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The Fishing, Diving and Boating Magazine of the Florida Keys
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December 2014 Vo lume 4 Issue 12
smorgasbord!
winter fishing inthe florida keys
winter sightfishingin a kayak
advisoriessmall craft
it's a fishing
in the keys
the bigcool down
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JC Carlson
JC out of Marathon continues to cross fish off of his dwindling bucket
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LIght tACKLe In the LoWeR KeySthe Big Cool Downby Capt. Beau Woods
FRoM Key CoLony BeAChAn early Seasonby Capt. Bobby Manske
Key WeSt DIvIng
Strange ConditionsBy Capt. Kevin (Mac) McKenna
FIShIng the FLAtShappy holidaysby Capt. Mike Bartlett
Key WeSt oFFShoReIt’s a Wonderful Lifeby Capt. Gene Chrzanowski
otheR neWSCult of Personality: Capt. Ron tekeby Capt. Marlin Scott
FLoRIDA KeyS WeAtheRthe Small Craft Advisory by Chip Kasper, Senior ForecasterNOAA/NWS
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get hooked!By Andy Newman
Key LARgo FLAtS FIShIngA Multitude of SpeciesBy Capt. Mike Makowski
KAyAK FIShIng
Winter Sightfishing in a Kayakby Randy Morrow
ISLAMoRADA oFFShoReIslamorada offshore Fishing Reportby Capt. Rick Rodriguez
ISLAMoRADA neAR ShoReCool Weather Conditionsby Capt. Rick Stanczyk
In the LoWeR KeyS...An exercise in Futilityby Capt. John Sahagian
Key WeSt BACKCountRythe Winter variety by Capt. Kyle Kelso
LIght tACKLe FIShIng- uPPeR KeySA Smorgasborg of Fishby Christine & Capt. Joe Hendrix
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FishMonster.com 1
The Fishing, Diving and Boating Magazine of the Florida Keys
FishMonsterM A G A Z I N E
$3.99 US
December 2014 Vo lume 4 Issue 12
smorgasbord!
winter fishing inthe florida keys
winter sightfishingin a kayak
advisoriessmall craft
it's a fishing
in the keys
the bigcool down
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