Overnight Trip
A night and a day of fishing aboard the Lauren Jeanne, with food, drinks and all the tackle included. January to March.
- Duration
- 24 hours, 1 night
- Guests
- Up to 6 anglers
- Price
- $4,200January to March, for the whole boat
Dry Tortugas Trip
Two or three nights at the Dry Tortugas aboard the Lauren Jeanne. Fish the reefs, wrecks and deep ledges around Fort Jefferson by day and into the night, and sleep aboard.
- From
- $6,200
- Length
- 3 to 4 days
- Group
- Up to 6 anglers
You leave Stock Island and run west past the Marquesas to the Dry Tortugas, where the reefs, wrecks and deep ledges see very little pressure. Fish into the evening for snapper, sleep in a bunk with the boat anchored up, and wake up to a full day on the grouper grounds.
Pick the length. The 3-day trip (48 hours) leaves at 2pm and is back at 2pm on the third day, with two nights aboard. The 3½-day trip (64 hours) leaves at 9pm and is back at 2pm on the fourth day, adding a third night and more time on the deep ledges, dropping the electric reels for snowy grouper, yellowedge and golden tilefish. The 4-day trip (72 hours) leaves at 2pm and is back at 2pm on the fourth day, for a group that wants to fish hard, with time for every kind of ground the Tortugas offer; with calm weather, ask Captain Yuri about running out to Pulley Ridge, the deep reef beyond them.
Captain Yuri sets the trip up around the weather, the season and what your group wants: bottom fishing for black, red and gag grouper and mutton and yellowtail snapper, deep dropping, or trolling for wahoo, tuna, dolphin and sailfish. Summer and fall bring calm seas and the best snapper fishing, with dolphin in summer; the cooler months bring more and bigger grouper.
The price is for the whole boat and up to six anglers, with discounted rates from January through March. Bring your own food and drinks: the galley has a stove, microwave and grill, and when the weather allows the captain cooks breakfast and dinner, often with fish you caught that day.
What’s included
- Bait (chum, thread herring and squid) and ice
- All fishing licenses
- Electric reels for deep dropping
- Bunks, a full galley, air conditioning and a hot shower
What's biting
Grouper are best in the cooler months, snapper through summer and fall, and dolphin in summer. Tell Captain Yuri what you want to catch, and he'll set the trip up around it.
Reefs and ledgesBest Nov to Apr
Black grouper
The big one on the Tortugas reefs and ledges, and a fight to keep out of the rocks.
Hard bottomBest Nov to Apr
Red grouper
A Gulf favorite on the hard bottom, and some of the best eating out there.
Reefs and wrecksBest May to Oct
Red snapper
Bright red and great eating, from the reefs and wrecks around the Tortugas.
ReefsBest May to Oct
Yellowtail snapper
Fished into the evening off the stern, with the boat anchored up on the reef.
Deep drop
Queen snapper
A deep-water snapper, brought up from the ledges on the boat's electric reels.
On the trollSummer
Dolphin
Mahi-mahi, on a trolling line on the run out and back.
On the troll
Wahoo
Big and fast, trolled up in the blue water.
On the troll
Sailfish
A billfish on the troll, and the photo of the trip.
More trips
Full Day Trip
Twelve hours of reef, wreck and bottom fishing out of Stock Island, with food, drinks and all the tackle included. January to March.
- Duration
- 12 hours
- Guests
- Up to 6 anglers
- Price
- $2,500January to March, for the whole boat