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Jim Seagraves holds up a typical wreck cobia
taken on flyrod.
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The wrecks
on the Atlantic side
of Key West are usually from 100' to 300' or more in depth. Fishing the
surface around them often produces kingfish, wahoo, tuna, little tunny,
barracuda, sailfish, and a variety of other game fish. We often anchor and
chum with live pilchards (see Blue Water
fishing). While fishing the surface for pelagic species, we will drop
baits or jigs to the bottom where amberjacks, jack crevalle, yellow jacks,
grouper and snapper reside. This makes for a mixed bag, and it is not uncommon
to have taken 10 or more different species in a single day.
The shallow water wrecks provide a different type of fishing than anywhere
else that I know of. There, the fish are sometimes lured to the surface
with live baits and teased into a frenzy where an artificial lure may be
placed in front of the very fish that you choose. This technique has produced
several world record amberjacks, barracudas and cobia over the years. This
is a highly visual and exciting type of fishing, particularly on light tackle.
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Jim Seagraves shows good pressure on the
flyrod while wreck Fishing in Key West.
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Wreck
fishing, using both live and dead chum, will produce action that will thrill
both the professional and the novice angler. Often you will see schools
of jacks and permit that number in the hundreds and even the thousands of
fish. Cobia, amberjacks, barracudas, sharks, skyrocketing kingfish and the
ever present bottom dwellers are a part of the over all experience to be
had while "Wreck Fishing" in Key West. |
