Florida Keys 2025 Mahi Season Update
As we transition into summer fishing, one species that stands out is the Dolphinfish, often referred to by its Hawaiian name, Mahi-Mahi. What makes this year especially exciting is the incredibly strong start to the season—a welcome change after several less-than-stellar Mahi seasons. It's fantastic to see, as Mahi-Mahi remains one of our most requested catches! Marathon Bull and Cow Tournament Recently, the Shaw family hired us to fish in The Marathon Bull and Cow Tournament. This two-day Mahi tournament typically takes place on the first weekend of May each year. The tournament focuses on catching [...]
2025 Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament Recap
It is no secret that the Main Attraction fishing crews fish many tournaments yearly, but the Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is very near and dear to our hearts! Four years ago, Main Attraction Co-Owner Katie Lewis started this local Sailfish tournament to fill a need for a competition that would highlight Marathon's exceptional fishing talent and support Florida Keys children and their families. Every year, Katie discusses ways to improve the tournament with her advisory board and her husband, Captain Marty Lewis, a seasoned tournament fishing team Captain. These changes must be well thought out and [...]
2025 Key West Sailfish Tournament
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about our good friend Brice Barr's 2nd year sailfish tournament in Key West. The Key West Sailfish Tournament is a two-day tournament held this year on Friday, March 28th, and Saturday, March 29th. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts kept our teams from participating in the inaugural event in 2024. However, Captain Marty Lewis was determined that this year would be different, and they officially joined the lineup for the second annual tournament. As is customary, the week before any tournament, the team geared up with all the essentials. Captain [...]
2025 Florida Keys Kids Sailfish Tournament
If you have been keeping up with our articles this year, you already know that the Main Attraction team has had a busy 2025! In addition to a busy fishing charter schedule, they have been fishing competitively in many sailfish tournaments here in the Florida Keys. Main Attraction Co-Owner Katie Lewis recently discovered a new sailfish tournament in Islamorada designed for junior and pee wee anglers aged 16 years and younger. If you know anything about Katie's work in the community, she loves to share the joy of fishing with youth, and this sort [...]
2025 Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish Tournament
On the morning of January 18th, 2025, The Main Attraction Sailfishing Tournament Team was pumped and ready to go for day one of the 2025 Cheeca Presidential Sailfish Tournament. The team hoped to keep momentum from their recent second-place win at the IFC Captain’s Cup Sailfish Tournament just three days earlier! Mark Busch catching one of the Sailfish that helped him win Top Male Angler at the IFC three days earlier. The night before the tournament, Captain Marty asked his young daughter to make the team good luck bracelets. She spent well over [...]
IFC Captain’s Cup Sailfish Tournament 2025
Eleven days after fishing the 2025 Fish for Holly Sailfish Tournament in Islamorada, Team Main Attraction was back at it again! This time, it was to fish the Islamorada Fishing Club tournament which is the second leg of the Florida Keys Gold Cup Series. On the morning of Wednesday, January 15, 2025 the team woke up to a chilly morning and a set of sporty conditions. Team Main Attraction would consist of Captain Marty Lewis, Ben Zdan, Alex Lewis, Mike Cangemi, Robbie Hiro, Danny Lombardo, and our star angler, Mark Busch. The Main One [...]
2025 Fish For Holly Sailfish Tournament
2025 is in full swing, and the first quarter brings a busy schedule of sailfish tournaments for our Main Attraction crew. Each year, we look forward to the first tournament, the Fish for Holly, which generally happens on the first weekend of January. For those that are unfamiliar, the tournament is in memory of Holly Givens, an Islamorada local that lost her life tragically to domestic abuse. The tournament director, Annie Hagan, was her best friend. This tournament raises money for victims of domestic abuse and has a huge following. Mark Busch, a good [...]
2024 Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament Recap
April is an exciting month for us in the Keys; sailfish season is in swing and it's the 3rd annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament, founded by our very own Katie Lewis. Main One and Main Attraction both signed up with returning clients and teams, ready to battle with Marathon's finest. The Main One team anglers was Mark Busch and his friend, John Dedinsky from Ohio and Alexis Bowcock from Georgia. Captain Marty was at the helm, with Captain Ben Zdan as the mate. Many of you remember Mark Busch since he fishes with Captain Marty 6 months out [...]
2024 Fish For Holly Sailfish Tournament
Now that the holidays are behind us, it is time to focus on Sailfish! We started 2024 with one of the first Sailfish Tournaments of the new year, The Fish for Holly Sailfish Tournament out of Islamorada. Main Attraction owners Captain Marty Lewis and his Wife, Katie Lewis, fish this tournament yearly. It is a wonderful tournament that raises money for an important cause: raising awareness about domestic violence. Usually, Marty and Katie fish the tournament every year with a repeat client named Dominick and his friend Jeremy. Since Dominick could not make it this year, they [...]
2023 Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament Recap
The second annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament concluded last week. There were a total of 14 boats, and 83 anglers signed up. The Main Attraction fishing team had three boats signed up to fish. The Main One was booked by our longtime client Mark Busch. Mark booked Captain Marty Lewis to fish on the 49' Sportfish a year in advance. The Bowcock family also rebooked the tournament a year in advance and were fishing on the Main Attraction for the second year. Our repeat client Steve Anderson and his brother and friends were fishing on Reel Attraction. [...]
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