Back at it again after a nice little Bahamas vacation and a few extra days at home to catch up on some things. We fished today in the backcountry for tarpon and got a nice early start. Caught some bait on the way out it was nice and easy. We found tarpon in several areas, definitely still a lot around! The wind today though was honking out of the north/northeast so I was worried they might be tough to find, though guys the last few days when it was flat calm said there were plenty. It’s very nice to see this late in the year. Anyways we didn’t have much luck early on we found fish but they wouldn’t bite, and one other area was dead. But we found some at the 3rd stop and managed to get a couple bites and land a couple there. Plenty of sharks kept us busy too. In the afternoon we ran out towards the beaches and fished out there and we saw absolutely tons of fish in this area. They were free jumping, busting, rolling, just about everywhere you looked! They didn’t want to bite very well though but we managed to trick one in the last hour of our day. Anyways we made all 3 bites count and it was a fun day tarpon fishing in October. 3 for 3
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
9/16/16 Great september florida keys tarpon fishing
More great tarpon fishing in september here in Islamorada Florida. We did the same routine as yesterday and caught one nice tarpon early fishing the channels on the falling tide. A few sharks as well. After that we bent the light rods a little with some nice trout. Then on the start of the incoming tide we fished the beach and caught 3 more tarpon. Great to see fishing so good this time of year, this is the type of summer time fishing I got spoiled with regularly last year. One more day on the books tomorrow then a few open days I may go fun fishing one day, then off to the Bahamas for a week. 4 for 5
9/15/16 September Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
Got out after some tarpon today and we had good fishing. Got a little later start at 7 AM as my anglers were from the UK and couldn’t contact them ahead of time, but no matter we had some bait saved from several days ago and some frozen stuff as well. Anyways we only fished two areas and tarpon were loaded in both of them. We caught 1 first thing in the morning in one of the channels on the falling tide, then didn’t have any more bites out of those fish but they were definitely around, we did manage a few sharks. After the tide started to quit we went out further off the beaches and found a massive pack of fish. We ended up catching 3 more but had 11 bites it was incredible. Great day and probably the best fishing I have had all year for tarpon as far as the number of bites go. You never know unless you go as I say we have tarpon here year round! I have a couple more days coming up then a few open days, then at the end of next week I’m going to the Bahamas. Look me up if you want to fish. 4 for 12
