Got out with Pat and Eric today for a full day. We focused on a mixed bag type of day so tarpon definitely wasn’t the priority, but I did have some leftover bait from several days ago that I could put to use. We went with our shrimp and pilcahrds and started the day fishing for snook and reds. It was incredible we had non stop action for the first hour and a half, catching probably 40 or more total fish. Then we found a few small tarpon that we tried messing with but no action out of them, one possible bite but I’m not sure what it was. But we did catch a handful of nice trout. Then we went offshore and did see a handful of bigger tarpon busting. Not a ton but saw a few and tried it. No bites here either but some big sharks, caught a big lemon and a big blacktip. And also a couple triple tails that were floating by those were fun to catch! We then did try a channel for the last hour of the day where a lot of tarpon were before this latest cold front came in. Saw a handful here too, but no bites at all. Anyways like I said it was still a stellar day with lots of variety and such, just no tarpon action. With cool/cold fronts coming in the fishing for them will get hit and miss. If we have warm stretches and calm weather it can definitely spark up and get good, if not then really it’s probably not worth focusing on – if you come across some and have the bait or set ups for it, then maybe try for a little while, but there are plenty of other things that are providing much better and consistent action for the next few months. 0 for 0
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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