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KEY LARGO, FLORIDA FISHING REPORT
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July 22, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App. com report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Friday July 22ND.

The weather has been really hot this week, in the mid 90’s, and water temperature around 90 to 91, but the fishing has been really good.

Also this week we did several day time Tarpon trips, the bite has been fantastic

This week we had a couple Sea Trout trips; we had a really good time

Also we got a 3 Permit one day and 1 another day, we weren’t really fishing for them, but they were there, so we had to try for them and got them.

This week we also fishing back country we had a great Snook bite, but we only caught two, as we were really out for Tarpon. It's my favorite time of year and a lot of fun to go after the Silver Kings.

So the weather is great, fishing is great. .

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

July 1, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App. com report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Friday July 1st.

The weather has been beautiful this week and the fishing fantastic.

We started out the week with several Sea Trout trips; we were catching up to 80 trout in 3 hours, catching them up to 24” in size.

Also this week we did several day time Tarpon trips, the bite has been fantastic, we had multiple hook ups at the same time, kind of like a Chinese fire drill with two anglers fishing and fighting Tarpon at the same time. We had 9 bites and released 5 Tarpon,

This week we also fishing back country we had a great Snook bite. The Snook have been averaging 33” and very fat on the same trip we also managed to catch two permit in the 20pound range.

So the weather is great, fishing is great. The 4th of July weekend looks great.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

June 17, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Friday June 17, 2011

Well this week has been really hot, in the low 90’s all week long and the wind is gone. What this means is that you need to do your fishing early morning or late afternoon during this mid part of day the water temperatures are up and the fish are on siesta

The bite this week has been outstanding, we have had a full moon this week and the night time Tarpon and Snook fishing has been nothing less than fantastic. We are also getting a lot of the big Snook early in the mornings.

FWC has declared Snook season except for catch and release in Monroe County, Everglades National Park and the West Coast of Florida until August 31, 2012.
I know that some of you don’t like this closure, but as a guide who fishes these waters daily, I am not seeing any small Snook whatsoever. Which means, that we have no future stock of Snook to take the place of the ones that would be kept, if the season were to be open. So lets hope that the breeding of the Snook population will bounce back. So please, if you are catching Snook and releasing them, please handle with extreme care.

As far as the Tarpon are concerned, they seem to be everywhere right now. We are also catching them in the day time, but by far the night time bite is much better.

Spotted Sea Trout bite this week has also been excellent, FWC is talking about raising the daily limit and shortening the closed season.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

June 8, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Friday, June 10th

The word for this week again is Windy, we have had been 15 to 20 gusting to 25 this week. The good new is we may be done with this wind for a while.

Even with this wind the fishing has still been fantastic.

The Spotted Sea Trout are everywhere and you can catch them until your arms get tried. Also the Snook bite has been great, we have been catching very large Snook.

Update on the Fish & Wildlife report on Snook, FWC has decided to keep the Snook Season closed in Monroe County, Everglades National Park and the Gulf Coast til August 31st, 2012. So Catch and release only is permitted.

Tarpon bite has been fantastic, we’ve been catching Tarpon 100to 125 average with a few up to 180 pounds.

And once again the big Jacks, you can find them feeding in the channels throughout the Upper Keys, especially in the morning. They are averaging approx. 10# in weight and will hit almost anything from live bait to lures, and they are a fantastic fight.

So the fishing been great, the winds are going away and this is time of year when everything is eating.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com, or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

June 8, 2011
Hi, this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Wednesday June 8th.

This week it’s still been very windy, but the fishing in the back country has still been fantastic.

This week we had a family of 4 on Sat. and started out catching at least 75 Sea Trout, anywhere been 13 to 19” in length, we also caught and released a 100 pound Tarpon, then to round out the trip we went up to Barns Sound where we caught and released a nice Snook and more trout.

The nice thing about fishing the backcountry of the Florida Keys is that no matter what the winds are, we can always find places to catch quality fish and have lots of fun.

This summer is starting out to be one of the best fishing seasons in years.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

Whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

Until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

June 3, 2011
Hi, this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for the backcountry of Key Largo on Friday June 3rd.

The word for this week is” WINDY”. It has been blowing like stink all week long, the good thing about the Florida Keys fishing the backcountry is you can always find a place out of the wind to catch quality fish.

We have had a great bite on Spotted Sea Trout again this week.

And with the wind this week we have been targeting Snook, and I have to tell you that they are getting real big and real fat. We been catching them on live bait and lures.

Also still a lot of Tarpon are around, been a bit harder to catch them with it so windy.

The weatherman says the winds going to continue thru the weekend, but will drop by Monday, but you know how the weathermen are, there guess is as good as yours.

