By Captain John Smouse

Spring Fishing 2025

Spring is our hands down favorite time to Fish in Key West. The Tarpon migration begins and the weather starts to warm up. April fishing in Key West kicks off our Tarpon season and the fish are showing up in the usual places. Fresh bait is the key and we are always on top of our bait game. We are offering a late afternoon/sunset Tarpon trip this year, which is prime feeding time for the Silver King.
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Spring Tarpon Fishing is Heating up

We are fast approaching the time of year we all wait for: Tarpon Season. Tarpon, in my opinion, are the most sought after fish the shallow waters of The Florida Keys and Key West has to offer. April fishing in Key West really kicks off Tarpon Season and fish are starting to show up already. A nice SouthEast breeze is one of the keys to success as it brings in the warm temps that Tarpon love. Tarpon tend to feed in the morning and late afternoons/early evening. We are offering Tarpon Sunset trips from 5PM-9PM. A great way to maximize oppurtunities, beat the heat of the day and catch the sunset from the water.
April, May and June dates are filling up fast so get in touch today and we’ll get you Hooked Up!!!!!

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Late February Fishing Key West

February Fishing in Key West has been great. We are seeing an abundance of Cobia this winter season. Cobia are a species that we will catch during the cooler months, but this year just seems to be over the top!!! Also, Tarpon are making thier way to Key West a little earlier than normal, with the really warm weather we have been having. Tarpon fishing should just continue to improve as we get into Spring and Early Summer. Tarpon are probably the most prized inshore fish in the Florida Keys.
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February Fishing in Key West

We are very much in the best weather pattern for Fishing in Key West in February. The winds have been light and the fishing AWESOME. Our boats have been catching Cobia this month almost everyday. This is a winter species that we can target in the cooler months and this year has been Stellar.
Also we’ve been having great catches of Trout, Tarpon, Snappers, Sharks, Jacks. You name it—We are catching it right now.
Give us a call 305.587.7669 or book direct on the website. The calender is filling up fast—-So Don’t Miss Out

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January/February Fishing in Key West

January Fishing in Key West can be filled with action. Getting out there between the Cold Fronts has been the name of the game. We’d had some beautiful weather days mixed in with some, well….Not so beautiful. But it rarely dips into the 60’s here in Key West. Over the next couple months we are going to be targeting Tarpon,Snapper, Sharks, Jacks, Barracudas, etc. Looking forward to some warm weather and great February fishing here in Key West.
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The New Year 2025

We would like to Thank everyone who has fished with us the past year and are looking forward to a great 2025. Pictured are a few of the fish we caught here at ShadowCaster over the holiday week. Our weather has been amazing in Key West over the last couple weeks and forecast is looking good. Our wintertime species (jacks, snappers, sharks, cobia, trout, etc) are showing up right on time.

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Winter Time Fishing

Our First “real” coldfront is upon us. (Dropped to 70 degrees) This is going to fire up all our winter Species (Trout, Jacks, Snappers, Barracudas, Etc). ColdFronts here bring Blue Bird skies and nice crisp weather. So, if you want to escape the cold from up North and experience an awesome winter fisheries while still wearing shorts and sandals then get down here!!!
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Novenmber 2024

The Thanksgiving Holidays are fast approaching and things are getting busy again down here in Key West. Longterm weather forecast is looking great with the Tropical Storms behind us. The fishing has remained great after the storms and we re looking forward to a busy season. Heres a few pics of the fish we’ve been catching.

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First Cold Front Predictions

As I write this, we are experiencing our first significant Cold Front. This will Shake things up a bit for us. We should start to see the bait really move inshore and we will start to Target all our Winter Season Species. We are talking about Barracudas (the once underrated fish has become a shallow water favorite) Jacks, Snappers, Mackerels, BlackTip and Lemon Sharks. The list goes on…….

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Fall Fishing Begins

The weather is changing a bit, Hurricane season is coming to an end here. Fingers crossed we make through one more month with very little activity to South Florida. We are still catching the resident Tarpon in the early morning hours (picture are a few of the fish we caught this week)
With the change in the weather brings in the Bait, Pilchards are the bait of choice this time of year. And we have been having a ball using them to catch Barracudas, Jacks, Snapperand a whole bunch more.
Give us a Shout anytime and we’ll get you hooked up
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