Fishing News

Captains, mates, ladies, juniors and seniors are all eligible to fish the fifth annual Skippers Dolphin Tournament Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2. 

Team Seraphim of Ocean Reef, led by Captain Jerry Pohl of Miami, Florida, tallied 12 sailfish releases to take top honors at the two-day Billfish Championship, a main event of the Jimmy Johnson Fishing Championship Week that ended March 9 in the Florida Keys. 

Nathaniel Linville of Key West caught and released two permit to win the 2019 March Merkin Permit Tournament that ended March 7.  

Anglers of all ages and abilities can target more than 40 species of fish in the Key West Fishing Tournament, a free-entry multidivision challenge that takes place Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, 2019. 

Sizeable king mackerel and action-packed competition are the attractions for angling teams during the 2019 Key West Kingfish Mayhem tournament. The challenge takes place Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 17-20, with two divisions whose participants fish on separate days.

Doug Dragoo of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, won top honors at the Cheeca Lodge All-American Backcountry tournament that ended Nov. 10.

2019 Florida Keys Fishing Tournament Highlights Calendar

Brooke Black was named grand champion angler at the 28th annual Robert-James Sales Baybone Celebrity Tournament that ended Oct. 7 in Islamorada.  

The no-experience-necessary "Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!" girls' getaway provides female anglers the chance to learn, network and enjoy some tournament competition Friday through Sunday, Oct. 19-21, in the sport fishing capital of Islamorada.