Snapper & hogfish for dinner for the Smith family

    Captain’s Blog – January 22, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – The Smith family from the Buffalo area added a fishing charter to their annual vacation to Coco Plum Beach and Tennis Club.   Dad John enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day on the water with three lovely ladies – his daughter-in-law Lesley, wife Suzanne and daughter [...]

Sunset Cruise for the Pearlstein Family

Captain’s Blog – January 21, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Visiting from Coral Springs FL, Steve Pearlstein treated his teenage daughters, Rachel and Rivka, to a fabulous sunset cruise aboard the SeaSquared.  Enjoy the pictures! Click here for more information about our sunset cruises. Share this:

Captains Day on SeaSquared Charters

Captain’s Blog – January 20, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – Today was the first really, really beautiful day since our cold snap.  Three charter Captains, one jet ski guy – and a guy from Massachusetts who calls himself a Hardcore Angler – set off for a day of fishing the reef. My intent was to scope [...]

FWC Clarifies: Catch and release fishing still allowed for snook, bonefish and tarpon

For immediate release: January 17, 2010 Contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554 Catch and release fishing still allowed for snook, bonefish and tarpon While the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently issued an executive order on Jan. 15, which temporarily extends closed harvest seasons for snook statewide and establishes temporary statewide closed harvest seasons for [...]

FWC responds to widespread cold-weather saltwater fish kills

For immediate release: January 15, 2010 Contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554 FWC responds to widespread cold-weather saltwater fish kills The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has issued executive orders to protect Florida’s snook, bonefish and tarpon fisheries from further harm caused by the recent prolonged cold weather in the state, which has caused widespread [...]

What bottlenose dolphins can teach us about fishing

Several years ago, Christy and I took the dogs for an afternoon boat ride.  We were on the Atlantic side of Marathon off 90th Street.  We encountered the most amazing spectacle … a pod of bottlenose dolphin hunting.  We stayed and watched them for a couple of hours.  We were all mesmerized, including Bingo and Isabelle! [...]

Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series returns to the Florida Keys

Circle Saturday, January 23, 2010, on your calendar! That’s when the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series returns to Islamorada with an information-packed and entertaining day on how to catch more and bigger game fish in the Florida Keys – inshore and offshore. The 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. event, presented by the Florida Keys tourism [...]

How to choose a charter captain in the Florida Keys

Captain’s Blog – January 13, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys – The bad economy brings out the worst in some people and the best in others.     Due to the current economic conditions, we are seeing an influx of people getting into the charter business without bothering to go through all the legal channels or investing in the proper [...]

Honeymooners haul in snapper and hogfish!

   Captain’s Blog – January 8, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys - I’m not sure what attracts the newlyweds to SeaSquared, but we sure do get a lot of them!  Lynda and Zach Granoff were celebrating their nuptials with a stay at Coco Plum Beach and Tennis Club and added a fishing trip to their adventures.  I’ve lost [...]

How I brine and smoke fish

Captain’s Blog – January 7, 2010 – Marathon Florida Keys Smoked fish can be served just for picken’ or used as a base for smoked fish dip.  In the Keys, we tend to smoke all the mackerel species along with amberjack.  Up north, I understand just about all of the more oily fish work very [...]