Fishing in Key West Day 10 – Tuesday

A funny old day. The weather forecast spoke of 15 mph winds but when we got to the boats it was flat calm with hardly a breath of wind. All of the skippers had decided to make the long journey to fish some of the many wrecks in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris on Coolwater [...]

Pitswarren Murphy Himself (1993-2008)

I’m sitting here in Key West with tears of sadness rolling down my cheeks. My beloved Murphy, my very best friend for the last 15 years of my life had to be put to sleep today. He was being looked after by my Brother, Andy, who loved him just as much as me, whilst I [...]

Key West Day 9 – Monday

With another windy day on the cards, the skippers decided to fish for tarpon in the harbour. It was another cloudy start to the day with a couple of light showers but the clouds cleared to give us another day of clear blue skies with temperatures in the low eighties.
Keith was fishing aboard Jack Kelly’s [...]

Key West Day 7 – Saturday

Today we split into two teams of three. It was quite breezy again with the temperature in the low eighties.
Harry, Keith and Jim were aboard Damon’s boat. They started off fishing offshore for sailfish, with Jim catching a kingfish and Harry catching a sailfish. They then moved back nearer to the harbour and Keith caught [...]

Key West Day 6 – Friday

With a good breeze from the East everybody decided that it would be another day to try and catch the elusive sailfish. They tend to feed better when there are a few waves around….and there were plenty yesterday !!.
Keith fished with Roy aboard Capt. Pat’s boat, complete with Choo Choo, the puppy who snuggled down [...]