June 2014

Another overcast/rainy type day.  We didn’t get too wet though just a light drizzle.  We left early again and got a nice 60 lb tarpon right away.  After that though things slowed down for us.  We had a couple other bites that seemed like tarpon – some very hard drag pulling for 3 seconds and then dropped the baits.  Several other boats came into the area today and seemed like everyone got a bite or two.  So the fish were pretty spread out.  Anyways that was about it for the morning we also did get a big nurse shark.  I heard the live bait bite was good down the road and we stocked up on some fresh dead this afternoon, may give that a try tomorrow to do something different!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Had a full day today.  We tarpon fished in the morning.  Got an early 6 AM start.  Fishing was good we hooked up right away and ended up catching 3 for 3 bites.  Decent size fish, not huge, but all 65-95 lbers.  We were done by 8:30 AM and then went into the backcountry to do some light tackle stuff.  Probably doing the same game plan tomorrow hopefully they are still hungry!!!  The june islamorada tarpon fishing is off to a great start.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Fished around town today for the tarpon.  We caught bait good early this morning.  Had weak tides to start I tried a local channel with the last wee bit of falling tide but did not see any fish.  We ran down the road and check a few spots – very weedy.  At the bridges finally the tide started rolling and we saw some fish.  Had a couple bites and few cheap shots in about a 30 minute window, and then the weed got horrendous and made it almost unfishable.  We ran back near home and set up with the dead baits and got a nice 65 lb on the bottom.  Went and bent the small rods with some snapper and such to finish the day.  Departing early tomorrow morning so we’ll have a couple hours of falling tide to fish.  You can see how bad the weed was while we were fighting this fish!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk