Had a full day today. We tarpon fished in the morning. Got an early 6 AM start. Fishing was good we hooked up right away and ended up catching 3 for 3 bites. Decent size fish, not huge, but all 65-95 lbers. We were done by 8:30 AM and then went into the backcountry to do some light tackle stuff. Probably doing the same game plan tomorrow hopefully they are still hungry!!! The june islamorada tarpon fishing is off to a great start.
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
6/1/14 June islamorada tarpon fishing report
Fished around town today for the tarpon. We caught bait good early this morning. Had weak tides to start I tried a local channel with the last wee bit of falling tide but did not see any fish. We ran down the road and check a few spots – very weedy. At the bridges finally the tide started rolling and we saw some fish. Had a couple bites and few cheap shots in about a 30 minute window, and then the weed got horrendous and made it almost unfishable. We ran back near home and set up with the dead baits and got a nice 65 lb on the bottom. Went and bent the small rods with some snapper and such to finish the day. Departing early tomorrow morning so we’ll have a couple hours of falling tide to fish. You can see how bad the weed was while we were fighting this fish!
5/31/14 End of May Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report
We tarpon fished today in the florida keys. Islamorada tarpon fishing to be exact. We hit the same areas I’ve been fishing the last few days. It took a while for the tide to get going and fish to bite, but after an hour or so we started having action. We caught 3 out of 5 nice tarpon again and a big sting ray. The end of May has been much more productive the fish seem to be getting happier and out of their ‘lockjaw’ mode. Glad to finish the month strong! We will be getting into our summer time tarpon fishing here soon, many more local resident fish though it can be really good if you know when and where to look for these guys!
