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Florida Keys Snapper
A tale of 2 trips.  It great to get the kids out for easy fun fast paced action.  If you want to check some bigger fish boxes, some more patience, time, skill sets and strength is required.  Adjust accordingly and it all works out. #familyfishing  #kidsfishing #flkeysfishing #permit #catchoftheday
A little “jumpy/bumpy today, but we got a birthday trip in with good success.
Current situation.  Snorkel and sandbar trip today.  Had 50’ of blue vis on the reef with 81 degree water.  Sandbar tide going out to low low with almost 88 degree water.  Get your summer fun on fishing, snorkeling, sandbaring and all kinds of fun #sandbar #sandbartrips #snorkeling #flkeys #familyfunday
Popped another grouper solo nearshore.  Low vis dirty green water close to home.  Fast swinging fade opportunity landed a nice cheek holding shot.  I didn’t know where exactly I hit it.  Fish rocked up and thoroughly dusted the whole area.  I let it rest a few minutes not knowing my shot.  It looked good from what I saw.  Breathed up and idiot gooosh 5 ft nurse shark rolls up and thinks my hotdog is his.  No.  I was mildly threaded though a rock and I couldn’t get the fish off the shaft.  Barb kept hanging open in the cheek cartilage.  I yanked that turd shark off my fish minimum 5 times and rolled it upside down to get tonic immobility going and no luck.  At one point I was so pissed I head locked the turd fish and swam rammed it into a coral head like a WWE move in slow motion.  It surprised the shark, but was not effective in underwater speed.  Nope, only fired it up more.  Now, only dust everywhere zero vis.  I dove, grabbed the grouper, reversed the spear back through my shot in the cheek and then hand shafted popped that shark in the nose as many times as I could on 1 breath to literally get my point across.  It bought me 2 minutes.  By memory and feel I got it unstrung next breath and super turd stayed tight on me all the way back to the boat.  I have more problems with nurse sharks than any other shark.  I guess that’s good.  It didn’t feel strong to me.  Maybe something was wrong with it.  It had a short wire lender coming out of its mouth.  However, grabbing a shark of any kind in zero vis and wrestling it in your personal space is not ideal.  I could feel it swinging, but couldn’t see anything other than the part of it I was holding.  Grouper are that tasty, so I had first dibs.  No sharsies for turd sharks.  Shoot, fight win.💪 #blackgrouper #flkeysfishing
What a very last minute sandbar/sunset trip looks like.  We checked a lot of boxes and made a special unplanned evening.  A good heads up is helpful, but I’m sort of mostly ready.  #sandbar #sunsetcharter #flkeys
Grouper seasoned opened today along with a few other delicious fish.  I took the morning off to have a little fun.  Didn’t go more than a mile or so from the dock to knock out some quality fish. #grouperseason #engelcoolers #flkeysfishing #muttonsnapper #blackgrouper
Been an exciting action packed weekend checking all of the activity boxes.  Light tackle reef fishing, offshore, snorkeling and sandbar.  Just all good times! #charterfishing #marathonfishingcharters #familyfishing #flkeysfishing #sailfishboats
Morning trip we picked away at a good catch, but afternoon the wind eased let us explore more options.  Stud #redgrouper on light tackle #springbreak2026  #familyfishing #charterfishing #marathonfishingcharters
First waterspout sighting of the year.  Usually a June thing. #waterspout #flkeys #springbreak2026  #snorkeltrip
They’re getting bigger!  First time in the reef in well over a week.  Bigger yellowtail snapper are showing up. #yellowtailsnapper #reeffishing #springbreak2026 #flkeysfishing
Families are here visiting the Florida Keys and despite the windy conditions, catching has been great.  With younger kids and new anglers big seas are not an option.  I have been fishing the shallows and we have been catching everything to make great trips with great catches.  No customer pictures shared for a while now, so this is an idea of what is going on out there. #familyfishing #springbreak2026 #kidsfishing #fishingcharters #flkeysfishing
