Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out for a full day with return customer Howard and his sister Jating.  We made the run deep into the backcountry early.  Today wasn’t our day though, the tarpon up and disappeared on us!  We did see a small handful but they weren’t cooperative, made a few moves around and tried to get in front of a few but no response.  There were several fly fishermen in the area too and they slowly started to move on as well.  Funny how things can change, we had pretty similar weather conditions with the wind and such as the last few days.  Anyways was a tough day for us we caught a handful of trout and a mackerel on the way home and that was about it.  I have this crew again tomorrow and I think I may stick to the same plan and hope tomorrow is another day, I heard the local bite has been pretty dismal and there hasn’t been much else out in the other backcountry areas.  0 for 0

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Got out with Dave and Kevin today for a full day of tarpon fishing.  We left early to get deep into the backcountry.  A tournament was going on today so I figured we’d have company.  A couple boats passed us along the way and we found 3 boats there when we got there.  But all fly fishermen so we were able to slip in where I’d been sitting and found some tarpon straight away.  Had to wait for the tide to start going out for a little bit, but after one move we hooked up and Dave got a nice one!  After that we got into a little rally and had another bite almost insantly we missed, then a little later another.  Then after we caught that fish again another instant hookup almost!  Things slowed down after that we did get some big blacktip sharks and a big nurse shark.  We mad a move and then had a couple more bites, missing one more and then landing the last one.  Dave had the hot stick but let Kevin get the last fish.  We avoided the rain almost entirely just a little slight drizzle for a few minutes.  Ride home wasn’t too bad the wind laid down a little and no rain like the other day.  I’ll be back at it tomorrow hopefully it stays good I think it will!  4 for 6

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Got out with Jay, Dale, and Zack today for a full day trip.  Forecast looked a little gloomy another rainy day.  But our window to get over there it looked OK, we got some rain about half way back but it wasn’t too bad going with the wind.  We made the run into the ‘glades and found a good wad of tarpon again.  It was great fishing even better than the last couple days.  And the tarpon were there the entire time they didn’t disappear at all.  Actually got better as the day went on.  We ended up catching seven and jumped a couple others.  Hooked two double headers and landed both fish on the last one to finish the day!  Just epic fishing, plus several sharks too including some big lemons and blacktips.  Coming home we got drenched, but after having a day like that it didn’t put a damper on our mood at all.  Have the day off tomorrow but will be back at it Tuesday, hopefully can stock up on some bait.  Looks like more rain throughout the week but if the fish keep biting like this, doesn’t bother me at all!  7 for 9

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
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