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Got out with Dave and Kevin today for a full day of tarpon fishing.  We left early to get deep into the backcountry.  A tournament was going on today so I figured we’d have company.  A couple boats passed us along the way and we found 3 boats there when we got there.  But all fly fishermen so we were able to slip in where I’d been sitting and found some tarpon straight away.  Had to wait for the tide to start going out for a little bit, but after one move we hooked up and Dave got a nice one!  After that we got into a little rally and had another bite almost insantly we missed, then a little later another.  Then after we caught that fish again another instant hookup almost!  Things slowed down after that we did get some big blacktip sharks and a big nurse shark.  We mad a move and then had a couple more bites, missing one more and then landing the last one.  Dave had the hot stick but let Kevin get the last fish.  We avoided the rain almost entirely just a little slight drizzle for a few minutes.  Ride home wasn’t too bad the wind laid down a little and no rain like the other day.  I’ll be back at it tomorrow hopefully it stays good I think it will!  4 for 6

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Got out with Jay, Dale, and Zack today for a full day trip.  Forecast looked a little gloomy another rainy day.  But our window to get over there it looked OK, we got some rain about half way back but it wasn’t too bad going with the wind.  We made the run into the ‘glades and found a good wad of tarpon again.  It was great fishing even better than the last couple days.  And the tarpon were there the entire time they didn’t disappear at all.  Actually got better as the day went on.  We ended up catching seven and jumped a couple others.  Hooked two double headers and landed both fish on the last one to finish the day!  Just epic fishing, plus several sharks too including some big lemons and blacktips.  Coming home we got drenched, but after having a day like that it didn’t put a damper on our mood at all.  Have the day off tomorrow but will be back at it Tuesday, hopefully can stock up on some bait.  Looks like more rain throughout the week but if the fish keep biting like this, doesn’t bother me at all!  7 for 9

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
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Got out with Ben and his dad Joe again for Day 2.  Lots of weather around in the AM but nothing in the bay or near where we were going.  But I figured we might get drenched at some point so we were prepared.  Got a good early start and got back there early.  Tons of fish.  They didn’t bite quite as well as you would’ve thought but overall still pretty good.  After 30 minutes or so we hooked one for Ben, then while fighting it Joe hooked one – double header!  We landed both fish and it was exciting!  After that we got a shark and then moved around a bit as we didn’t get much other tarpon action but still plenty of fish around.  We jumped one off at the next stop, and then moved again one other time and Joe got another one.  We also got a hammerhead shark and a big blacktip.  After that it looked like some rain was coming, we got a little drizzle but nothing too bad the major cell missed us.  But the tarpon seemed to dissappear.  We moved around and found a few closer into shore, but nothing like what we saw earlier.  Eventually we moved back out as we saw some more fish outside of us after an hour or so, and then eventually the whole slug of fish was back!   We worked at it and got one more tarpon as well as a big lemon shark.  After that we were running low on bait but we had some time left we had plenty of fish around but no more bites.  But overall great day again!  4 for 5

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
Facebook: Islamorada Tarpon Fishing