Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Key West, FL area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
With gulf stream waters so close to shore, it is not a far boat ride out to the warm, deep waters that are home to a variety of pelagic species. Anglers target tuna, sailfish, marlin, wahoo and mahi mahi. There are plenty of fishing charters available that target the pelagic species out of Key West, Florida.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
The Florida Keys are exciting since you can catch the typical reef and wreck fish that you find in most of Florida while also being able to catch pelagic species that are hanging out in the same spots. In deeper waters depending on the time of year and location, you may also catch sailfish and wahoo while targeting king mackerel, cobia, bonito, snapper, grouper, hogfish, barracuda and many more species of fish.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
