Got out with Jason and his sons Brendan and Brody today. They fished with me several years ago and had a great time. We left out early today and made a run into the deep ‘glades. The tarpon fishing around the other normal summer areas had slowed down a little the last few days as we had some nasty southerly winds. Today it was back northeast but I figured i’d give it another day to settle out and wanted to see what was way back there. The guys were down to try and we made our run. Found a big group of tarpon early and we set up. Brody hooked up straight away. He fought the fish well and we got a technical release as we got the wind-on leader to the tip, but he charged away from the boat afterwards and ended up jumping and throwing the hook. After that the tarpon really dissappeared. It was amazing as we were surrounded by fish but they up and left within 20 minutes or so. We did move around and managed to get another one for Brendan. This one we got to the boat for some pictures. After that though it went real quiet. That’s why I get up and go early sometimes it can change in a hurry on you especially in this area. After that we tried a few snook spots with no luck. Then we ran into the gulf and had the right conditions for some permit fishing. We managed to catch a couple permit which was very nice, and a few jack crevelle and sharks on our light tackle. Great day! I’m back at it tomorrow but sounds like I have a family style trip and they don’t want to leave early, so may be more generic rod bending and some sharks, but maybe we’ll get lucky and get a tarpon. 2 for 2
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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