Marco Island Fishing
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What can people expect on a fishing trip to Marco Island?
Marco Island is a gorgeous area and very popular vacation destination. For anglers, the fishing can be awesome as there are a variety of fish to be caught year round in the Marco Island area. Whether you plan on fishing the deep water wrecks, the numerous backwaters, the beaches or canals, there is something here for every fishermen.
The inshore fishermen have a blast catching snook, tarpon, redfish, sea trout, jacks, snapper, grouper, barracuda, black drum, bluefish, cobia, flounder, mackerel, king mackerel, permit, pompano, sheepshead, triggerfish, whiting and others.
Spring through fall is the best time to catch snook. Tarpon fishing can be excellent from early March through June, but the juvenile tarpon (up to 50 pounds) can be caught year round. Redfish are available year round, but you can find them in larger schools the summer and early fall. Trout, whiting and pompano are caught in the backwaters almost year round. Some of the other species may be hit or miss throughout the year, so make sure to check with local bait and tackle shops as well as fishing charters to see what will be biting on your trip to Marco Island.
The offshore fishing can be very exciting. There are huge goliath grouper, sharks, permit, barracuda, red grouper, gag grouper, king mackerel, spanish mackerel and others. You will probably find a lot more inshore fishing charters than offshore charters, but there are quite a few offshore fishing charters in the Marco Island area and they can help you figure out what will be biting when you plan your fishing trip.
For more information on Marco Island, take a look at our tourism links.
- Marco Island, Florida
- Marco Island Fishing Charters
- Marco Island Lodging
- Marco Island Bait and Tackle Shops
- Marco Island Marinas
- Marco Island Boat Rentals
February 2009 Updates
This website is continuing to grow as a resource for fishermen. We currently just added a fishing tips blog that anglers can actually send us information to get their tips posted on our website.
We also added a fishing pictures blog and a fishing tournaments blog. Website visitors can send us emails and we will post their fishing tournaments and their fishing pictures to share with our fishing community.
Florida Keys Fishing
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What can people expect on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys? (Key West, Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Big Pine Key)
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You can expect the trip of a lifetime when you come down to the Florida Keys. According to the International Game Fish Association, more saltwater fishing world records have been set in the Florida Keys than any other fishing destination on the globe. The offshore fishing can be excellent as many of the fishing charters troll for dolphin, sailfish, marlin, wahoo and kingfish. You can also bottom fish for snapper and grouper offshore. Party Fishing Boats are available for deep sea bottom fishing where you can catch snapper, grouper and even dolphin.
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The backcountry and flats fishing provide some awesome fishing for bonefish, redfish, permit, tarpon, sea trout, jack crevalle and more. Fly fishermen flock to the Florida Keys to experience the inshore fishing for a variety of species.
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The fishing is excellent year-round in the keys, but there are better months for specific types of fish. Tuna, snapper, bonefish, permit and bonito can be caught in good numbers throughout the entire year. The spring also offers very good fishing for marlin, sailfish, wahoo, grouper, tarpon, snook, sea trout, shark, kingfish, cobia and amberjack. The hot weather in the summer brings in the marlin, wahoo, tuna, dolphin and tarpon. In the fall, marlin, sailfish, wahoo, grouper, snook, redfish, shark and kingfish are going strong. The winter months provide some excellent fishing for wahoo, sailfish, grouper, snook, redfish, shark, kingfish and cobia.
For more information on visiting the Florida Keys, take a look at our tourism links below.
Amelia Island, Florida Fishing
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What can people expect on a fishing trip in the Amelia Island / Fernandina Beach area?
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There are a variety of inshore and offshire saltwater fishing trips available in the Fernandina Beach / Amelia Island area. Deep sea trolling can be excellent for a variety of fish throughout the seasons. Cobia, spanish mackerel, tuna and king mackerel are available in the spring. Sailfish, cobia, kingfish, amberjack, wahoo and barracuda are going strong during the summer months. The fall brings some consistent action for kingfish, amberjack, barracuda, cobia and bonito. Deep Sea Bottom Fishing is usually better during the cooler months of fall through spring with some excellent fishing opportunities for snapper, grouper, cobia and black sea bass.
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Amelia Island has 2 large inlets that offer some excellent bay, jetty and beach fishing. St. Mary’s and the Nassau provide some protected waters that anglers can take advantage of without worrying about getting sea sickness. The calmer waters offer tarpon, redfish, black drum, sharks, cobia, kingfish, jack crevalle, whiting, bluefish and more. Anglers can fish the backwaters if they are more interested in the light tackle options that the flats, inlets and estuaries provide. Redfish, flounder, tarpon, jack crevalle, spanish mackerel and bluefish are common in the backwaters of Amelia Island. The backwaters are where many of the saltwater fly fishermen spend their time.
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Bass fishing is also an option with the St. Mary’s and Nassau rivers. Late January through May provides some of the best bass fishing with the spawn starting in January. Plastic worms, spinnerbaits, topwater plugs and most other common bass fishing lures will work well in the rivers.
For more information on visiting the Amelia Island area, take a look at our tourism links below.
MySpace Fishing
I have officially started to promote www.ultimatefishingsite.net through MySpace.com. It’s a great way to stay up to date with what’s going on with our website as well as to network with other fishermen and fishing-related businesses.
In the future, I would like to start offering promotional contests that are only available to friends of our on MySpace. This kind of stuff won’t get rolling until later this year (2009), but it is in my plans.
Add us as a friend today.
http://www.myspace.com/ultimatefishing
Kevin Sewell
Owner - www.ultimatefishingsite.net
Costa Rica the Sportfishing Mecca
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No matter what your preference, salt water or freshwater, conventional or fly, offshore or river fishing,
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This abundance and variety of fishing venues has led to several game fish records being set in the relatively small country.
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It is not just the abundance of fish that should make an angler choose
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Whether you want to fish in the Pacific, the
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Up and down the Pacific coast you will find everything from fishing villages, to beach resort towns, to world class marinas, to middle of nowhere lodges. When choosing to fish in the Pacific you need to do a little research. Although marlin, sailfish, snapper, tuna, dorado, amberjack, wahoo, roosterfish and snook are all common catches, the season for each fish varies depending on your location in
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It is not just the fishing seasons that vary the atmosphere in different locations can be completely different as well. In the north the beaches are popular, the condos are tall, and the wind makes the fishing season a bit shorter than further south. In Herradura, the
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