This photo of a Bone Fish was taken by Captain Dave Perkins. Dave does both off shore and back country charters. Check out his website at: www.captaindaveperkins.com

The Shrimp Boat

Glen and Norma had a good night shrimping on Tavernier Creek. They ended up with 3 gallons of shrimp. The shrimp have been running strong for the last week.

Captain Molly O'Rourke

photo by Patricia

As you can see Molly is an accomplished boat handler

Gracie's first boat ride

photo by Patricia
Molly, Jennifer and Gracie going on Gracie's first boat ride. She was not too thrilled about it.

Taapin or Tarpon

photo by Keysmon
Captain Glenn took a night off from guiding last night and fished with the Keysmon. He was drifting shimp behind the boat and hooked into 3 nice size "Taapin". That's how they talk in Boston.

Words fishing guides hate to hear

photo by Milton

This is me and my friend Charlie drooling over Mike's Snook. Charlie really did not say that, but I know what he was thinking. Click on photo to read writing.

Mail Box Snook

photo by Milton Oliveira

Captain Mike caught this nice Snook last night that just barely made it under the 33 inch slot. He was fishing aboard the Big Cat out of New Bedford, Mass. with Captain and chief photgrapher of Hammer Point, Milton Oliveira. The Snook weighed in at 15lbs. 4 oz. certified by Captain Keysmon. Mike also caught a 30 pound tarpon drifting a shrimp behind the boat.

Glenn Warrington Jr., son of Glenn and Norma of Cromwell Court did some snorkling and came up with a nice catch, four lobsters, an anchor and an old jug. The jug was filled with sand not wine.

Launch Ramp?

They don't have to back up their trailers, just slide the kayak on the snow and ice.

Off they go

They are off for a six mile trip down the Passaic River. One of the kayakers remarked "it was a beautiful January day, 12 degrees and sunny".

Real Men

You will never believe what these guys from New Jersey are about to do.
Tune in tomorrow to find out.

Lady Fish

Lady Fish are called the poor man's tarpon, I don't know why.
Charlie Esposito caught a few LadyFish, Jacks and a couple of Snappers while fishing with Captain Keysmon in Tavernier Creek last night.

First and hopefully not the last

photo by Milton Oliverira

Captain Glen Warington of Cromwell Court reeled in the first Snook of the season.

It barely fit through the doorway.

Everglades Gator

Photo by Milton Oliveira
Captain Milton spotted this alligator while on a recent trip to the glades. I hope he used a telephoto lens for this picture. The American Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] can grow up to 15 feet and weigh over 1000 pounds. Gators are sometimes seen in the Flamingo fishing area but are never seen in the Tavernier area, however there have been a lot of recent sitings of the American Crocodile [Crocodylus acutus] in the Key Largo and the Tavernier area.

Dinning Out

photo by Keysmon
The Keyswoomon with our daughter Jennifer and grand children 4 year old Molly and 2 year old Grace enjoying the sunset at Snooks.

Bang a Big Drum

photo by Jean Vetromile
Captains Donald and Rick along with their first mates Jean and Diane took a trip up to Jewfish Creek on Captain Rick's FLATECELLANCE where Donald caught this nice 7 lb. Black Drum.
Captain Donald lives on Aberdeen Court.

Florida Keys Storm

Unexpected storm hit the Outback in Islamorada while Sal and Linda were visiting.

At the Leekey Compound

photo by Guy Leekey
Guy and Sue Leekey from Ellington Court will be enjoying a seafood dinner thanks to son Jerry and grandson Mason.

Hammer Point Lobster

Mason caught this big boy right here in Hammer Point.

Will be back soon

This is Captain Gus of Bristol Court before his knee replacement. He is now walking with a cane and hopes to be well enough to enter the Hammer Point Dolphin Derby in May.
The Grouper weighed 26 lbs and the Mutton about 12 lbs.

Mixed Bag

photo by Judi Oliveira

Captains Milt and Mike hold up their catch that was caught yesterday on the "Big Cat". Mike caught the 22 inch Red Grouper and the 26 inch Mutton Snapper.

Captain Glen of Cromwell Court caught this 29 lb. Grouper in one of his favorite fishing holes ( the secret spot ). He was fishing with son-in-law Dave and grandaughter Jenna.

Kimkat Katch

Captain Rod and brother-in-law Keith caught some nice dolphin last week. Rod and his wife Kim are snowbirds from D.C. and are spending a few months on Westminester.

Captains Carlos and Gus

Captain Gus of Bristol Court, Hammer Point caught this nice 75 lb. Sailfish aboard the WahooVIII. He was fishing with his friend Captain Carlos and Gus's grandson Gus.
Gus is recovering from a knee replacement operation but he hopes to be out on the Wahoo VIII real soon.

Buckets of shimp and handfulls of snapper

All those shrimp were caught on a warm Valentine's Day in Adam's cut by sisters Joycelyn and Cheryl. The Snapper were caught off of Davis Reef by Angela Graig and Cheryl.

35 lb. Yellow Edge Grouper

This is Captain Roger of Aberdeen Court in Hammer Point. He caught this 35 lb. Yellow Edge grouper in 600 feet of water.

Jenna and Mangrove Snapper

Jenna and her family make a trip to the Keys every year to visit her grandparents, Glenn and Norma.
Glenn can't wait for her to get here so she can catch him some snapper. She even filets the fish herself.
Her and her sister Nicole would rather come to the Keys to fish instead of going to Disney World.

Dottie and the Gag

This is our friend Dottie from NJ who along with her husband John managed to land this nice 8lb. Gag Grouper. She ate it the next day.

Back Country Grouper

Bobby Sox Supel and Chick Esposito did a little back country fishing a few weeks back and Chick hooked this 12 lb.Goliath Grouper. The skinny waters have been making it almost impossible to get into some of the good fishing areas, but Captain Keysmon still manages to put his friends onto some heavy fish.