Got out with the same crew as yesterday the New England boys. We caught some pilchards in the backcountry as we were planning on doing a little snook fishing but tarpon was on the agenda too. It was rough and nasty where we had found fish off the mainland yesterday… south wind kicked up good 15 mph, which is about one of my least favorite winds in the backcountry. Anyways it was mudded out and didn’t see any fish, so we bailed and went snook fishing. Snooking was decent, not a lot of fish but we caught some very nice size ones I think 7 in total. After that we decided to try tarpon for the last couple hours of the day. The channels looked good and were a little protected with green water (not too muddy). It looked like it’d be fishy and we did catch a tarpon there yesterday, but today it seemed dead. We moved a couple times, and fished very hard, but only had a couple shark bites and that was it. Sounded like a tough day for a lot of guys as the wind mixed things up, just when it seemed like it was going to get nice and calm. Looks like it’ll blow the next couple days and of course get nice the day I go out of town! Oh well hopefully it’ll be nice when I get back. 0 for 0
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5/22/17 May Tarpon Fishing Everglades Full Day Florida Keys
Got out on a two boat trip today along with Capt. Mike Bassett. Tarpon was on the agenda and I had a good bit of bait from yesterday still. We found some tarpon in one of the backcountry channels and had caught the tide change. After 20 minutes it was coming in OK, tarpon were rolling frequently. We couldn’t get them to bite though, made a couple little moves but no luck. The sharks were active and we got some bonnet heads and a big lemon shark. We then ran further back and had to look around a little, but saw a few signs of them busting and splashing. Again had to make a couple moves, had fish literally jumping behind the boat, and finally got one to eat! Landed a nice 50 lb fish and then jumped off another one about 30 lbs. We also got some big sharks including a couple hammerheads, and had a triple tail eat our tarpon bait that we caught as well. We hit the channels on the way home again, and caught plenty of blacktips and then the last bait out we got a 90 lb tarpon to finish the day! All in all a great day, have the same crew tomorrow we are going to tarpon fish some and then mix it up with snook hopefully at the end of the day! 2 for 3
5/20/17 Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing in May
Got out with Matt Newman and his son Aiden today. We fished a 3/4 day and mixed it up a bit. Did snappers and trout early, and that was pretty good fishing. It was nice to not have to stress about catching tarpon after just fishing hard for them the last 5 days in not so great conditions especially the last 3 days! But we did give the tarpon a try for the last hour of the day. Set up near the bridge where we had hooked one late yesterday, and within 10 minutes or so, Aiden was on a nice 80 lb fish! Great fight and we landed him quickly in about 20 minutes or so. After that we fished a little longer but no more bites and headed home. It’s nice when fishing is easy and a plan comes together. Off tomorrow I think then fishing Monday through Thursday and out of town for the following weekend. Looks like it’ll be a good week or fishing with light winds. 1 for 1