We still have a few dates available for June and July, so if want to get out and fish the backcountry and see some great sights, give us a call.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

May 27, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for Key Largo on Friday 27th.

Well the weather has been great again this week in Key Largo, water temperatures have come down a little this week, 79 to 80 degrees,

This week the Spotted Sea Trout is still great, been catching a lot of them in the back waters. Also the Snook bite has been Fantastic both day and night.

And of course the Tarpon, (My Favorite Fish to Catch), the bite has really been on in the early evening just around Sunset. Also we have been catching them in the early morning hours (before Sunrise). This is just the beginning, the Tarpon bite should remain good right thru August. So if you ever wanted to catch a Tarpon, now’s the time.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com,or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

May 20, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for Key Largo on Friday May 20th.

Well this week has been kind of crazy with our weather, the morning has been starting out nice and calm, then in the afternoon its been picking up to around 20 knots. The weekend looks really good about 10-15 knots out of the southeast.

The fishing has been fantastic, Spotted Sea Trout, anywhere from 14 to 22 inches.

We have been doing some night time Tarpon fishing, we have had some really good luck with Tarpon over the 100 pound range.

The big Jacks have been all over the main channels and if you really want to have some fun, try these Jacks on light tackle.

Also the Snook bite has been good, we've been catching Snook up to 33” in length and once again folks, Snook fishing is strictly catch and release in Monroe County.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com, or fish key largo .net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

May 11, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing App report for Key Largo on Weds. May 11th, 2011.

Well, summer is definitely here, temperatures have been in the high 80’s all week and water temperatures of 84 ½ degrees. The good new is the wind is gone. We have had 5 to10 knots all week and looks like it will continue until the end of the week.

This week the fishing is all about TARPON!! The bite has been outstanding. We have caught Tarpon up to 150#’s this week. I have had some very happy customers.

The good news is that this is just beginning, and the Tarpon fishing will only get better.

The TROUT bite has still been very good, with trout between 13 and 22”, being caught and released.

Also Jack Crevalles up to 15#’s this week on light tackle, what a battle that is. Just a lot of fishing fun.

Again this week we have caught a large number of Sharks, (Bulls, Lemons, Spinners and Nurse Sharks).

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call, I still have a few dates in May available, at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com, or FishKeyLargo.net. I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

April 28, 2011
Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing report for Key Largo on Friday April 28th.

This week started out a little windy, but it calmed down toward the end of the week, temperatures have been in the high 80’s and water temperatures have been right around 80 degrees

It has been a fantastic week of fishing. We had mostly Father and son trips this week. We’ve been catching all the Sea Trout you could want. Then we have been turning our attention to the Sharks. We have been catching Bull Sharks, Spinner Sharks, Lemon Sharks and also Tarpon. It’s been a great week and had a great time.

This is a great time of year in the Florida Keys; this is when the fishing really turns on.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: ReelChaosCharters.com, or fishkeylargo.net I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

April 22, 2011

Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing report for Key Largo on Friday April 22nd.

The Big Tarpon are here, at this time they are still on Ocean Side and in the channels leading from the Ocean. They are primarily eating mullet.

Also the Permit bite is really picking up, they have been a little hard to find with the high winds that we have had this week.

This week I have had the honor of fishing with Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia and 3 of his good friends. We went to Flamingo, found a great bite of Spotted Sea Trout and just had a really good time.

Sunday and Monday of this past week the winds were less than 5 knots and we found very large numbers of Bonefish in the flat of Upper Key Largo.

So if you’d like to have some fun, give me a call at 305-587-1150 or check out my website: Reel Chaos Charters.com, I have two boats available a 21’ Release, that I can take up to 4 people and also I have a 17’ Hells Bay.

So whatever your skill level from beginners to experts, just give me a call and we can put a together a fishing package that will fit your needs.

So until next week tight lines and don’t forget folks, that bananas are bad luck on boats, so leave the bananas at home.

March 25, 2011

Hi this is Capt. Mitch with Reel Chaos Charter with your Saltwater Fishing report for Key Largo on Friday April 1^st.

We have had another beautiful week here in the Florida Keys. The wind has really been blowing this week, but we have been fishing everyday and catching lots of fish.

Glad to see the end of March, means we are that much closer to Tarpon season. I have been seeing a lot of Tarpon this week along the islands and shore lines of the upper Keys.

The wind has been blowing so hard this week that we actually caught 2 sailfish in Adam Cut on live pin fish and jumped off one Blue Marlin. Amazing to see these fish in 6 feet of water. Okay, just kidding, April Fools:-)

Now, for the fishing report, Again this week we started out with a fantastic catch of very large spotted Sea Trout.

