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Got out today for some tarpon fishing in the everglades.  We left early at 6 AM and caught our bait on the way.  The mullet were swarming which is a good sign, lots of bait around throughout the day.  We fished some areas where I had seen some tarpon the previous days.  The tide was just starting to fall and it was very muddy from the heavy south winds plus the torrential rain a couple days ago that stirred things up.  Some tarpon started to roll but weren’t very happy.  After 45 minutes or so we finally got a bite but he didn’t stay buttoned.  We moved around later and saw tarpon at the next stop but no bites there.  We did catch a monster 350 lb goliath grouper which was very cool and a lemon shark.  Not much after that so we ran up inside the channel further.  A few tarpon were showing on the edge of the flat and eventually we got one on the line.  This time he stayed on there and we landed a nice 50 lber.  We also got a few blacktip sharks and bonnet head sharks.  After the tide quit we moved back out to the channel mouths, but no more luck with tarpon just a couple more sharks and it was time to go home.  Not easy fishing but we got what we were after so that is always good.  Tarpon fishing in August in the Florida Keys will hopefully get better the winds started to subside this afternoon, and the next few days look very calm!  1 for 2

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Tough fishing today we had torrential downpours for hours early in the morning, though it did dry up by the time we left the dock.  Anyways the water temperatures dipped down to the low 80s, which sounds plenty warm but when it goes from being 88 degrees to that, the fish can act funny.  Plus the salinity of the water changes and can often get ‘mudded out’ in certain areas.  Anyways we didn’t see much for tarpon early I fished several different areas and scouted several others just hoping to see some rolling.  Eventually around 10:00 we finally saw one but no bite, we caught a few sharks.  Finally we caught the tide change and a handful of fish did start showing though they were doing the ‘high tail slap’ where they slap the water and just look like they are not happy.  Which they were we couldn’t get them to respond at all, though we did start catching plenty of blacktip sharks.  Anyways tough day hopefully now that the rain/weather is gone things will get a little better.  Hopefully the wind will lay down and another strong push of fish will show up before September!  0 for 0

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

7/30/16 We got out early for some tarpon fishing.  I had some leftover bait so we were in good shape on that front.  The bait hasn’t been easy to get first thing in the morning, later on the incoming tide though there has been tons around.  So we often need to spend a little time later in the trip to resupply.  Anyways we caught 1 nice tarpon early around flamingo, had to move around a little but found a small group of fish in one of the channels.  Also caught some lemon sharks, rays, and blacktips.  After the tide turned we fished some other channels and found a good load of tarpon.  We caught another one a nice big 80 lb fish ( the other being 60ish).  Plus plenty more blacktips sharks.  And that was about the day we caught a little more bait before heading home for the following day.  2 for 2

8/1/16 – Today was very similar to yesterday though the winds started howling, blowing a solid 25 mph by late morning.  We found the tarpon in the same area as yesterday morning.  We ended up catching a couple and losing one more, plus plenty of sharks again including blacktips, lemon, and bonnetheads.  After the tide quit we tried to catch a few trout for dinner but with the ripping winds the bay was very muddy and not much activity doing that so we called it a day.  Anyways another great day landing a couple tarpon!  2 for 3

Capt. Rick Stanczyk