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FISHING REPORT: FALL BAIT MIGRATION KICK STARTS INCREDIBLE FISHING

By Ryan Van Fleet This Week’s Fishing Report Anchoring and fishing along the reef during October is a good option. The fall bait migration kick starts...
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HOMEWARD BOUND: SKEETER THE GREEN SEA TURTLE RETURNS TO THE OCEAN

Skeeter, a juvenile green sea turtle rescued off Big Torch Key in March, returned to her ocean home on Saturday, Oct. 9. Skeeter was...
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MARATHON’S RACHEL BOWMAN CAPTURES LIONFISH CHALLENGE TITLE

For most people, 700 pounds of fish constitutes a monstrous bounty from the sea. But for the 2021 commercial Lionfish Challenge champion Rachel Bowman,...
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DIVE REPORT: SYMBIOSIS AT SEA

This Week’s Dive Report Conditions this week were great. October is a wonderful month to be in the Florida Keys, and it showed in our...
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FISH REPORT: STONE CRAB SEASON STARTS

By Ryan Van Fleet This Week’s Fishing Report Stone crab pots are in, and now is the time to run out to the gulf to get...
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DIVE REPORT: AN NFL STAR & A MANTA RAY

This Week’s Dive Report We may be well into the fall, but conditions this past week remained incredible. Visibility was stunning, and we enjoyed calm...
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REDBONE FISH TOURNAMENT SUPPORTS CYSTIC FIBROSIS CURE

Anglers are invited to fish for redfish and bonefish in the 33rd annual Redbone Celebrity Fishing Tournament which aims to catch the cure for...
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CAN FLORIDA KEYS FISHERMEN & DIVERS COEXIST AT KNOWN HOTSPOTS?

When it comes to occupying fishing spots, “first one there” is the most common law of the land. But what happens when rod fishermen...
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EXPERT ADVICE: UNTIE NOW & TOW LATER

By Mike Barber It’s January and I love this time of year. Especially when I can get south of, say, 21 degrees North.  After hurricane...
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DIVE REPORT: NIGHT DIVES SHOWCASE OUR REEFS IN A NEW (LOW) LIGHT

Conditions this past week were a little rough. Winds picked up throughout the week, and that’s always what brings the “sporty” conditions the further...