Florida Keys Archives

August 7, 2016August 7, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

It’s lobster season time!!!

If you have ever been lobstering for spiny lobster in Florida, you probably know that mini lobster season (which is the frontrunner to the full Florida lobster season) is one of the craziest times down in the Florida Keys.

People are everywhere, and if you don’t know how to find and catch lobster, then you will most likely get left behind and go home not hitting your limit.

And while we were down here in Islamorada (for the first week of lobster season), we had a few “newbies” ask us about how to properly net a lobster.

So we wanted to share some of our lobster footage from the where Luke nets 6 different lobster in 6 different ways.

Hope you enjoy, and hope you limit out with some tasty bugs!

Of course, one of the other ways to catch lobster is to grab them with your hands. Just be prepared to hang on and get a hand around the full lobster as soon as you can.

Enjoy.

Related Video: “The Most Lobster Ever Caught On Film In Florida” (watch it here)

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July 25, 2017July 28, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

WARNING: If you have ever been lobstering in Florida before, then this video is going to give you goosebumps…

(And make sure to stick around for the full video as the amount of lobster get thicker and thicker as it goes on)

Can you imagine going scouting for lobster holes and coming across this spiny lobster spot!

And if you aren’t an avid lobster hunter, then here is why this lobster video is so amazing.

Usually, when lobstering in the Florida Keys, you find lobster that are trying to protect themselves behind or under structure like rocks, coral, sunken ships, etc.

And Florida spiny lobster usually aren’t in packs of 100 either…

But as you will see in this video, the lobster are so thick in this area, that they ran out of places to hide.

They are just sitting on the sandy bed waiting to get plucked!

According to the video’s owner, this was in Islamorada, Florida during the 2014 Lobster Mini-Season.

Enjoy!

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April 17, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

“They leave giant holes in the water…”

Some amazing tarpon quotes in this new video called “Silver Lining” by World Angling Studios.

Heck, I even got a new fish fist-bump to use by watching it (check it out at the 3:00-minute mark)

But just as important as seeing some amazing silver king footage, this tarpon documentary has does a great job in revealing one of the problems the Florida Keys anglers are fighting in regards to cruise ships messing up the tarpon migration.

As anglers, we all need to get behind the fisheries like the Florida Keys, and this video does a great job of spelling out why putting money and resources into reefs and the marine ecosystem is a wiser choice than spending it on cruise ship passages.

Great message guys (minus the footage of the “adult shirts”, but this video was too powerful to not share).

I love the question, “What kind of legacy do we want to leave the next generation when it comes to fishing in the Florida Keys…”

Good stuff.

And check out the school of tarpon an angler is casting into at the 9:20 mark.

What a dream fishing scenario!!!

Enjoy.

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April 11, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Warning: The following cobia video might have you packing your bags and heading down to Key West this afternoon…

If you are anything like me, you love catching (and eating) cobia.

And although these amazing fighting (and tasting) fish aren’t all that hard to get a strike from once you locate them, they usually take a little bit of work to find.

So when I saw the crew of Local Knowledge TV come across this school of cobia in Key West, I had to share it with you.

Have you ever seen a school of cobia on the surface basically eating out of your hand like this?

Talk about cobia heaven!

And to top it off, the Local Knowledge guys run into some tuna as well.

What a day!

Enjoy.

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March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

When artists and photographer Derek DeYoung placed an underwater camera near the roots of some mangrove trees in the Florida Keys, he had no idea what kind of footage would be on the film.

I can only imagine him sitting at his computer with his jaw dropped when he saw the amazing tarpon footage that he captured.

What a sight!

And how to cool to see the mangroves doing their part to grow such a healthy tarpon population.

Talk about a backcountry honey hole for juvenile tarpon!

Now if we can only get Derek to give us the GPS numbers to this mangrove line…

Great job Derek!

Enjoy.

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September 21, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Have you heard of the show “Silver Kings” yet?

If not, you’re about to!

Last month I posted a Tarpon trailer that went somewhat viral on our site called, “The South Florida Tarpon Trailer That Will Leave You With Goosebumps” (you can watch it here).

It was the Season 2 Trailer for the show…

And while I was doing some searching for tarpon videos yesterday, I came across the “Silver Kings” trailer for Season 1.

Curiosity got the best of me, and there I was last night… in front of my computer watching another tarpon video that gave me goosebumps and a burning desire to head back down to Islamorada…

Check out this amazing tarpon trailer, and don’t forget to check out the full-length “Silver Kings” TV shows that start up again in January 2016.

For more information about the show, the two featured tarpon guides (Capt. Bou Bosso and Capt. Rob Fordyce), and more, check our the main Silver Kings website here.

Related Video: “The South Florida Tarpon Trailer That Will Leave You With Goosebumps” (watch it here)

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August 15, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Have you ever seen the fishing show called “Silver Kings”?

Personally, I have never watched any of their episodes from Season 1, but after seeing this trailer for the next season’s shows, I think I might be tuning in.

This video trailer for the upcoming season of “Silver Kings” might start off a bit slow, but just wait until you see all of the action in this thing.

At one point, one of the anglers has to jump in the water to chase down his buddy’s fly rod that is being pulled by a tarpon underwater!

Of course, there are plenty of epic tarpon jumps…

You even learn a little bit about why God loves Tarpon! Did you know that there is a Tarpon on the ceiling of Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel? You can read the full article here.

And even one of the guides goes falling off the poling platform towards the end.

Great job guys, and can’t wait to see the new fishing shows.

Related Video: “The Tarpon Video That Will Have You Dying To Fish The Florida Keys” (watch it here)

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August 1, 2015August 1, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

When I came across this Tarpon video from Captain Nat Sampson of FishingKeyWestCharter.com I instantly yelled over at my brother to come check it out.

It just happened that I am in the Florida Keys as I type this, and it just so happened that I was looking for some epic Tarpon footage on the web.

And it also just so happened that I got goosebumps on the first Tarpon jump in this video… and then again when I heard the line sizzling out…

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say that if this tarpon footage doesn’t have you itching to hit the Florida Keys, then nothing will.

Amazing job Capt. Nat Simpson and UpDown Productions.

Salt Strong material for sure!

Related Video: “Helpless Tarpon Rescued By Dead Jack Decoy in the Florida Keys” (watch it here)

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July 20, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Patrick Rhea of LivitFilms and his drone flying stud partner Nick Shirghio have done it again!

They have somehow produced back to back saltwater inshore fishing video masterpieces that certainly land each of the videos up in the rankings of top inshore fishing videos of all time.

After coming off a Grand Slam hit video called, “Fishing in our Soul” with Jill’s Cashbox featuring Salt Strong (in our humble opinion the best saltwater inshore video of all time), Patrick and Nick Shirghio hit another home run with Eleven Angling: Bluemoon Expeditions out of Islamorada, Florida with their fly fishing video at the bottom of this page.

Just wait until you see the tarpon footage! Amazing.

But first…

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Next, make sure to check out Patrick and Nick’s other over the top video in the last 30 days below.

If you have even been fishing while cameras are rolling, you know that it rarely turns out like this with Tarpon hitting your fly just feet away from the camera and boat. Amazing job!

Enjoy!

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