrove
Snappers- Mutton Snappers - Blackfin Tuna - Yellowtail
Snappers - Kingfish
The Reef is huge and stretches way past the Dry Tortugas
offering some very fertile fishing grounds. Fishing the
reef one can expect some fantastic bottom fishing for
and many more. This is a high energy trip so pack a
lunch. Check out my Creatures of the Deep Charters for
some deep drop fishing fun times on the deep reefs off
Key West.
Reef Species
Grouper - Mutton Snapper - Yellowtail Snapper - Red
Snapper - Hogfish - Amber jacks - Kingfish - Spanish
Mackerel - Black fin Tuna - Sailfish - Wahoo - Dolphin -
Huge Barracudas - Sharks - Cobia
 Fishing the deeper waters can be a bit strenuous at
times and some of you that suffer from motion sickness
will want to prepare your self accordingly.
Bring a hat, towel and some sunscreen with a decent pair
of Polarized glasses. I require that everyone on board
my boats wear glasses at all times for their safety.
Hydration is important. Bring what you would like to
drink and eat out there. I supply plenty of bottled
water for my customers. I recommend also that they bring
some sort of sports drink as well such as Gatorade.
Live bait is the best way to bottom fish with some
alternatives using jigs and some artificial lures.
Chumming and dead baiting for some species as well. Both
Conventional and spinning gear are provided for you with
the best in line and tackle. See my equipment page for
more details.
Trolling and Kite fishing will also be employed for
certain species of fish that require that sort of
presentation. No experience is needed to join me on a
day of this nature. I do all the hard work and set up
and I am happy to show you how it is done.
Fly fishing is also a fun way to spend your day on the
wrecks and reefs here in Key West. You can throw a fly
at anything to see if it will eat. My boat is specially
equipped to handle fly rods safely and the casting decks
are designed with fly fishermen in mind. I supply fly
rods or you can bring your own. I have rods ranging from
6 - 12 wt with intermediate and floating lines. For
added convenience I have all sizes matched up with right
and left hand retrieve.. I will also supply the flies as
well.
Please read my reservations policies to understand the
nature of booking this type of adventure with me. Also
Check out my F.A.Q. section as well to learn more. Rates
for this kind of trip are very easy to understand. Check
out the rates page in
my web site to learn more.
A general guideline of what I do for
Wreck and Reef Fishing Trips during that time of the
year.
King Mackerel (kingfish) are
prevalent in great numbers in the gulf and the Atlantic
waters fish getting as big as 60 lbs. Fun to catch on
live bait, fly fishing and artificial. Mixed with them are huge schools of
Bluefish, Bonito and Jack Crevales. Also on the reef
line in the Atlantic the sailfish are active as well.
Bottom fishing for Grouper, Snappers with live bait and
plug fishing as well as vertical jig fishing is stellar!
On the windy days that we cannot make it out we go for
the Shallow Water Monster Shark Fishing in the Marquesas or Lakes just off Key
West to make a fun day of shark fishing. April the
Permit go on the yearly spawn to the Reef and wrecks
offering anglers easy shots.
Sailfish Season is Full on! with
Kingfish (King Mackerel) still around in the numbers.
The full moons hold killer snapper fishing for Muttons
and the beginning of Mangrove Spawn Grouper are still
eating well in the shallower waters, Red Snappers are
Big and fun to catch. The permit are still on the reef
in the first part of May but leave toward the latter
part, however still in abundance on the Gulf wrecks and
Dry Tortugas Fishing. Barracuda Fishing is a hoot and
very easy in the summer months. Go with a Deep Sea
fishing edge to your light tackle trip and get into some
fine dolphin fishing this time of the year. On the windy
days we stay in the harbor for great tarpon fishing or
go to the shallows for shark fishing. Busy time of year
for me and Dream Catchers please book ahead especially
if you want multi days with me as your guide.
Summer time, Summer Time. The dolphin
bite is full on for Deep Sea Fishing and the bottom
fishing resorts to the deeper waters for Deep Drop
Fishing. Then there is the 220 ft range of bottom
fishing for Red Snappers, muttons, Scamps and groupers.
The Reef is loaded with Yellowtail snappers. The wrecks
in the Gulf are fun for grouper, mangrove snappers and
the towers still are holding permit. Shark fishing can
be good on the incoming tides bringing the cooler
waters.
It's Tuna and Wahoo time on the reef
with live bait and fly fishing. Fun times with lots of
live chum. The reef starts to come back in December for
great bottom fishing for Grouper Snappers. Plug fishing
comes good this time of the year as well. There are a
few sailfish on the reef and the Kingfish start to show
up.
The type of fishing charter that I
have described above has the capability of killing many
fish. Some might want to hire me to go "Fill The Box"
with as much as we can to limit out on a species. I am
not interested in this sort of fishing charter. There
are many light tackle wreck and reef fishing guides here
in Key West that will cater to your meat hunting needs.
We will catch and we can kill but over harvesting is not
my bag. Thank you for understanding.
The clients that fish with me are
entitled to every fish we catch. I do not keep fish
except maybe a filet or two to feed my family.
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