Capt. Rick Stanczyk

4/5/15 Everglades tarpon fishing in April

Had bait leftover from yesterday. Thankful for that because there wasn’t much bait around at all today. We caught 2 out of 3 tarpon and a few big sharks in the backcountry. Saw a decent amount of fish but hopefully more will show up back there with the nice weather. 2 for 3

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4/4/15 April islamorada tarpon fishing report

I’ve been without a computer so tough to update. But here is one from my phone. Last few days fishing was tough for me. We went in the backcountry and plenty of shark action. But only 3 tarpon bites in last 2 days we missed all 3 unfortunately. Today we made up for it. We caught 4 out of 7 tarpon on live and dead bait. Live bait bites were funny no busting or cheap shooting, they simply ate and ran! We had action in 4 different spots we fished on both incoming and falling tide. April is getting back to normal hopefully the weather stays nice. 0 for 2. 0 for 1. 4 for 7.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

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3/30/15 good tarpon fishing despite cold front

We caught a couple nice tarpon this morning. Had to work hard for bait this morning the mullets were tough. Wind was still blowing North and chilly water in the low 70s. We happened across a few mullet and we’re able to catch a half dozen. We ran around some local bridges and found a few tarpon. With the last of the incoming tide the water had warmed up a little bit to 75. We had action fairly quick and lost a few mullet to cuban and tarpon knocking them off. But finally hooked and landed 2 fish of about 80 lbs each. Great half day in tough conditions. 2 for 2

Capt.Rick Stanczyk