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Grouper season is finally open. Marathon offers some fantastic grouper fishing.

Melissa and Doug gag

We caught this gag grouper in the bay off Marathon. Come book a grouper fishing charter with Capt. Doug.

Melissa caught this monster sea trout while fishing in the bay off Marathon, charter fishing at its best.

Melissa monster trout

Fishing the bay on windy days can be very productive. We managed to get this 24″ sea trout along with many others. Come book a trip fishing the bay.

Big nurse shark fishing in the Gulf off Marathon in the Fl Keys.

Big nurse shark

This large shark was caught while cobia fishing in the Gulf. The Gulf side of Marathon offers a huge variety of fish in one place. Not sure what you want to catch? Ask Capt. Doug about Gulf wreck fishing charter you will not be disappointed!

Jim and his wife caught this gag grouper fishing the bay off Marathon in the FL Keys.

Hutchinson's grouper

Gag grouper are not as plentiful in the bay as reds but they are a blast to catch on light tackle. This fish often head right into the wreck or rocks for shelter after being hook. Many times the angler thinks that he has hook the bottom but its a grouper! Let us show you how to pull a grouper out of the rocks.

Jim caught this fat red grouper on a half day fishing charter off Marathon Key.

Jim's red grouper

The Florida Keys offer plenty of grouper fishing. Season is closed right now so its just catch and release. Season opens in May and we are going to crush them! Book your trip in a May for the opening of grouper season.

Red grouper season is almost here! Come book a fishing charter with us off Marathon in the Fl Keys

Kim's grouper

Kim caught this large red grouper while fishing the bay. We had to release him after a quick picture. The season is closed until May. If you want to catch some fat groupers be sure to book your charters for early May!

Barry caught this fat blackfin tuna at the hump off Marathon on one of our fishing charters last week.

Barry's tuna

The blackfin tuna tend to large this time of year. This one weighed 25lbs and was a great fight on light spinning tackle! You need to get them in quick before the sharks grab them. This type of fishing trip is one of most exciting type of trips we do. Be sure to ask Capt. Doug about a tuna fishing charter!

Jason’s red grouper was great on light tackle!

Jason grouper

Jason was down with his family from North Carolina and booked a charter with today. Even though the winds were 18 knots + we still managed to get his a nice grouper!

Family fishing charter off Marathon in the Fl Keys. Spring break is almost over, don’t forget to book your fishing charter!

kid mackerel

Keeping the kids happy is a very important part of a family fishing charter. Most our trips that involve kids we target smaller fish. This gives us more consistent action this way the little guys don’t lose interest. This Spanish mackerel certainly did the job!

This is what happy anglers look like! Sea trout are showing up in the bay.

Kids Trout

These young guys fished with us today off Marathon and caught some very nice size sea trout. When they get this size we call them gator trout. We caught these on live pin fish.