Got out today for some tarpon we caught the last trickle of incoming tide this morning and were able to load up on mullet. We looked around hard for fish and didn’t find any in the first 3 stops… was looking like it might be one of those days! But eventually we stumbled into a pack deep in one of the channels in the everglades. We jumped around several times and finally got one to eat that we caught. We also caught several sharks. After that we ran off the beaches to take a look as it was nice and calm until that point, though the wind did start blowing once we got there. We found some tarpon free jumping and busting and were able to get in on them with the tide already starting back in. However they didn’t make it easy we moved around again several times and caught some big blacktip sharks, then finally we saw a couple roll and got in front of them and caught 1 soon after a nice 75 lb fish. After that it was almost the end of the day but we managed to get one more fish of 50 lbs or so to the boat before he jumped off for a technical release. Anyways like I said we had to work for it but had a great day! Back at it tomorrow. 3 for 3
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
8/17/16 Islamorada Half Day Tarpon Report
Well got out today I’ve had quite a few days off and a few days of just random rod bending. Fishing had been a little tough overall the last couple weeks with the water getting very hot, still hard south breezes, and a few algae blooms in the backcountry to worry about. Today we were suppose to fish all day but we cut it to a half due to weather, had to wait until 7:30 or so until we could get out. I went under the bridge and found quite a few mullet getting blown up so I grabbed the net and we caught 15 or so. Then we saw some tarpon rolling close by in a local channel so we gave it a shot. Ended up getting a couple bites and getting one fish to the boat for a technical release before he threw the hook. Anyways a nice easy ‘give me’ on a nasty weather day. We finished the morning on the patches catching a few snapper, porgy, and a nice hogfish. I’m fishing the next several days and a couple more before going out of town around the 26th for a week or so. 1 for 2
8/8/16 Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report in August
We got out today but only got to fish for a little bit the weather got us unfortunately. We made the run back into the backcountry this morning and caught some bait on the way. It looked nice when we left on the radar. Though by the time we got back there there was weather brewing close to home and blew up into a huge frontal line that took a while to go over the bay, with more coming behind it. Anyways we got to fish for an hour or so, where we found tarpon yesterday and they were there. But today they were not happy we could not entice a strike. Hopped around several times but no dice. We tried to go out and around the weather towards the gulf side but it kept building, so we had to hide in Flamingo for a while until it passed. After it did there was more weather coming so we just bolted home and turned it into a half day trip. Stinks when you have to do that it is pretty uncommon but today was just one of those days. 0 for 0
