Key West Fishing Areas

Key West is blessed with a wonderful variety of styles of fishing. With the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other, we can offer fishing to suit all tastes. Here's a quick rundown on what we have to offer, click on the titles for more detail and some nice pictures :

Fishing in Key West Harbor
The harbor is home to many different species of fish but the king of them all is the "Silver King" himself, the Tarpon. Other inhabitants include Permit, Snapper, Grouper and Sharks.

Reef Fishing in Key West
With a huge reef only a few miles out into the Atlantic, Key West can offer some of the best fishing for reef species such as Snapper or Grouper to be found anywhere in the world.

Wreck Fishing in Key West
During the 1800's there was an average of one shipwreck per week on the reef around Key West. Thankfully that number has dwindled to a tiny proportion of wrecks these days but there are still a few old shrimp boats and coasters that meet their ends in the waters surrounding the city. All of these wrecks provide a wonderful habitat for the huge numbers of fish that inhabit the wrecks.

Offshore fishing in Key West
Deep blue water is found just a few miles out into the Atlantic and that water holds lots of opportunist feeders such as Sailfish, Kingfish, Cobia, Dolphin Fish and even a few Marlin.