Got out with return customer Joe and his buddy Tim this morning for a tarpon charter. We had bait from the other day and only fished a half day so we stayed local. We found some fish early on with the last trickle of incoming tide before sunrise. We got a bite within 10 minutes, and Joe caught a nice 75 lb fish! After that I was hoping we’d get one more shot before the tide quit, but alas it was not to be. We ran out to the oceanside to catch the start of the falling tide, it was pretty windy out of the south but not too crazy. We didn’t see any fish rolling, but did see a couple jumpers so there was a handful around. But we didn’t get any bites after a couple more moves. We went down to the bigger bridges to try, saw a handful of fish rolling around the bridge. We saw one boat catch one and moved down nearer to that area after fishing a little bit. We caught a sting ray and never had another tarpon bite unfortunately. Anyways glad to have gotten one. I normally recommend doing 3/4 or full days to get into the backcountry this time of year, though with the wind blowing and rainstorms around today (and since we already had bait) sometimes staying local makes more sense. Though often the bite is early so better make those count like we did today! 1 for 1
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6/17/17 June Tarpon Fishing in Everglades National Park
Well it was nice to be a rockstar today after a couple slower days in a row. Fishing hasn’t been easy but if you get in the right spot at the right time, it’s been very good. Thats what we did today. First stop we found a good number of tarpon and the sharks weren’t too bad. We were able to catch several and then do other things the rest of the day. I had my regular customers Barry Bicket and Sarah Cross over from the UK. The last couple hours of incoming tide produced four bites and we landed all four fish. After that we caught a bunch of snook and a few redfish, just one of those days where everything cooperated, which those days have been few and far between as of late! Bait was thick with several big balls of mullet seen as we ran out, though as we lose our morning incoming tide that bait may got much tougher to catch. Looks like we have some wind the next few days with some bad weather possible tomorrow too. I have a half day will probably stay close to home, hopefully we can catch one early on! 4 for 4
6/15/17 – Had return customer Chase out with his brother Grant and father. We had a tough day never really found many tarpon that wanted to cooperate. Plenty of sharks though. We did find one decent group of tarpon in the late morning, but just couldn’t get them to bite. We worked hard at it too. 0 for 0
6/14/17 Half Day June Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
Got out with Emory today for a half day tarpon fishing charter. Normally I don’t do many half day trips this time of year since the bait is much easier to catch in the backcountry, and the fishing is usually better too. But we had a slow day back there yesterday and I was able to save some bait, so figured wed just try to hit some local spots early and hope it’d be better for us. The early bite was good though it was all over by 7:00. We caught a nice fish of about 75 lbs, and then had another one on that we pulled the hook on. After that things slowed down. We ran down to the bigger bridges, didn’t see a whole lot of anything, no more bites in a few spots down there. Tried out on the oceanside and did find a handful of fish out there, but the tide was dying and they were not responding. We tried back near home for the last 30 minutes and had the incoming tide, but didn’t see much. Anyways glad we went early and got our fish. Tomorrow I’ve got a full day, may try locally first thing and then shoot back into the backcountry. I heard today it was much better where I was fishing yesterday… as I’ve been saying it’s really day to day, one day they are pulling you out of the boat, the next day you don’t even get a sniff! 1 for 2
