Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Had Jen and Phil from a couple days ago again today.  I had a little bit of bait leftover from our previous session as I had the day off yesterday.  We ran right to the channels where there had been some fish early and we got on them again this morning.  Jen hooked a big tarpon of 75 lbs that we didn’t think was a tarpon at first.  It made a slow run out and then just a big circle around the boat.  I thought it was a lemon shark or ray or something, so we locked the drag down and slowly got him near the boat.  After about 15 minutes he finally jumped off the bow and it was a nice tarpon!  We fought him from the dead boat and Jen landed him, very strange fighting fish.  While that was going on we jumped another one on the other rod that was in the holder.  Than later on Phil caught a nice 40 lber we got to the boat and jumped off boatside.  We also got a few other little sharks.  Later on we caught some bait, it wasn’t easy but we found a little mud on the flat with dolphins chasing the bait everywhere but were able to get 15 or so.  We tried off the beach and we got a few hammerheads and landed another smaller tarpon plus a few other sharks.  After the tide quit things slowed down we didn’t catch much the last hour just a couple small blacktips and a nurse shark.  But another great morning with multiple tarpon!  3 for 4

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Here you can read our latest fishing reports.  I try to keep this section updated regularly when we are tarpon fishing consistently.  Though remember in the off season we may not be fishing as much or we may be targeting other things.

We’re into August and boy has the summer been a complete turnaround on the tarpon fishing front compared to the early season this year! March/April was one of the toughest early season bites I’ve seen in recent years. Hard to say what it was but the fish were just not happy and the numbers weren’t what we normally expect to see. Though by late April I found some fish in the backcountry and haven’t looked back. We’ve had pretty good success back there the last few months, and especially in July the fishing has been red hot! Lately though the local tarpon bite has been good too especially on the evening half day trips. The team at Islamorada Tarpon Fishing is ready to take you give us a shout!

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More tarpon action today we fished a 3/4 day and got out early.  Had bait from yesterday and we hit some backcountry channels around flamingo.  Took a little bit but eventually hooked up a nice 50 lb tarpon we landed.  Also later on we got a hammerhead shark.  After the tide quit we ran and tried off the beach area though first we caught a couple dozen more mullet out of a mud real quick.  At the next stop we got a few nice big snook of 15 lbs or so, a cobia, and a few more sharks.  All in all a fabulous day.  We saw some tarpon starting to roll when we left though they didn’t seem real happy.  We had a steady 15 mph southwest breeze.  Anyways day off tomorrow and then the same folks again on Thursday.  1 for 1

Capt. Rick Stanczyk