After yesterday I knew today was going to be tough. The winds were honking out of the east. We tried a bit of tarpon fishing close to home this morning, but no luck. Did see one boat catch one but that was about it. We ran and tried some different channels in the backcountry, had plenty of action with blacktip sharks. Caught some snappers mid day for dinner and even they were a struggle to find. Tried again in the afternoon for the tarpon, but no bite unfortunately. Hopefully the wind will lay down at some point and let the water warm up and some bigger schools of fish move in. 0 for 0
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
3/9/15 Tarpon Fishing Islamorada in March
Had Mike and his daughter Catherine out for a full day today. Fishing was a little tough the water got chilly after the high winds and rain yesterday. Seems to have made everything not want to bite great. We fished hard for a coupe hours in the backcountry channels. Saw a few fish roll. Finally hooked up a nice 80 lb tarpon that father and daughter got to land together. We had a couple black tips as well. After that we went back around town in Islamorada. We found a few fish in one of the channels, and had a couple ‘cheap shots’ where they flashed the baits but turned away from eating them at the last second. Though we did catch some big 10-15 lb jack crevelles and a couple big nurse sharks which was fun and kept us busy for the last hour and a half. 1 for 1.
3/8/15 Islamorada Half Day Tarpon Fishing Trip
Today we had some rain and weather that sat on us in the morning, plus a lot of wind out of the east. We avoided it early while bait fishing, and we did see a huge black ball of mullet come into some of the local islamorada channels. We were able to load up on bait for a few days. I got to fishing around 8 as we waited a little later due to the time change. It started pouring on and off for about an hour first thing. We had one fish pick up a bait and swim with it on the bottom, never knew what it was as it dropped it after a minute of chasing him. Anyways we set back up and not much action so we moved. Had some activity right away on live baits in another channel and hooked and landed a nice 60 lb tarpon. After that we caught some stuff on the light rods including ladyfish, jacks, and snapper. Came in around noon, great half day trip considering the conditions! 1 for 1
