Got out today for a 3/4 day we left early departing at 6 AM. Bait was a little tough luckily I had some stashed away but we caught another dozen or so baits whilst out there. Tried some channels in the backcountry first while waiting for the tide to start in the area I had been seeing them. A few sharks there though not much for tarpon life. We ran back to the next area soon after and caught the tide change though fish were rolling around not as many as yesterday. We hooked one on the tide change and reeled him to the boat very quickly we got the leader on the rod tip and then he jumped and threw the hook. A technical release though not much of a fight! Anyways once the tide got rolling I thought we’d see more fish but we only continued to see a handful though we did get another bite though jumped off the second fish. After that some rain chased us out of there we tried around town for the last 45 minutes but not much else. Anyways good to get one again. I caught some more bait this afternoon the wind was blowing a bit making it easier to catch bait in the muds so I’ll be ready for tomorrow. 1 for 2
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
5/15/16 Flamingo tarpon fishing report
Ran back around flamingo in the everglades where we’d found some tarpon the other day. We had a tough time catching bait but luckily had some leftover from yesterday. Anyways we saw a lot of fish in the bay area. Though they weren’t biting very well though eventually after an hour and a half and a couple moves, we got one to bite. A nice 50 lber again. Lucky it was almost our last bait out! Finished the day with some snappers for dinner. 1 for 1
5/14/16 Everglades May Tarpon Fishing
Today we got out after the tarpon we caught some mullet on the way out. It was calm and found some balls out near the gulf. Wasn’t easy but eventually got a decent throw. Anyways didn’t see much for tarpon off the beaches and mainland areas but did get some sharks. So we ran back towards some channels and had some luck there. Ended up catching two in about 30 minutes, after that it shut down. After that we caught a few fish for dinner. 2 for 2
Also yesterday we caught a big tarpon on a pilchards while snook fishing in the creeks. 1 for 1
And tonight we got out for an evening trip not much action early but caught one around 8:30 fished a little later hours. 1 for 1
