Fishing
From backcountry flats to the deep blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf, the Florida Keys are an angler’s dream. Cast for bonefish, tarpon, and permit in skinny water, or chase sailfish, mahi, and tuna offshore—the variety is unmatched. Local captains and charters know where the action is, whether you’re after a record catch or dinner for the grill. With easy access from every island, fishing here is less about luck and more about adventure. Rods ready? The Keys are always biting.
Fishing Information
All the details you need: licenses, regulations, videos, styles, and tips to make your Florida Keys fishing excursion a keeper.
Sportfishing History in The Florida Keys
Renowned worldwide as a legendary angling destination, The Florida Keys helped pioneer backcountry sportfishing, saltwater fly fishing and light-tackle angling. Celebrated captains such as Jimmie Albright, Cecil Keith, Billy Knowles and Richard Stanczyk Sr. shaped the sport, while famous anglers including Ted Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Zane Grey and Presidents Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman and George H.W. Bush added to the island chain’s enduring fishing legacy.
Florida Keys Fishing Tournaments
The Florida Keys is a famous for fishing tournaments. Check our list highlighting some of the many tournaments taking place throughout the year.
Florida Keys Lobster Season
Every year, thousands of locals and visitors dive into spiny lobster season, a favorite Florida Keys tradition. The Florida Fish and Wildlife...
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Key West
Recon Sportfishing
Recon Sportfishing — backcountry charters in Key West where expert guidance meets unforgettable inshore adventures.
Islamorada
Bamboo Charters
Bamboo Charters, led by Captain Matt Bellinger, offers personalized fishing, snorkeling, sandbar, and sunset excursions aboard the "Chubby Mermaid," providing unforgettable experiences in the Florida Keys.
Islamorada
Zoned In Charters
Zoned In Charters offers expert guided flats, back‑country, and fly fishing adventures around Islamorada and Key Largo, Florida for anglers of all skill levels.
Key West
RideOut Charters Key West
RideOut Charters Key West offers offshore, reef, wreck, and inshore fishing charters for up to six anglers aboard a 28-foot Whitewater with Captain Nick Collins, a Key West guide with seven years of Keys diving and fishing experience and a 4.9-star rating across 74 FishingBooker reviews.
Marathon
No Slack Sportfishing
No Slack Sportfishing is a Marathon-based family fishing charter service led by born-and-raised Keys captains James "Bucko" Platt and Jared Platt, specializing in light tackle sailfish and tarpon aboard two SeaVee vessels.
Islamorada
Moon Cast Anglers
A premier fly-and-light-tackle charter in Islamorada specializing in flats and back-country fishing for tarpon, bonefish, permit, snook and redfish.
Key West
Flying Fish Charters
Flying Fish Charters offers light tackle and fly fishing charters for tarpon, permit, bonefish, redfish, and snook on the backcountry flats of Key West with Captain Jamie Connell.
The Lower Keys
Sandbar Somewhere Charter
Sandbar Somewhere Charter, led by Captain Hoyt Watkins, offers relaxed inshore and backcountry fishing trips around Summerland Key and Big Pine Key.
The Lower Keys
Fair Winds Flats Fishing Charters
Fair Winds Fishing Charters offers guided flats fishing charters from Summerland Key in the Lower Florida Keys targeting tarpon, bonefish, permit, barracuda, and other inshore species.
The Lower Keys
Low Key Angling
Low Key Angling offers flats, backcountry and nearshore fishing charters in Key West and the Lower Florida Keys targeting tarpon, permit, bonefish and other inshore species.
Key West
Kilo Whiskey Charters
Kilo Whiskey Charters offers customizable offshore fishing, reef, wreck, swordfish, sandbar, sunset, Marquesas, and Dry Tortugas charters out of Key West aboard a 33-foot SeaVee with Captain Anthony Del Valle, a merchant mariner-credentialed guide with over a decade of Keys experience.
The Lower Keys
Flyin' High Charters
Flyin' High Charters offers guided fly fishing and flats fishing charters for tarpon, permit, and bonefish throughout the Florida Keys, Everglades, and Biscayne Bay with Captain Jesse Register.
The Lower Keys
Captain Doug Kilpatrick
Florida Keys Flats Fishing — expert flats and back-country fishing charters from Marathon to Key West.
The Lower Keys
Torch Key Charters
Torch Key Charters offers guided flats and backcountry fishing for bonefish, permit, tarpon, and shark throughout the Lower Florida Keys from Little Torch Key with Captain Danny Clark.
