Still plenty of tarpon in the backcountry but they aren’t biting super great. We gave it a good try this morning, we did manage a couple bites out of them eventually after moving three times. But they didn’t want to stay on the hook for us unfortunately. We did see plenty of smaller tarpon further inland while snook fishing, but never had a response on our pilchards or shrimp. Anyways tomorrow I have a half day and sunday i’m off, so maybe if it is still right I’ll try again some next week. 0 for 2
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
11/3/16 November Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
Haven’t been tarpon fishing much this week we’ve had some extreme winds and such. We have seen some fish in the canals while we were snook fishing. Today the wind laid down a bit and we were able to get out on the beach to fish in the afternoon. The tarpon were out there and we caught one fairly quickly in the last hour of our day. We also got a small one while snook fishing on a live pilchard. Anyways they may still be catch able for a while until we get a real hard cold front. May give ’em a try again tomorrow! 2 for 2
10/30/16 Late October Tarpon Fishing in South Florida
Got out with Jon Patten today and his boys. We were mostly targeting snook and redfish and had a decent day with them getting into the double digits overall. At the end of the day though we found some small tarpon busting in one of the creeks. We drifted shrimp to them and were able to get a few strikes. Ended up jumping 3 of them and getting 1 to the boat before he jumped and cut us off nearby. Anyways still some tarpon around and it is definitely possible to catch one as long as it stays warm. Out all this next week so maybe I’ll have some more to report! 1 for 4
