Late Summer Fishing is Underrated
August 08, 2025 Key Largo 8 photos
Spotted Seatrout
Spotted Seatrout
Redfish
Redfish
Snook
Snook
Tarpon
Tarpon
Shark (Lemon)
Shark (Lemon)

Trip Summary

The redfish have been schooling up recently making the best time of year to target redfish while sight fishing. I have been seeing schools of up to 20+ fish cruising in inches of water making for a show. I have also seen and caught more 30+ inch redfish these past few months than I have going back years. The snook fishing bite early in the morning has been hot fishing small troughs stacked with fish. You might have to weed through some 24" fish to find the real big ones, but they still pull plenty hard. I've also been seeing some big tarpon cruising the shallows with their back out of the water feeding on mullet. This is one of my favorite times of year to fish because the weather is usually nice and all the species are active making it a great time of year to target a backcountry slam.
Eric Reynolds
Key-largo, Florida, United States
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Hi! I’m Captain Derek Reynolds (Captain Eric's son) I handle all of our inshore fishing. I am a local fishing guide based in beautiful Key Largo, FL, and I’d love to take you out on the water for a true inshore adventure. We’ll be f...

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