posted by admin on Mar 22
Key West Marlin Fishing
If you don’t know anything about Key West Marlin Fishing, read on because it’s like no other type of Key West fishing. You see, Marlin exist way offshore, near the Continental shelf, and they are not easily hooked. The continental shelf is about twenty miles offshore from Key West, heading south into the Straights of Florida. This is the area between the Florida Keys and Cuba. The Gulf Stream also passes near the Continental shelf, but at a crosswise angle so it pushes water up over the edge of the shelf. This causes upwellings of water and nutrients, to which all sorts of game fish are attracted and come here to feed. Included in this, of course, is the Marlin. Offshore fishing boats travel here for Key West Marlin fishing, and you can too!
Sometimes a Key West Marlin fishing trip takes place over a few days. That’s because it can take days and days to hook just one Marlin! That’s why we say that Marlin fishing trips aren’t for everyone. You pretty much have to be a die-hard angler and be fairly sea-worthy for the days-long trip. But people who enjoy Key West Marlin fishing know that all the patience is worth it just to catch at least one Marlin. Marlin are wonders of nature when hooked, traveling as fast as a car on an interstate highway and skimming across the surface of the water. Key West Marlin fishing is catch and release, the meat is not good. So this is purely a sportfishing affair for serious anglers.
If you charter a Key West Marlin fishing boat, you’ll be traveling to “the wall”, which is what locals call the continental shelf. There is the King of Dropoffs here, where the shelf drops from about 1000 to 2000 feet. All sorts of large game fish feed on the wall. Your captain will know the hot spots on the wall, too. These are cracks in the shelf where there is even more upwelling and intensified feeding by large game fish such as Marlin. If you’re seriously into game fishing and you want to try the next dimension, give Key West Marlin fishing a whirl.
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