Key West Flats Fishing with Capt. Mike O'Brien Fishing Reports http://tarponkeywest.com/blog Capt. Mike O'Brien Fishes out of Key West for Tarpon, Bonefish, and Permit, and these are his Key West Fishing Reports Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:59:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TarponKeyWest – baby tarpon with capt. Mike O’Brien http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=379 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=379#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:59:22 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=379 Jay McNitt and I got a nice baby tarpon today west of Key West and had shots at some big migratory fish too!

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=379 0 April Tarpon fishing in Key West http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=372 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=372#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:13:30 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=372 The tarpon fishing has been good the past two weeks with a couple of amazing days.  Been getting into migrating fish in big strings as well as laid up slobs and some floating with their tails and fins out of the water last Wednesday.  Wow!!  We stuck eight fish that day.  Las night I was out with my buddy, Chris Papara and we slayed some big poons.  11 jumps with 3 to the boat and a broken Sage xi3 #11.  Here a couple of pics from my iPhone.  I left the good camera in the truck.  That’s probably why we stuck so many.

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=372 0 Fun Day Kiting at White st. Pier with Capt. Mike filmed by Karen Angle http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=367 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=367#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:29:12 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=367

Capt. Mike O’Brien kiting at White st. Pier in Key West on a big wind day.

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=367 0 February Flats fishing http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=361 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=361#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:42 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=361 I was out on a charter today with Kyle and Jennifer and we got some good cuda shots and stuck a nice one.  Missed a few sharks  but saw tarpon rolling and permit cruising too.  Once the sun came out it was awesome.

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=361 0 Capt. Mike hooks a big Poon during the Worm Hatch in Key West http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=346 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=346#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:31:05 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=346 Click on the link below to watch the Worm Hatch tarpon video.

 

 

 

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=346 0 January Jacks http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=335 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=335#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:58:55 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=335 It was the nicest day in a week and Jimi and I were out there. The water temp was 66-68 deg. We caught some nice ladyfish and tons of big jacks on fly.
These jack pull hard!

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=335 0 January fishing in Key West http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=331 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=331#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:47:09 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=331 I had a great day on the water with Christina and Jeff from St. Louis.

It was cloudy so the sight fishing was tough but we got into some jacks, barracuda, ladyfish, and mangrove snapper.

We also had a shot at two big cobia on the edge of a flat. Wow!

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=331 0 KEY WEST KITEBOARDING http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=309 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=309#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:31:29 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=309 check out these two go pro videos.  Click on the underlined : pearlBank   Aaron Jump

It was a nice windy day in Key West today

 

Here is some GoPro footage I shot.

 

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=309 0 Season Change http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=301 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=301#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:04:29 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=301 It’s changing to winter time fishing out on the flats. On cold front days we kite or tie flies. On the warm days we fish. The day before thanksgiving was a hot on. 85 deg. air and 80 deg. h2o.
I saw a school of 50lb tarpon rolling in 4 feet of water over white sand.
It never ceases to amaze me at the cool things we see out there.
Yesterday was 80 and the water 73. Wind was around 10 knots.
We has shots at tarpon and permit. We caught sea trout, ladyfish, and jacks. Today it was 65 and windy in the am. I went offshore to the reef (five miles offshore) and surfed waist to head high waves with two buddys. It was insane. 70 degree crystal clear water over a 3 foot deep reef. We all caught tons of waves and had a killer time.
Key West it awesome for anything related to salt water.
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring but I’m sure it will be fun.

]]> http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=301 0 Kiting with my Bros http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=291 http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=291#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:06 +0000 Capt. Mike http://tarponkeywest.com/blog/?p=291 It’s been windy and we have been kiting like crazy.
Here are some pics of Aaron and Lenny in the back country.

Aaron Snell

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