Got out again today the weather looked bad around town but we left early and beat it into the backcountry. It never rained back there though looked like they got some nasty weather at the dock back home. Anyways fishing was OK we had one tarpon bite to start with, got a technical release on him as he swam to us and we got the leader to the rod tip. After a few minutes of fighting he jumped and threw the hook next to the boat. We also caught a nice lemon shark and broke another one off. After that we rounded up some more bait and tried some other channels. Jumped another tarpon off straight away then caught several blacktips and bonnet head sharks. Also got a couple big ladyfish and bluefish on the bottom rods. No other tarpon bites that was all she wrote but glad to have gotten one and to get the day in! Tomorrow taking a day off after a busy week. 1 for 2
July 2016
7/14/16 July tarpon Fishing in Islamorada Florida
Today we got chased around by rainstorms in the early morning. We were able to fish on and off with the light rods for trout, ladyfish, and such. But had to keep moving to dodge storms. Finally by 9:30 or so we were able to run to the channels I wanted to fish for tarpon at. The afternoon got nice and we hooked a nice tarpon straight away. Landed him and then not much else for a little bit. I only had one angler so we bent the light rods again for a little while and then tried another area for something big to end the day. Didn’t see any tarpon there, but caught plenty more sharks. We also had a big cobia swim up and we did hook him on a light rod but broke him off unfortunately. Anyways was glad to get a tarpon and some other things, didn’t look like we were going to be able to do much the first couple hours of the day! 1 for 1
7/13/16 July Islamorada Tarpon Fishing Report
Good fishing again today for Randy and Pat here from Texas. We found some tarpon in the channels where we had caught one yesterday. First stop didn’t produce much but a few sharks, the second though the tarpon were biting. We got one to the boat for pictures, another we got a technical release on as he jumped off next to the boat, and had a couple others spit the hook on the bite. We broke it up a little mid day and caught some trout and a few more mullet for bait. Hope the fishing holds up! At it again tomorrow, I do have some days open near the end of the month if anyone is looking to go. July is a great time of year to fish! 2 for 4
