Key West Fishing Report
Happy New Year,
New year’s greeting from your friends here at Dream Catcher Charters.
Festivities and partying are almost over here in the Southernmost City. Our tourist season came here like someone shooting a gun. Traffic has picked up and I think it took me almost 15 minutes to get to work on Friday. I know that is nothing compared to what some of you in the “real” world have to deal with on a daily basis. Oh, Almost forgot. I did not know that my trucks thermometer in the rear view mirror would go into the 40’s. Yes I said 40’s. Key West experienced an All Time Low temp of 43 degrees this week. I experienced some new things.. Heat, I found out my new AC installed two years ago has a heater in it. Good discovery as it was rather frigid for keys standards in my home this week. Thanks Carrier.
Let’s get to fishing The New Year was off to a shivering bang this year. December of 07 went on the books as some of the best inshore fishing ever in December for the Key West grand slam. I often tell people when they are calling to book on Christmas week that they have a one in five chance for perfect weather. Well, this was the one of five it was truly incredible and the fishing was on fire. We caught bonefish, permit and tarpon all month long. Also, the Trout hung around for the 78 degree water along with some stellar Shark fishing too. A few lucky clients had the chance to catch Hammer head sharks and release them off Key West. Very Cool….
Now for the Forecast part. I was looking at the Computer models to cheat a bit with my crystal ball and it seems as though we have a Banner outlook for the next two weeks here in Key West, weather wise. Temps are coming up to the norm of 75 daytime and the water temps should remain in the low 70’s or upper 60’s which is fine for this time of the year. Realistically it’s behind schedule. We needed the front to bring things back to normal and set things up for the coming spring and summer. Funny how all that plays a part. The cooler water temps really light things up for the inshore waters of Key West with the Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Permit, Trout, Redfish, Pompano, Cobia and more.
All speculation at this point on the forecast but that’s what makes fishing fun. Ya never know what you will get till you wake up and see which way the Palms are blowing.
Come see us soon here at Dream Catcher Charters. We have a lot of fun things happening here with new boats coming in February in the form of a 32 ft Yellowfin Center console and another 24 Yellowfin Bay boat.
Happy New Year,
New year’s greeting from your friends here at Dream Catcher Charters.
Festivities and partying are almost over here in the Southernmost City. Our tourist season came here like someone shooting a gun. Traffic has picked up and I think it took me almost 15 minutes to get to work on Friday. I know that is nothing compared to what some of you in the “real” world have to deal with on a daily basis. Oh, Almost forgot. I did not know that my trucks thermometer in the rear view mirror would go into the 40’s. Yes I said 40’s. Key West experienced an All Time Low temp of 43 degrees this week. I experienced some new things.. Heat, I found out my new AC installed two years ago has a heater in it. Good discovery as it was rather frigid for keys standards in my home this week. Thanks Carrier.
Let’s get to fishing The New Year was off to a shivering bang this year. December of 07 went on the books as some of the best inshore fishing ever in December for the Key West grand slam. I often tell people when they are calling to book on Christmas week that they have a one in five chance for perfect weather. Well, this was the one of five it was truly incredible and the fishing was on fire. We caught bonefish, permit and tarpon all month long. Also, the Trout hung around for the 78 degree water along with some stellar Shark fishing too. A few lucky clients had the chance to catch Hammer head sharks and release them off Key West. Very Cool….
Now for the Forecast part. I was looking at the Computer models to cheat a bit with my crystal ball and it seems as though we have a Banner outlook for the next two weeks here in Key West, weather wise. Temps are coming up to the norm of 75 daytime and the water temps should remain in the low 70’s or upper 60’s which is fine for this time of the year. Realistically it’s behind schedule. We needed the front to bring things back to normal and set things up for the coming spring and summer. Funny how all that plays a part. The cooler water temps really light things up for the inshore waters of Key West with the Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Permit, Trout, Redfish, Pompano, Cobia and more.
All speculation at this point on the forecast but that’s what makes fishing fun. Ya never know what you will get till you wake up and see which way the Palms are blowing.
Come see us soon here at Dream Catcher Charters. We have a lot of fun things happening here with new boats coming in February in the form of a 32 ft Yellowfin Center console and another 24 Yellowfin Bay boat.
Capt. Steven P. Lamp
Office 1-888-362-3474
Cellular 1-305-304-0497
President Dream Catcher Charters
Fishing Guide for Flats, Back Country, Wreck and Reef Fishing.
