Reelin in the Keys

This series takes a documentary style look at the Charter Captains who make their living taking clients fishing in the "sport fishing capital of the world" - the Florida Keys. We join a different boat in each episode, and over the series picks up some top pro tips, and hear's some tall tales along the way. This episode sees us hook up with Captain Chris Johnson and the crew of Sea Squared Charters for a spot of fishing under the Bahia Honda bridge, a known Tarpon hotspot.  

In this episode our host Captain Rob Harris is joined by some friends and Captain Sam Shaw for a day of mixed bluewater fishing. After hitting a school of mahi-mahi / dolphinfish they keep looking to see if they can't hook up to some tuna or a sailfish.  

In this episode Capt. Kelsey Jo takes us fishing amongst the mangroves for the tasty mangrove snapper that live there.  

In this episode we join Capt. Jason Long and his crew on Best Bet to do some permit fishing with live crabs on light tackle.  

This time we’re heading out over deep water with First Choice Charters’ Larry Wren and swordfish are the target species, but since they encounter some mahi en route… we’ll it’d be rude not to have a try…  

Rob’s in Key West and this time he’s out on Ocean Energy, with Captain Mike Blumin and Capt. Russell Knowles on the hunt for a variety of species in deep water.  

This episode sees Rob meet up with Capt. Craig Jiovani for a day’s trolling for sailfish, wahoo and other pelagic species. 

Captain Bill Knowles, who has been running charters since 1959, and he’s been passing on that fishing knowledge on to Captain Randy Towe – between then they’ve got 80 years experience. Join them for some Everglades tarpon action.  

In this episode the Reelin' in the Keys team head to the world-famous Hemingway Challenge - a blue marlin fishing tournament named for one of the most famous deep sea fishing afficionados of all time - author Ernest Heminway.  

This episode focuses on the largest saltwater fishing tournament in the world – the target: King Mackerel. We join the fleet as it gathers, heads out onto the water, and the anglers in every class from Juniors to Seniors, try their best to out fish each other.  

And now for something completely different – this episode of Reelin' In The Keys leaves the private charters behind and sees Capt. George meet up with The Party Boat, aka Gulfstream, as he joins a big group of anglers on the hunt for yellowtail snapper.  

In this episode Captain George Clark Jr. is out with Bamboo Charters on the Gulf of Mexico to see what they can find. He’s joined by two former hosts of Reelin’ In The Keys and they exchange a few tall tales while fishing some live shrimp for… whatever shows up.