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The Fishing, Diving and Boating Magazine of the Florida Keys

FishMonsterM A G A Z I N E

DECEMBER 2015 Vo lume 5 Issue 11

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bring on thecold weather!

december in the florida keys

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TOO MUCH BAIT BY CAPT. BEAU WOODS

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EVERYTHING EATS SHRIMP! BY CAPT. MIKE MAKOWSKI

DECEMBER IN THE FLORIDA KEYSBY CAPT. JOHN SAHAGIAN

A LIFE SAVING DEVICE EVERY DIVER SHOULD OWNBY CAPT. ERIC BILLIPS

THE KEYS WINTER FISHERYBY CAPT. RICK STANCZYK

THE NIÑOBY CHIP KASPER

ISLAMORADA OFFSHORE REPORTBY CAPT. RICK RODRIGUEZ

KEYS KAYAK FISHING BASICSBY CAPT. RANDY MORROW

FishMonsterM A G A Z I N E

December 2015 Contents

BIG WAHOO IN KEY WEST

THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 2015

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COVER PHOTO

Kevin Williams lives in Cudjoe Key and has waited over 20 years to catch this 44 lb. wahoo which also happens to be his biggest ever. Kevin and his father Keith operate Williams Pest Control in the Florida Keys and absolutely love to fish! Congratulations to Kevin from all of us here at FishMonster Magazine!

EDITOR’S NOTE

READER PHOTOS

ARTIFICIAL WRECK & REEF COORDINATES

LOBSTER & SPEARFISHING REGULATIONS

FISHMONSTER ALERTS

FLORIDA KEYS FISHING REGULATIONS

NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

FIND YOUR GUIDE

“Time and tide waits for no man” It’s so clearly understood by our contributors in the December issue of FishMonster Magazine. Many of them have used their final month of 2015 to express goodwill and convey affection towards their loved ones within their articles. We too are going to use this space to convey our affection and gratitude but in a different way, to our writers. With their help, FishMonster Magazine has become the most interactive fishing, diving and boating media venue in the state of Florida through our print magazine distribution,

social media and websites. No one has a more loyal daily following than FishMonster. The reason is pretty simple. Quality content provided by the most talented guides, charter captains and dive masters from Key Largo to Key West. We sincerely thank you!

They say quality attracts quality and this month Captain Jorge Pinera joins us to share his Bahamas perspective. Expanding to the Bahamas is a natural progression for us. The connection between many of our Florida Keys fans and the

Bahamas has already been in place for years but there is also a reverse interest. Our fans in the Bahamas wanted representation as well, so we agreed.

Thanks again for your interest in FishMonster Magazine, we especially couldn’t do it without YOU.

Happy Holidays!Captain Marlin & Dianne Scott

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Juliana Clawson

FishHeadof the Month

Junior Fishmonsterof the Month

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Summer Mooreout of Key West caught

this sailfish with Captain Chuck Donny out of the Hurricane Hole Marina

on Stock Island

This is Juliana’s 3rd triggerfish, she went fishing with her mom about 8-9 miles

out from Bahia Honda to catch it.Nice fish Juliana!