What you can catch fishing Miami
A huge variety of gamefish year-round, from acrobatic sailfish to hard-fighting sharks and great table fare. Troll for sailfish and mahi, bottom fish the reefs and wrecks, or deep drop. Here's what runs, and when.
Offshore sportfishing
Trolling the Gulf Stream's blue water.
Reef & wreck
Bottom fishing the wrecks and reefs.
Black Grouper
Nov–Dec
The reef heavyweight, a powerful ambush fish.
Mutton Snapper
Apr–Jun
The prize snapper of the Miami reef.
Amberjack
Year-round
The 'reef donkey', brutal drag-screaming fights.
Kingfish
Nov–Apr
King mackerel on reefs & wrecks, fast, toothy.
Shark
Mar–Aug
Big, reliable, all-action, first-timer friendly.
Deep dropping
Down 600 ft+ for swords and tilefish.
Peak months are on each species page. Seasons shift year to year, so check the latest report.