Well got out today I’ve had quite a few days off and a few days of just random rod bending. Fishing had been a little tough overall the last couple weeks with the water getting very hot, still hard south breezes, and a few algae blooms in the backcountry to worry about. Today we were suppose to fish all day but we cut it to a half due to weather, had to wait until 7:30 or so until we could get out. I went under the bridge and found quite a few mullet getting blown up so I grabbed the net and we caught 15 or so. Then we saw some tarpon rolling close by in a local channel so we gave it a shot. Ended up getting a couple bites and getting one fish to the boat for a technical release before he threw the hook. Anyways a nice easy ‘give me’ on a nasty weather day. We finished the morning on the patches catching a few snapper, porgy, and a nice hogfish. I’m fishing the next several days and a couple more before going out of town around the 26th for a week or so. 1 for 2
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8/8/16 Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report in August
We got out today but only got to fish for a little bit the weather got us unfortunately. We made the run back into the backcountry this morning and caught some bait on the way. It looked nice when we left on the radar. Though by the time we got back there there was weather brewing close to home and blew up into a huge frontal line that took a while to go over the bay, with more coming behind it. Anyways we got to fish for an hour or so, where we found tarpon yesterday and they were there. But today they were not happy we could not entice a strike. Hopped around several times but no dice. We tried to go out and around the weather towards the gulf side but it kept building, so we had to hide in Flamingo for a while until it passed. After it did there was more weather coming so we just bolted home and turned it into a half day trip. Stinks when you have to do that it is pretty uncommon but today was just one of those days. 0 for 0
8/7/16 August Tarpon fishing Florida Keys
Got out in the backcountry august tarpon fishing in islamorada with Steve, Steve, and Michael down from Texas. They fished with me last year we had stellar fishing for both days then. Today I told them things weren’t quite what they were last year which has been true. Luckily we got on bait early, had to make a few throws but loaded up nice on mullets. The flamingo tarpon fishing was pretty good we found fish in the first channel we stopped. Caught one right away and then caught another one after that, big bruiser at 100 lb or so. The latter one took about a 45 minute fight! Afterwards the tide had switched and started to fall we had a couple more shark bites and landed a nice lemon shark. We ran out to check off the beaches though not much for tarpon life out there we caught several sharks and that was it. Finished the day trying to catch a few trout for dinner but didn’t have much luck, we found a handful of trout and ladyfish and that was it. Anyways great day always very glad to get a couple poons! Back at it tomorrow. 2 for 2
