Big 3 Live and Well in Key West & Lower Keys

There are reports of dead fish in the Florida Keys from the cold early January weather. However, there are ZERO reports of Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit mortalilty in the Key West and Lower Keys area BECAUSE we didn't get as cold this far south as they did in Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay in the upper Keys and the Everglades. I have personally been fishing since the big cold snap and we have seen many Permit, Bonefish and Tarpon where they are normally seen here in the Lower Keys and Key West. In my last blog, I was venturing out to find a Tarpon tag transponder with Mike Larkin of Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. The signal was too weak to pick up and the battery must have expired. Despite searching on Friday, Jan. 29 for nearly 3 hours in the last known position, we came up empty. We did see several Permit and Bonefish on the flats, however. If anyone is flats fishing around the Barracuda Keys, Marvin Keys, Snipe Keys or Mud Keys, please keep an eye out for this gray and black antenna device that floats and may be stuck on in the branches of some mangroves. Thanks and tight lines!