The Keys are a fishermen's paradise. You can catch sailfish, mahi, wahoo, tuna, amberjack, red grouper, black grouper, mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, yellowtail snapper, many types or sharks, snook, bonefish, tarpon, permit. And because it ain't a great place for marlin, you are making the assumption that it is "not as good as advertised"? Talk about tunnel vision. Listen, there are only a few spots IN THE WORLD that offer consistent chances of hooking a marlin on any given day. NONE of them are in the United States. If you husband is so dead set on catching a marlin, scrap your whole trip to Florida and head out of the country. If you don't want to do that, FORGET ABOUT MARLIN and have a great time fishing in the Keys for the extraordinary number of species we DO have. That being said, the best chance of catching a marlin in the Keys is NOT in Islamorada, it would be down at Key West in the middle of the summer.

Larry1,

Thanks for the info. No need to get rude though.