May 2019

Fun fishing with Jared and Guy! We found a hungry pack of tarpon early. Trouble keeping them on the hook, but Jared got one to the boat finally. After that it slowed down but we got a few sharks. We decided to go find some snook which was very good again. Nice size line siders on our light gear. We then found a good school of redfish with some trout mixed in. Rod bending action every cast. We looked for permit to finish up, hoping to get lucky again but didn’t find them today. We did see a few more tarpon after that but no bites though a few more sharks. Back fishing tomorrow then a few days off. Looks like the winds will be kicking up for a few days.  1 for 4

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Got a nice one for Logan today! We started out in the backcountry where we had some good luck last week. Saw a few fish back there early, but not very responsive and didn’t seem like too many. We caught a variety of sharks though. Checked several other areas back there and just didn’t see much for tarpon life, though the sharks kept is busy. We decided to give it a whirl back in Islamorada for the last hour. Logan ended up getting a nice 90 lb tarpon to finish up the day! Some days you are in them all day long, other days you are happy to get one – that’s tarpon fishing. We will be back at it tomorrow, likely sticking more around town.  1 for 1

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Great day for Dean visiting down from NJ! Weather looked iffy to start, we were gonna leave early but waited until near 7 and then things started to clear out. We made it to the Backcountry and found some tarpon early on. After a couple sharks and a ray to start, Dean hooked s nice 20 lb tarpon! Small enough to lift up for a nice picture, fish under 40 inches you are allowed to (carefully). We release the fish healthily as ever. A little later we hooked a 40.lber too and Dean landed that one as well. A few more sharks and the tide slowed down. We decided to run around and check more ground, didn’t see much. We did catch a few small things, Jack’s and trout. We ran back to where we started but didn’t see much for tarpon life and the storms started to build again. Decided not to push our luck and headed back near Islamorada. We got lucky and hooked a big fish here, a good 100.lber! Dean fought her well and we rolled her over within 15 minutes. Got a nice boatside picture and decided to call it a day after that. Nice to have the fish cooperating a bit. I’m off the next two days time for service on the new boat and to move a few things around. Back at it Sunday!  3 for 3

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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