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• xenia Posts: 1,116 Officer

  March 2019 #2

  Here's a story about Blue Runners.  I never fished Riley's Hump, but I asked a Key West fisherman about fishing there years ago before the closure.  He said "here's what you need to know about fishing Riley's Hump.  During the day, there are so many triggers due to all the bottom longliners cleaning their catch that you can't get a bait past them.  You can put all the sinkers you want on your line but the triggers won't let go until all your bait is gone.  Once the sun sets and the triggers go to sleep, the Blue Runners show up and say 'you've fished enough' and all you get is one runner after another."  There might have been some slight exaggeration there, but sure made the story a lot funnier.  As for my experience with runners, I've had the flags behind the boat off Key West on nights with a moon and when the runners show up, I'm done!  Can't get a bait past them.  All you can do is move and hope you find the tails again, and that the runners don't find you.

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• CaptJ Posts: 1,555 Captain

  March 2019 #3

  Wait a month or two and the Yellowtails will push the runners out of the way. Trash fish have been a problem here in Key Largo for the last few months, but every now and then the Tails will take over the bite.

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