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Mini Lobster Season a Great Sucess

It is that time of the year, the spiny lobsters are out and running. The official opening of the two day mini season was last Wednesday and for the first time in many years the lobsters outnumbered the hunters. For no known reason it seemed our friends from the north (United States) where less. (Probably [...]

2009-06-10T04:44:01-07:00By |Fishing|0 Comments

Scuba Diving in Key Largo

According to Scuba Diving Magazine readers, Key Largo ranks as one of the top dive spots in the Caribbean/Atlantic across many different categories. Each year, the magazine asks readers to rate dive spots in many different categories. As any Florida Keys local knows, Key Largo is probably the best of all the keys, and according [...]

2009-06-10T17:54:42-07:00By |Diving|0 Comments

Florida Keys Fishing at a Glance

Offshore A private captain running out of Bud ‘n Mary’s Marina in Islamorada called in with the first blue report of the season. The fish was caught about 2 miles offshore of the Islamorada Hump. It was estimated at 250 pounds and ate a live bonito slow trolled behind the boat. Reef The sailfish catches [...]

2020-10-14T05:44:14-07:00By |Fishing|0 Comments