Spring break and windy days often come together this time of year.  Maybe we can’t do everything as planned, but usually plan B or C is a great way to spend a day of the water catching dinner, some weird stuff and making great memories.  #springbreak2026 #fishingcharter #whattodo #flkeysfishing #calmseas
Another breezy Keyzy day today.  Kept it in the calm and put on a light tackle clinic catching some of the best eating fish.  When I share pics of what we catch on my trips I am promoting my business to hopefully obtain more business.  Make sense?  If you don’t know what I am keeping/releasing, don’t know the regulations or you may feel the need to inform me of what I already know………shhhhhhhhhh…….this is my job.  I got this.  Been doing it for a while.  Make sense? #smallbusinessowner #filletsfordays #charterfishing #springbreak2026 #imagine
Stayed out of the wind today and put together a great shallow water catch.  Lost our share of  big fish on light tackle, but what is the challenge if you catch them all?  Finished with a 29” mutton snapper on 15lb test.  Epic battle on a Shimano Saragossa 5000.  #cmor  #engelcoolers #hogfish #hogfishing #muttonsnapper
One of a dozen caught this morning on light tackle.  My boat record is 43 on a 4 hour charter. #hogfish #hogfishing #marathonfishingcharters #sailfishboats #engelcoolers
Pretty sunrise this morning.  French crew on board today.  Horrible current, but put together a nice trip. #redgrouper #reeffishing #engelcoolers
Rob was a solo first timer offshore.  Worked his butt off to put a bite together.  We made it work.  Came across a good pack of dolphin, but most were barely short.  Beautiful day to be on the water.  #engelcoolers
1 for me, 6 available to good homes. $5
Porgy and yellow jack ceviche, not island spicy.  Just right for your Super Bowl party.  Don’t forget a bag of “scoops.”
I’ve been making a point to focus on the people that invest back in me.  It’s been working.  I want to open some new doors and meet new people to change the things that have been hurting me
Sometimes just rolling with a good vibe and no plan pays off.  #wahoo #mangrovesnapper #flkeys #flkeyslife #sailfishboats
Product misidentification 101.  Making hasty decisions before bedtime can result in the use of unintended product and yield a surprise outcome.  This was not chap stick, yet was in the pile.  Not sure what this is.
Great morning reef trip gave us time to play offshore.  Lost the first one.  Made the second shot count. #banax #cmor #sailfishboats #columbiasportwear #engelcoolers #tranquilitybayresort #hawkscay #islabellabeachresort #marathonfishingcharters
Thankful for a nice pair of yellow edge groupers to add to a box of yellowtail snapper on thanksgiving day #yellowedgegrouper #cmor #columbiasportswear #engelcoolers #sailfishboats #marathonfishingcharters #electricdeepdrop #banax #charterfishing
Headed out before the big blow and finished with a dolphin show.  #captfkra #floridakeysreeladventures #sailfishboats #columbiasportwear #engelcoolers  #cmor
Pretty sunrise this morning with an impressive moon set followed by a classic full rainbow.  Nice way to start the day
Been an interesting September.  Lots of west wind making normal patterns challenging.  The rain has finally showed up and I have been fortunate to run each trip on the very edge of a mega soaking.  Everyone has been catching and everybody mostly dry except for my lobster catchers.  Thanks for the hard work by my guests! #captfkra  #floridakeysreeladventures #columbiasportswear #sailfishboats #cmor #engelcoolers #flkeysfishing #marathonfishingcharters #smallbusiness
Grateful for a variety of good trips before kids head back to school.  Fishing and snorkeling has been good.  Lobster has been really good.  Offshore fishing looks like it has been excellent.  It’s slow season now.  So many great opportunities with much less pressure than what we see during the rest of the year.  Keep an eye on the weather.  It’s also the time of year where everything is great and then it’s not.  So far, it’s all great #floridakeysreeladventures #snorkeling #fishingfloridakeys #lobstercharters #sandbar