Got out with Frank and Julie today. Tarpon weren’t the big target so we did some light tackle stuff early on. Found some trout but only one big enough to keep, and then got into a few nice snappers around the islands for dinner. We went out and tried for tarpon/shark the last hour of the day. Found some way out in the backcountry though it was very rough! We fished for a bit and had only shark bites, then saw one bust out another quarter mile so moved out there. Julie ended up getting a small guy of about 40 lbs, though we got the leader to the rod tip and he popped off for a technical release though no good pictures. Anyways was glad to end if with some good action. Have a half day tarpon trip tomorrow so will be fishing around town. 1 for 1
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
4/16/17 April Tarpon Fishing Full Day Charter
Got out with Aaron and Britney today they also had another couple fishing alongside with Capt. Jim Willcox. We ran into the backcountry but it wasn’t an easy day. We got out where we had good tarpon fishing a couple days ago, and should of had the start of a nice falling tide. However with the extreme winds and weird tide cycle, we had almost no current for the first couple hours, and that always makes for tough fishing! We moved around and eventually caught a couple sharks, but didn’t see much for tarpon life except a couple random jumpers. We tried the channels later in the day, Capt. Jim ended up having 1 bite though they lost him, and all we had was a few more shark bites. Tough day after the day we had on Friday I thought today would’ve been a home run, but with the tough conditions things got cold quick. Hopefully it’ll get better, not booked tomorrow still but have had a couple people ask so might get out there. 0 for 0
4/14/17 Everglades Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada in April
Got out with Justin and Carol today down from NJ/Philly up in the northeast. Justin wanted to catch a tarpon badly and we set off to do that this morning. Got an early start like I wanted to yesterday, didn’t have the rain slow us down today thankfully. We had good tide this time and got there to find some tarpon jumping around when we pulled up. We set up and got a couple shark bites then proceeded to catch two big tarpon of about 100 lbs! Justin and Carol each got one. After that things slowed down a little, a few more sharks. We could see more fish a little further down so we moved a bit. Nothing much after that move, but we moved one more time and picked away at sharks, then Justin hooked another tarpon. We got him near the boat with the wind-on leader to the rod tip for a technical catch, though he jumped and threw the hook so didn’t get him boatside. The other fish too were wild and we had both up to the hand but they started going berserk and broke off before we could get boatside pictures. Anyways it was a great day catching three tarpon, we stopped on the way home to catch a few trout and then some more mullet for the next trip.
I was taking tomorrow off but just opened myself up for a morning trip, it’s suppose to blow like crazy but if anyone wants to go we can give it a shot. I’m also open Monday just got cancelled so if anyone is in town and wants to go fishing, drop me a line Monday will work! 3 for 3
