Spearfishing Wahoo

Listen in as Capt. James Simcic who fishes out of Captain Hooks in Marathon explains, in gory detail, what it’s like to spearfish wahoo. Wow. That’s all I can say

December 2009: DEMA was a Sight to Behold

This year’s DEMA Dive Industry Trade Show was once again the cornerstone of communications and innovation in the dive business.  It consists of 4 days of meetings, presentations, product and destination displays, and what’s new in the industry.  There were some real highlights this year that every diver should know about especially if that diver [...]

November 2009: Let the Keys Make You a Better Diver

A huge loggerhead banks to the right around a gagged ledge and rises to the surface to take a breath.  Jawfish are popping up out their burrows and then back in again, all in unison.  A nurse shark is foraging over the reef with all its senses in play to find a tasty meal.  Diving [...]

October 2009: Summer of Surprises

First, it was the whale shark in Vaca Cut.  Incredible.  Then, a great opening to lobster season.  Most of our divers were happy with the size and the number of bugs they were catching.  Scuba and free divers all around the Middle Keys with their catches were putting our local restaurants to work, cooking up [...]

September 2009: Whale Shark!

Have you ever had the opportunity to dive with a 30-foot shark?  Not many have, especially here in the Florida Keys but at Captain Hook’s there was a whale shark hanging around for over a month.  Seen up close, it is a magnificent animal.

I remember when I first saw the whale shark up close.  It [...]

July 29-30, 2009:Lobster Mini-Season and Opening Day

It has been a vastly different this year then the past few years.  Calm seas usually prevail during mini-season but this season’s winds were up a little to 15 knots.  Storms around the Marathon area with an incoming tide in the days just before the season caused some runoff and stirring of the shallows and [...]