Got out with Darrel again today we had similar conditions as yesterday with a hard east breeze and a bit of rain around. We managed to stay away from the nasty weather for the most part though. We ran out into the backcountry, had to look around but found some tarpon. They weren’t in the same area as the last few times, but we managed a couple bites early on and caught one. Funny because yesterday they didn’t bite early and did later on. After that we never had another tarpon bite, but caught lots of sharks. We moved a few times and did see a few fish later in the day but no action. That was all she wrote we caught some bait on the way home and are suppose to fish a half day tomorrow morning, but looks like nasty weather so not sure if we will get out or not. 1 for 2
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
4/21/17 Everglades full day tarpon fishing in April
Got out with return customer Darrel Brock today, the first of his 3 days fishing with me. We caught bait yesterday afternoon good so I had that going for us. We left early and got out into the backcountry, the ride wasn’t too bad though it was windy with a hard east breeze. Once we got back there it was nice the first couple hours, then got a little rough but not really too bad for a larger boat like mine. We found the tarpon right off the bat though they didn’t really bite at first. We moved several times and tried a few different tactics, then after a couple hours we finally jumped one. After that we ended up getting 3 more bites, catching a 30 lber, a 60 lber, and 100 lber, along with about 25 blacktip sharks! It was good action and nice to see the fish biting a little bit. Funny as soon as it got a little nastier the fish started biting! The ride home was a little rougher, but really only bad for a little bit. I think tomorrow we may try the same plan of attack, sunday we have a half day so will definitely be fishing local then. Hopefully they cooperate! 3 for 4
4/20/17 April Tarpon Fishing Half Day Islamorada
Got out with Anton and his son and father today down from Boston. Fishing was tough we had high winds blowing 25 out of the east. The hard winds have the tides kind of messed up… You try to go somewhere based on the tide table and the tide/current is not doing what it is suppose to. The hard winds have it backed up. We tried some of the local channels early and found some fish but they were unresponsive. The tide was coming in early on for the first 30 minutes or so then quit, but never really started falling it just stayed kind of slack the next couple hours everywhere we went it seemed. We tried by the bridges and I had heard a couple fish were caught there first thing this morning, but by 8:45 when we got down there, the bite was done with. We tried back up near home, and still had slack water in the channels and never had a bite but did catch a few sharks. The tide was then coming in again under the bridge when we came home, very weird as I said it never seemed to fall at all! Anyways looks like it’ll still be a little windy over the weekend, and MAYBE sunday it’ll lay down. One can only hope! 0 for 0
