Well the streak is over after about 3 weeks of catching tarpon every trip. Not that we didn’t have our shot though. We went into the backcountry where the fish were good the last few days. Though today it was flat calm and then a light southerly breeze. We saw fish rolling and we did hook one first thing in the morning. Unfortunately he just came unbuttoned as we were chasing him, pulled the hook. After that no more tarpon bites we caught a bunch of different kinds of sharks, and a few trout and snappers. They just did not seem really happy today for whatever reason, sometimes the slick calm makes them much more leary. Amazing how the fishing can change from yesterday to today. Oh well that’s why it’s called fishing! 0 for 1
June 2015
6/8/15 June Everglades Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
More good fishing today. We were able to hammer the mullet early and get right to fishing. I set up in the channel where we found and caught a nice fish yesterday in the late morning. Saw a fish roll right away – a good sign! First bite was a big barracuda that cut us off, then a little shark. Though eventually mr. tarpon bit and he went crazy jumping! We caught him and ended up catching two more and another shark. Really good fishing and great to catch 3 tarpon by 9:00 in the morning! After that the tide quit and we ran and caught some pilchards, while doing so the trout and snapper kept us busy. Then we finished the day with some excellent snook fishing and even jumped another tarpon while doing that! 3 for 4
6/7/15 Everglades Tarpon Fishing in June
Ran back into the everglades this morning. Early start and found the mullet in one of my usual areas. Nice to see the summer time bait showing up with consistency. We made a couple throws and were able to get 3 or 4 dozen. We ran back off the mainland to some areas where the tarpon had been recently. Last trickle of incoming tide I was hoping it was going to be falling already so we had to wait for it to turn around. It took a while almost an hour before it really started moving. We were able to catch a few sharks while waiting at least. Finally saw a few tarpon roll and we tried to set up on them, however the little sharks were horrendous! You could hardly keep a bait out. I moved several times in front of rolling fish, only to have the sharks eat us alive before the tarpon could get to the bait. Finally I moved back to an area where the sharks weren’t so bad and hoped a tarpon would find us. Luckily one did, young Cody was able to hook and land his first tarpon a nice little 35 lber, perfect size for him. After that more sharks! We checked another area and did not see much. So I ran to some channels where there had been a few tarpon recently. We didn’t see much for life, but I set up and we put our baits out. After about 25 minutes we hooked a nice 65 lb fish that Russ got to land on his own rod, he was happy about that. The fish gave up pretty easily for the lighter rod we were using, and was hooked right in the top of the lip where they usually give you a much harder fight. Maybe he was over heated? Anyways after that not much other action we tried another 30 minutes, and then decided to make our way home! 2 for 2
