July 2013

Well more good flamingo tarpon fishing in July.  We caught mullet early around some of the islands.  We then ran to the honey hole channel it was holding some nice tarpon.  We went 3 for 6 in the blink of an eye, then a storm cell came near and temperature dropped and it started blowing out of the west.  Not a good thing for tarpon fishing!  The bite shut off, we did a few other things – got some sharks and a big cuda.  Then we ran back towards home and tried for the last hour on the start of the falling tide in Islamorada.  Got a nice big 100 lb fish to end the day!  If your thinking of july tarpon fishing give me a ring or email.  I’m going out of town for a few days so the tarpon will get a nice break, be back next week folks!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

july flamingo tarpon

Well we dodged plenty of showers today but the fishing was well worth it.  We caught limit of trout and snappers for dinner early on for rod bending action.  We then looked around for a bit and found a lot of mullet coming off the flats near flamingo.  Plenty of smaller size mullet but perfect for the size tarpon we’ve been finding in the backcountry.  We fished one of the channels back there and it was loaded up with tarpon.  We caught 4 out of 7 in about 2 hours, plenty of smaller 30-50 lb fish though we did end with a 90 lber.  Can’t beat that!  The ladies did well today.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

Well after some days off and a few half day snapper/trout trips, got back to doing a little tarpon fishing today in the everglades.  The july florida keys tarpon fishing has been decent, with smaller 4o-60 lb fish being found in some of the backcountry channels.  Mullet were not real easy we had to wait till the tide really fell out before they got off the flats, and had to be patient but ended up getting a couple good throws and probably 25 fresh bait mullet.  We tried fishing off east cape though mostly just sharks there, and then tried some channels around flamingo on the later incoming tide.  We had bites pretty quick, and ended up catching 1 out of 3 possibly 4 bites in an hour.  This time of year you may have to look around a bit for tarpon they can be there one day and gone the next for no reason – but if you find them and have the fresh mullets you can usually get some good action!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com