Had another tough day today unfortunately never had a tarpon bite. It was super busy on the water being the weekend and early spring. I decided to run into the backcountry where I’d had luck the last few days. We had the wind switch on us again as another mild cold front is hitting us tonight. It won’t drop very much but the wind change doesn’t help the fishing for sure! It was blowing 15 southwest. Anyways we caught some sharks and a few other various things including a nice 10 lb mutton snapper. Saw a few fish in the 2nd area we stopped in the backcountry however they didn’t respond. Then we ran back around town and sat in the crazy boat traffic unfortunately the spot I caught one yesterday was loaded with about 8 boats fishing there and lots of jet skis etc… I did catch about a dozen more mullet on the way over. We tried around some of the bigger bridges where I heard the fish had bit in the morning a little but didn’t see much there. Then we tried the local channels nearby the marina and saw a few fish but they didn’t bite, did catch some nurse sharks, bonnet heads, and that mutton snapper I mentioned. Anyways tomorrows a new day I don’t think i’m tarpon fishing though who knows what will happen. A hard north wind and 50% chance of rain so i’ll probably be glad to be trying something else anyways. 0 for 0
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4/1/16 April Tarpon Fishing Report in Islamorada
Got out after ’em today with Mark and his son Adam. They fished offshore yesterday with my brother and adam got a couple sails, big amberjacks, and other things. Today they wanted tarpon. We started off around town and I had some leftover live baits. We had the last trickle of incoming tide. We had a tarpon up busting the baits but didn’t eat, and after the the tide quit so we ran into the backcountry. Caught a few more mullet on the way. In the channels back there we had some shark action and soon hooked and landed a nice 50 lb tarpon. After that a few more sharks. I then made a move and tried another channel. We saw a good group of fish rolling around and I thought for sure we’d get eaten up. We had one fish flash a live mullet and grab and spit it out real quick. After that they disappeared. We tried another area nearby that and hooked a big blacktip shark that we broke off eventually after he chewed through the leader. At the end of the day we ran back towards home in Islamorada and tried the local channels. We caught the start of the incoming tide and after 30 minutes we hooked a big 100 lb fish! What a battle he greyhounded and ran hard to start the fight I thought we were gonna lose him in another boats anchor line but he avoided it. Then he almost got ran over by a big boat in the channel. Have to love spring break! Anyways Adam did well and eventually subdued the fish and we got some good boatside pictures. A great way to end the day with a big 100 lb tarpon on a beautiful spring afternoon in the Florida Keys. At it again tomorrow. 2 for 2
3/31/16 Full day and evening tarpon fishing in Islamorada
Well I’m exhausted just fished a full day and a night trip which I am not doing a lot of this year. Though I will do them on occasion when conditions are good short notice. Anyways today was good fishing we caught a nice tarpon early on live bait in local islamorada. Then we ran into the backcountry and did some light tackle jigging. In the afternoon we found the tarpon in the backcountry channels and caught 2 more in the last hour. Great day with 3 tarpon! This evening fishing was tough I caught some live bait in between trips and we went back out. We had a lame tide for close to 2 hours, very slow to switch and very weak starting and stopping. Anyways I fished 3 different areas and saw fish in all places but not much for a response. Didn’t see another boat hook up the entire night. But finally in the last 20 minutes we had a good cheap shot and about 10 minutes later we hooked and caught a nice 50 lb fish to end the night. Great day! 3 for 3 and 1 for 1