The water temperature has been 77 to 80 degrees and the big Snook and Tarpon has really started showing up.

The bite has been a little tough on the Snook and Tarpon with the high Westerly winds that we have had this week, looks like it will carry thru the weekend. And lets hope that things start to calm down

There has been a lot more Redfish again this week, and the big Jacks are in the back country, even the Sharks have been hiding in this west wind.

Lets hope April brings us calmer weather and let's get to the Tarpon fishing.
Capt. Mitch

March 25, 2011

We have had another beautiful week here in the Florida Keys. The week started out very windy, but the bite has really been picking up as the water temperatures have continued to climb.

Again this week we started out with a fantastic catch of very large spotted Sea Trout and even had reports of one up to 27" in length.

This week the Snook bite has really picked up, we have caught them up to 14 lbs.

There has been a lot more Redfish again this week, in the 18" to 22" range.

The big Jacks are back, and they are a lot of fun to catch. You can usually see them coming with a large push in the water and they are tearing up all the bait fish that are in the area. Just cast a plug or even any kind of bait and hang on.

Also, this week we have caught some nice size Bull Sharks in the Upper Key Largo area. They are coming in targeting the trout that we are catching, so I always keep one rod set with a wire leader and 8/0 circle hook, to really have some fun.

The smaller tarpon are starting to show up in the upper keys and in another 3 or 4 weeks Tarpon fishing should be very good. Can't Wait!!!!!!!!!!

Capt. Mitch

March 18, 2011

We have had another beautiful week here in the Florida Keys. Today temperatures reached 83 degrees and the fishing has been outstanding. Again this week we started out with a fantastic catch of very large spotted Sea trout (up to 23" in length) and very fat.

There are a lot of Redfish and Snook along the shore lines of Upper Key Largo. Just another friendly reminder that Snook season is closed until September in Monroe County, but we can still catch and release.

This week, we have had a great bite of Permit. On Thursday we released two in the 20# range and earlier in the week we caught several other Permit in the 5-10# range, all of them were caught on live shrimp.

Summer is here, water temperature is getting warmer and fishing is getting ready really turn on.

The smaller Tarpon are starting to show up in the Upper Keys and the big ones will be right behind them. Can't Wait!!!!!!!!!!!

Capt. Mitch

March 11, 2011

This week the weather has been fantastic, lots of sun and warm temperatures. We have had a little bit of wind to deal this week. But the fishing has been excellent with a great bite of some very large trout up to 25 inches.

The snook bite has been getting better every day with large numbers having been caught and released. Just a reminder that snook season will stay closed till the end of September.

I have also been catching a good number of large sheepshead on live shrimp, and the snapper bite is red hot.

There has been a fair number of tarpon showing up early this year. My favorite time of year, if you have never caught a tarpon, then you really need to do it. They don't call them the silver king for nothing.

Tarpon season generally starts mid April and runs to around September. So if you are sitting around looking out the window at snow and putting off going out to shovel it. Forget it, jump in your car or catch the next plane and come on down to Sunny Key Largo, Florida and "lets go fishing."
Capt. Mitch

December 14, 2010

Hello again, Anglers!
I have been so busy fishing that I haven’t had time to do any updates here in a while! We have been catching a lot of sharks and tarpon lately, even with the water being so cold from our recent cold snaps. Our tarpon season is already booking up, so if you want to fish the season I would recommend booking early.
Capt. Mitch

March 12, 2010

The charter today was great, I took out Bob and Patrick from Pennsylvania. We caught redfish, trout, snapper, and sharks. The trout we caught today were big, nothing under 20 inches. Saw my first tarpon of the season, too bad we couldn’t get them to bite, they were between 100 and 120 pounds. Everything we caught was released to fight another day. We should have pictures to post in a couple of days.

Great story for you. I was waiting with another guide this morning for Bob and Patrick to arrive so that we could head out, when the other guide turned to me and said, “Hey, Mitch. This guy wants to bring contraband aboard my boat.” So I turned and looked and said “What? He wants to bring bananas aboard?” Sure enough the other guy wanted to bring those horrible fish repellents aboard. So I told the guy that if he insists on bringing bananas aboard that he might as well not even leave the dock. The other guide was laughing and told the man to just leave them on the piling because he could promise that they would still be there. So with a bit of reluctance he left the banana and they left.

A few minutes later Bob and Patrick show up, and sure enough, in their bags I could see the bananas. I had to laugh as I told him to just leave the bananas on the piling. After a few minutes of persuasion they left them next to the other one. Sure enough, when we got back those bananas were still sitting there. See, some superstitions really are true.

I am really looking forward to fishing with Bob and Patrick again tomorrow. I really hope we have another wonderful day on the water.

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