Fished a full day today and got to run back into the florida keys everglades to tarpon fish. We had some mullet left over from the other day and a few freshies as well. The winds were hard out of the southeast making for a little bumpy ride but nothing my seacraft couldn’t handle. We set up in the channels and soon enough we had our first fish on. We landed him and then set back up. After 45 minutes or so we hooked a double header! One we didn’t think was a tarpon and we raced up near it, grabbed the leader, and then up jumps a tarpon! Popped him off and went after the other one. What fun! We then had another one we had on and got near the boat but pulled the hook on though had the leader to the tip so a technical release. Jumped another 4 fish at least making us 4 for 8 for the day – great tarpon fishing in islamorada! We also had some bonuses including a variety of sharks, a big 250 lb tiger shark, and a cobia! You can’t beat a day fishing like that in the florida keys in april.
April 2014
4/6/14 Morning half day tarpon fishing islamorada
Well the april islamorada tarpon fishing picked up a little bit today. Winds were light out of the southeast and picked up a little bit later in the morning. Good falling tide pretty much most of the trip until almost 11 AM. We had good fishing early on, a couple quick bites and we hooked a nice fish of 85 lbs we battled for 45 minutes and landed. Then we had a couple other fish pick the baits up and zip them… never saw what they were but they gave a hard steady zip of the line which seemed like a tarpon bite. Plus the baits were just scaled not tore up like a shark would. Anyways that slowed down and we moved around a bit. Tried some live mullet tarpon fishing and had a couple nervous baits at times but none were bit. Did get a big nurse shark on the bottom. Also we did see a few fish rolling in other areas. Just not very happy and not firing up on the live baits right now. Finally we went back to dead baiting and we jumped a nice fish of 50 lbs or so right before it was time to head in. I did hear the everglades tarpon fishing in the backcountry of the florida keys was much better today. I have a full day tomorrow so will head back there, looking forward to an action packed day! The islamorada night tarpon fishing trips are getting better too and I have nights available so drop me a line.
4/5/14 Keys April Tarpon Fishing Report
Fished a morning half again today. The bite was on the slow side again the fish don’t seem very happy for whatever reason. The wind had laid down nicely and good falling tide for most the morning. Saw a few fish in 2 spots out of 5 that I fished again. We caught 1 of 65 lbs or so right off the bat. After landing him we went back and had another good zip that I think was a tarpon pretty quickly again. I was licking my lips thinking it was going to be very good… but after that no more tarpon bites the rest of the morning! We caught a big jack, sting ray, had a couple sharks on, and that was about it. Though things should really warm up now as it is getting very calm and I think the fish will really start to pour into the channels, basins, and be moving along the shorelines.
