The straight up scoop on slaying Space Coast smokers

Is Islamorada emerging as a viable blue marlin destination worthy of consideration? The experienced crews at Whale Harbor Marina in the heart of the fabulous Florida Keys say it sure is.

With ferocious feeding habits, nearly unparalleled fighting abilities, and quality table fare, it’s time for blue-water anglers to treat this striped blue-water bandit with respect!

As you come off plane and ease into a trolling pattern, the Gulf Stream seems like an endless shimmering sapphire carpet. Bright yellow-green squares of seaweed lines and rafts pop into view as they rise on the crests of each passing wave. You edge your vessel towards what seems like the largest mass of Sargassum- it appears to stretch at least one hundred yards.

The art of fishing.

Ever wonder where all the marine art floating around out there comes from? One visit to your favorite boating & fishing accessory store, and you’ll see marine art featured on every form of apparel, different sorts of tackle, stickers, the sides of boats, and of course, complimenting the cover of magazines.

A pictorial tribute.  

This year’s spring dolphin season has already etched its position in record books as the season with the outstanding number of gargantuan dolphin, and it’s barely June. So many respectable fish in the thirty to fifty pound range have been brought to the scales over the last couple of months, that bragging about a forty pound trophy nowadays barely raises an eyebrow.

Is lack of public access taking a big bite out of sport fishing?

It’s a crisis, but are we doomed? That’s what Florida anglers and charter captains want to know as they have more and more trouble finding places to dock and launch their boats.

It was a long, smooth ride across seemingly endless miles of Gulf of Mexico water, all of which appeared exactly the same to the out-oftown paying angler. Finally reaching the intended destination well after sunrise, the skipper of the chartered boat pulled back the throttles to a suitable trolling speed. As if on cue, the deckhand went about the business of deploying a rich pattern of colorful baits.

My anticipation runs high with every fishing trip- Imagine my excitement prior to a full blown adventure out to the Gulf Stream. Im ruined for weeks. I cant sleep, I cant focus on work, and my wife and kids watch me stumble around the house for days, mumbling about tuna and dolphin and fumbling through my gear fifteen times a night. Finally, right before my wife is completely convinced I need to see a psychiatrist; the day of the trip arrives.