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Christ and Jim were with me again today.  We were gonna mix it up a little more today.  We caught some mullet on the way back and gave the tarpon a shot early.  Saw a lot of fish as it got slick calm in the channels where we got the one yesterday morning.  Fish rolling two at a time.  They were not very happy though we moved around a little and fished for about 45 minutes before getting a bite out of them.  A nice 60 lb fish Chris landed.  After that we did not see them showing much anymore, fished a little while longer and then decided to try and catch some bait for snook.  We were successful with that and caught a few snook, plus some jacks and trout, and by 11:15 the boys were done… very hot!  So we came in a little early and still had a great day.  1 for 1

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

More tarpon action today I had Jim and his son Chris out.  They are also fishing with me tomorrow.  We had a good day caught a little bait on the way out and had a bit leftover from yesterday.  We fished some of the channels and got Chris his first tarpon right off the bat a nice 35 lber.  After that it got very weedy and we moved around a bit, jumped channels, but no more tarpon action.  We did get a few sharks.  We caught some dinner later on snappers and some sea trout.  Then gave it a try out off the beach around noon time for the last little bit.  Not much where we first anchored though I did see a little surface activity splashing and such a few hundred yard from us.  We moved over there and put the baits out and soon we hooked a tarpon!  Chris had another one on and as he fought it, Jim hooked up on one too.  Making for a nice double header!  After that the boys had enough we made our way back home.  Will probably tarpon fish a little tomorrow but snook are on their minds so we may dedicate most the day to that.  3 for 3

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Had a 3/4 day today we were trying to get John his first tarpon.  After yesterday I had high expectations.  We ran into the backcountry and caught a little bit of bait on the way, though I had leftovers from yesterday.  We got out off the beach and had the last of the incoming tide.  Tide ran good for about 45 minutes than slowed down, we caught a few sharks including a hammerhead and some blacktips.  I was hoping we would get a crack at a tarpon early with as many fish as we saw yesterday, and realizing we would have a tide change to sit through likely without much action… but no such luck.  Anyways we moved around a bit, didn’t see a whole lot.  Eventually saw a couple tarpon roll/bust but it was right on the change of the tide and no bites out of them.  We kept moving around and sharks kept us busy, and did not see any other signs of tarpon.  We eventually did catch 3 goliath groupers which was cool.  Finally made a last couple moves and the last 20 minutes I tried the last set of numbers I had out there and hoped to get lucky.  It worked and we hooked a nice 60 lb tarpon that John landed fairly quick, though he put on a good show.  Amazing how the fishing can change like that from one day to the next, though any day you get a tarpon is a good one especially this time of year!  Hard work and persistence paid off.  1 for 1

Capt. Rick Stanczyk