Well today was a little slower then yesterday. We did catch 1 tarpon in the morning though we fished for a little over an hour before we had a ‘for sure’ tarpon bite. Got him though. Lots of sharks too. After that we did some stuff with the light rods – big mangrove snappers and a few trout. Then we tried tarpon again in the afternoon. Caught a few more sharks including a big 200+ lb bull shark. Jumped one other tarpon off unfortunately that one did not stick. But 1 for 2 on the day, fishing is consistent for tarpon in July here in Islamorada.
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
7/4/14 + 7/5/14 July Tarpon Fishing Islamorada
Well yesterday was my birthday as well as Independence day. It didn’t keep me off the water though! I took my fiance Elizabeth and good friend Mike DePaula just for a couple hours. We fished close by and left early at 6:30 AM. Found several tarpon and we caught 2 out of 3, both big fish in the 80-100 lb range. Great way to start the day for us! Today I had a charter and we went into the backcountry. Lots of rain and weather around though we dodged it for the most part. We tarpon fished first thing, caught some fresh mullet, and it was good. We caught 2 out of 3 tarpon plus a few sharks. One fish of 35 lbs and the other was maybe 60. We did some other things mid day including snappers, trout, and a nice snook. Then we were driven from the snook areas from the rain and bugs, so we tarpon fished more and had some more luck. Caught another 2 out of 3 tarpon, these were bigger fish all in the 80-100 lb range again. So 4 out of 6 tarpon on the day, great fishing for this july!
7/3/14 July Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing
Ran back into the everglades again today. Had some mullet from yesterday. We got a little later start, 7:00. Fishing was good though we caught 2 out of 3 tarpon, smaller range size 30-50 lbers. Lots of sharks were keeping us busy too. After that we did some other stuff, trout, snappers, and several snook. Fun day!
