Well the january florida keys tarpon fishing continues. Had Dave and his boys again from yesterday. We had a couple shots that day but the tarpon got the better of us. Today we tried again. The morning I fished closer around flamingo with the falling tide. Not much life only had one shark bite and the water was muddy with lots of grass with the hard southeast wind. So we went and fished with the light rods for a while and caught plenty of mackerel. The afternoon when the tide switched things looked much better and found a clean strip of water in one of the channels. We put baits out and within 15 minutes we jumped a small 20 lb fish, then hooked a big 120 lber. We caught the big boy then I moved to another channel as it started to rain and lots of grass coming in. We jumped a couple of tarpon at that spot too, unfortunately didn’t get them. But a few sharks to end the day. Great fishing for the month for tarpon in islamorada in january! 1 for 4.
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
1/3/15 More florida keys tarpon fishing in january
Being warm this January there have still been tarpon around. Tried the tarpon again today. We had some bait still leftover from yesterday. Ran to the backcountry channels and had a little bit of falling tide left, but not much. Didn’t do too much early, once the tide changed and started rolling in things looked better. We had a hard southeast wind blowing against the tide, making fishing a little trickier. Lots of shark bites, but we did put two tarpon in the air, unfortunately the hooks did not stay in them. Oh well may try again tomorrow as with the warm weather and southeasterly breezes, it’s overall good action to get into! 0 for 2.
1/2/15 January tarpon fishing in Islamorada
Tarpon in January in Islamorada? You betcha! It’s still been unseasonably warm and the water temperatures are in the high 70s so there have been a few tarpon around. We’ve been seeing them in just about every area we normally fish in the spring, not always tons but you have a good shot at getting a bite. Mostly in the backcountry areas, and along with them are plenty of sharks to keep you busy. We tried yesterday though we did not get any tarpon bites, but did catch cobia, hammer head shark, and plenty of blacktips. Today we had 2 tarpon bites, and landed one fish a lunker of 150 lbs. Young Nick put the wood to him and caught him in 15 minutes! He put on a great show. I talked to another fellow guide he had some tarpon action as well. I will likely keep trying a little bit as long as it stays warm, there has been some big giant black mullets around that have been fairly easy to catch which work well for bait. If your down here and thinking of a january florida keys fishing charter, give me a call! I’ve got some dates open as we don’t get really cranking with business until february again. 1 for 2.
