By Captain John Smouse

December Fishing in Key West onboard The ShadowCaster

Our cold fronts are starting to move through with more consistency and that has been producing some great catches. Live Bait will remain the key to a successful day and it has been plentiful. As we move into December the channels and shallow rock piles will remain active with species like— Jacks, Snappers, Big Sharks, Muttons, Barracudas Etc. This coming week looks like we are in for some great weather before our next Cold Front rolls through. Its a great time of year to get out on the water for some nonstop light tackle action!!!!

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By Captain John Smouse

November Fishing in Key West

November Fishing in Key West has started off Strong!!! We love when the pelicans start to show up and dive on the bait schools—resulting in live wells full to the brim with Pilchards. Every fish in the ocean will eat a pilchard. We can take these guys to rock piles, channels, and shallow watewr wrecks for some non stop action. Snappers, Jacks, Barracudas, Cobia, Sharks all make up for a great day on the water.

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The Wind/Weather forecast Looks amazing

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By Captain John Smouse

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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Happy New Year 2024

Happy New Year—-This Holidays are past us and its a New Start to 2024. Things have kicked off great for us here at ShadowCaster Charters. The weather has been the typical winter pattern, with cold fronts moving through almost weekly. The cooler water temps have brought alot of the inshore species to some of the shallow reefs. We have been catching Snapper, Cobia, Grouper (although out of season, gotta release em), etc. For the die hard Tarpon fisherman, there are still resident Tarpon to target, but you gotta pick a good weather day.
Bookings are pouring in for our “season”, so get in touch and lets Go Fishing
305.587.7669 or email me here
Capt John

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By Captain John Smouse

Christmas Week Approaching

The Week or so between Christmas and New Year, and even after New Year, is one of the busiest weeks of the year in Key West. So, if you don’t have your activities booked yet, let’s do it now.

“Wintertime” fishing includes Jacks, SeaTrout, Snapper, Tarpon, Barracuda and the list goes on. Here are just a few of the fish we caught this last week.

**Don’t forget–You can book your Sandbar trips here to on our Beautiful Hurricane 24ft, The LilyPad. The Kids will love you for it:)**

Call Capt John 305.587.7669. We still have some openings and would love to show you a great time on the water.

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By Captain John Smouse

Late September 2023

Heres a couple pics from this week of fishing. Weather has been really good, dodging a few rain showers, but the winds have been light and thats what we like for the inshore Florida Keys Fishing. Starting to book up for the upcoming season, so get in touch with Capt John to reserve your spot. And, don’t forget the September Special of $100 off any charter when you book direct with Capt John. So give me a shout at 305.587.7669 to get in on some great Key West Fishing.

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August/September Special 2023

We are offering our guests $100 OFF the price of any charter for the remainder of August and through the end of September. This doesn’t happen often, so take advantage of our Summer Discount. Discount only applies to direct bookings through Capt John. So call him directly to get this special offer. Fishings been great, very few boats out on the water = more for us!!!

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Thanksgiving week

Thanksgiving Week is coming up and the fishing has been great. The long term weather forecast looks great as well. Capts John, Justin and Thomas have all been putting together some mixed bag of great catches. Here’s a few pics from the last couple days. Give us a call 305.587.7669, drop an email or book directly through the website and we’ll get you out there for a great time.

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By Captain John Smouse

November 2022

Variety is the name of the game this time of year. With bait being readily available we have been targeting multiple species in any given spot. Weather plays a big role on where we can fish and the species we target. Target species in the winter include Tarpon, Sharks, Snapper, Jacks, Barracuda and many more. Whatever type of fishing we are doing it’s all about having a Great time on the water. Give us a call 305.587.7669 or drop an email here and we’ll get you Hooked Up.

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