The Flats - Key West’s Gift to Fishing.

48 pound permit on #10 test line.

You bet. The back country flats are spectacular fishing grounds. Teeming with game fish, there is no better place on earth to fill your head with memories and stories of trophies.

But there’s a lot more to be learned on the flats than simply what kind of fish life is there in those sparkling waters. Often, customers just want to relax in the warm sun and take in the magnificence of the nature that abounds all around them.

For example, the shallow waters and countless mangrove islands present a great opportunity for environmental and nature photography. Here, you will experience numerous varieties of bird species and other marine life. Just some of the birds that inhabit the quiet back country are Spoonbills, Egrets, Blue Heron, Ospreys and Bald Eagles. There are Terns, Ibis and Cormorants. If you are an avid bird watcher, you’ll love the flats.

The photo opportunities are endless, but often clients just want to revel in the solitude that is ever present in the natural preserve of the area. Even something as simple as a clear sky is pure joy when all you can hear is the lapping of the waters against the hull of the flats skiff, the sounds of birds calling as they circle high above in the thermals, and the occasional soft splash of a “rolling” fish right next to the boat.

It’s always great to see a hard-core fisherman come to Key West from northern waters, all full of energy, and anticipation, and watch him (or her,) slowly “unwind” once the peacefulness of it all comes “over them.”

It’s the back country... the flats of Key West. It does it to you every time. It’s no wonder that customers come back again, and again.