Key West Party Boat Fishing

Key West Party Boat Fishing runs shared trips out of Historic Charter Boat Row at 1801 N. Roosevelt Boulevard, at the City Marina at Garrison Bight. Trips run four hours in the morning and are capped at ten anglers, which is a good deal fewer than the thirty or forty sharing a rail on a true head boat, and it means the crew has time to get to everyone.

The fare covers rod, reel and tackle, bait, lures, fuel, your Florida fishing license, a cooler with ice and bottled water, and the crew bags and fillets the catch at the end of the day. The fishing is close in reef work: mangrove snapper, grunts, smaller grouper, barracuda and the occasional shark. Private charters are available as well, mornings or afternoons.

For a family or a group who want to fish without committing to a private boat, this is a sensible first trip. Ten rods, a captain and crew with time for beginners, and everything you need already aboard. Call (305) 703-5903.