Florida Keys Vacation Home Rental

03/24/2024

Florida Keys waterfront vacation home only $2450 weekly in May 2024 for your group of up to six people. Private message for reservation.

08/06/2023

Florida spiny lobster season opens today, Sunday, Aug. 6.

Remember the rules and be a safe boater and diver at all times. Here's a handy tip sheet you can use, and find all the rules at KeysLobsterSeason.com 🦞

08/04/2023

03/30/2023

The Seven Mile Bridge will close temporarily to vehicle traffic for an annual footrace over the convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

02/05/2023

Farmer’s Market starts Feb. 24 in Marathon.

09/08/2021

Rent a waterfront private pool home with dock in the Florida Keys for only $1825 a week for Sept. 11-18 or Sept. 18-25, 2021. Call or text 321-749-3290 to book your vacation.

Fisherman's Dream. Rent this waterfront vacation home in the Florida Keys. Three bedroom, 2 bath hom

08/25/2021

20% Off Weekly Rate Sept 11-18 and Sept 25-Oct 2. Total Price $2200. Keys 3/2 Vacation Home with dock, easy access to open water, hot tub, pool and wraparound deck.

07/23/2021

Two day lobster mini season is next week

The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind everyone the two day lobster mini season is coming up next week. Anyone who plans to participate catching lobster in Monroe County during the two day season on July 28 and 29 should make sure to familiarize themselves with both state law and with local ordinances in the Florida Keys. Details and information can be found in the attached pamphlet or at http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/lobster/

“We enjoy all the visitors here in the Keys during lobster mini season,” said Sheriff Ramsay. “But we want to make sure everyone is aware of the law, and is behaving in a responsible, and safe, manner.”

Marine thefts commonly happen in the Florida Keys and thieves may see mini season as an opportunity to target people who aren’t being careful with their valuables. Make sure you remove electronics, fishing and diving gear from your boat when you aren’t on it and store this valuable equipment somewhere secure.

The Sheriff’s Office will have extra patrols at boat ramps, bridges and on the water. Anyone caught with illegal lobster will be charged accordingly. All Sheriff’s Office boats will be on patrol, and deputies will also be operating a number of personal watercraft donated to the Sheriff’s Office by Riva Motorsports & Marine of the Keys. They donate WaveRunners® each year to be used for law enforcement purposes such as this, as well as for regular patrols of hard to reach shoreline areas and residential canals.

Before, during and just after the two day season there will be more boats and trailers on the roadways, and more traffic in general. Sheriff Ramsay wants to remind everyone to drive carefully. Pay attention to those around you, be patient and don’t pass in no passing zones. Drinking and driving is, of course, illegal; drunk boating is also illegal and our officers will be watching for this dangerous behavior on the water as well as on the roadways of the county.

And remember: You must have a recreational saltwater fishing license and a spiny lobster permit to recreationally harvest spiny lobsters unless you are exempt from recreational license requirements. Information about these licenses and permits is available online at www.myfwc.com

Make sure to review the rules for the area in which you will be harvesting lobster. Rules and laws vary depending on where you are in the Florida Keys.

A new dedicated website, https://fla-keys.com/news/article/10950/, includes interactive videos with need-to-know dive and boating safety tips, up-to-date rules, regulations for lobster hunting within the Keys such as daily limits and correct harvesting techniques. It also stresses avoiding prohibited, no-take zones protected within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary boundaries.

07/22/2021

On July 14, Marathon City Council met at 8:30 a.m. to ratify an amendment to an ordinance it heard only the night before, at the regularly scheduled meeting. The fast action was to have the law in place before the start of Lobster Mini Season, which is July 28-29.  In 2020, the City of Marathon [.....

05/12/2021

We redesigned the den of our Catch of the Day vacation rental in Marathon. We added two twin daybeds in place of the sleeper sofa and loveseat. We thought, "Who really wants to sleep on a sleeper sofa?" What do you think?

04/06/2021

Escape to the Florida Keys and relax in your own private waterfront home. Only one house away from the Gulf. Three bedroom, 2 bath with pool and hot tub. Aug. 14-21, 2021 available for a total of $2725.