Key West Charters

Key West Fishing, Lobstering and Snorkeling Report

August 15, 2010

 As we get into mid-summer the temps rise and the wind dies down – the fishing slows down on the Gulf side and the backcountry as the water temps hit the high 80’s. The fishing turns to the deeper, cooler water on the Atlantic side – trolling the Gulf Stream and fishing the deeper reefs [...]

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Key West Fun on the Water

August 8, 2010

My guests and I have been very busy the last couple of days, I have taken out four different families, with lots of different activities for each family. We have been relaxing on shallow water sandbars, light tackle backcountry fishing, snorkeling for lobster on shallow reefs and shipwrecks and even a dolphin and snorkel/sunset sail. [...]

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Snorkeling Key West, Sand Key

July 31, 2010

Sand Key Light I took the McGuire’s from Oklahoma out snorkeled yesterday afternoon. We stopped at Western Dry Rocks, 12 miles SW of Key West on the Atlantic side – visibility was excellent, they reported seeing lots of tropical fish, a turtle and several sharks. Then we pulled up anchor and went to Sand Key. Were [...]

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Key West Lobstering – Mini Season

July 29, 2010

Out on the Water -Capt Tom! The Bower family had an incredible experience snorkeling up lobsters during Lobster mini (sport) season. We hightailed it out of the marina at 5:45am heading into the still dark water of the back country (sun has not risen). On our 1st stop we dropped down on a “honey spot”, [...]

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Lobster Sport Season Key West

July 26, 2010

Get your tickle sticks ready! Lobster Sport Season is July 28 & 29, the prelude to opening of the commercial lobster season. I will be taking my passengers to the backcountry and to the shallow reefs on the Gulf side. My customers will be snorkeling in 6’ to 12’ of water and using nets and [...]

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Fishing This Week in Key West

July 25, 2010

Capt. Tom Here, It’s been a windy couple of days here in Key West, though I was still able to get the Miller family out for an afternoon of light tackle fishing, dolphin viewing and even some snorkeling in the sub pens. These areas are sheltered from the East wind and made for a comfortable [...]

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Family Fishing in Key West

July 18, 2010

Hello from Capt. Tom!  We have had an absolutely great week with Greg Procter and his family. We were out four days this week and focused on deep sea fishing during the morning and snorkeling the reefs in the afternoons. We caught enough yellowtail snapper and mutton snapper to bring to the Half Shell Raw [...]

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Easy Day Charters – A Must Do in Key West

January 30, 2010

Easy Day Charters – A Must Do in Key West Don’t miss out on a trip with Captain Tom. Just before Christmas ’08, our family went fishing, dolphin sighting and touring the ecosystem on Captain Tom’s immaculate boat. He was well organized, very knowledgeable and very flexible. You won’t find a better tour guide. We [...]

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Great Day Out on the Water

January 30, 2010

Great Day Out on the Water We first saw Capt. Tom on a google search. We were looking for a family friendly relaxed day of fishing and snorkeling. We definitely found it! Capt. Tom was great and the boat was very nice. We had 3 adults and a 13 yr. old on the boat and [...]

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Great Day of Fun for the whole family

January 30, 2010

Great Day of Fun for the whole family Captain Tom was amazing. He was very friendly to all of the family and he was a great navigator. He let us choose what we wanted to do and how we wanted to do it. We were a new family to fishing and he took us to [...]

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