Well had Friday off for some boat maintenance and then I fished yesterday morning but not for tarpon just trout, snapper, etc… Though last night I went out with a few friends for a couple hours and we tarpon fished. Luckily during the day yesterday we ran across a big ball of mullet and I was able to put a few away. Last night we fished close by, sharks were pretty active the first hour and then we hooked a nice 50 lb tarpon Virginia caught. Good battle on lighter tackle. We fished another hour but things died down no more bites or activity and came in. Today I had a full day in the backcountry I had some bait to start with and we tried some channels where I hadn’t fished lately. Flat calm today we saw plenty of porpoises in there and a few tarpon rolling around. Tide was slack though once it started to trickle in we had a bite and caught a nice 40 lb fish. After that the fish seemed to have moved on we only saw one more roll and then they quit. We caught a few more baits the same ball we had seen the day before. Tried the beaches and saw more fish out there then I had seen the last week but they did not want to cooperate. We moved around several times and saw a couple jumpers and a handful rolling around but just sharks, though we did get 4 hammerheads which was cool. After that I tried another area and we saw tarpon there too, again moved around to get in front of them a few times, but no bites. We finally tried again close to home and even saw a couple tarpon there roll eventually but still no bite. Anyways good to see fish around in several different areas, they will start feeding again at some point! 1 for 1 and 1 for 1
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7/9/15 July Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report
More tarpon fishing today. Yesterday we did not have time to give it a try but we got my angler several goliath groupers which he was after! Today I had a 3/4 day. We caught some bait in the back it was tough again though we managed a couple dozen. The baits been up on the flats not in the deeper areas where it is usually easier to catch a bunch at once. Anyways we ran off the beaches and caught the last couple hours of incoming tide. Did not see much for fish showing, no rollers really just a handful we saw splash. After several sharks and moving a couple times, we finally hooked up to one nice 75 lber right as the tide started to slow down. A good battle and we got the leader on him, though unfortunately were not able to get the boatside trophy picture we were after. That was the only bite we had the tide soon quit and I tried in some channels further west where the tide was still moving for the last 45 minutes but nothing going on there. Day off tomorrow for some boat service and nothing booked for Saturday at this time though may take some friends fun fishing in the evening. 1 for 1
7/7/15 July Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
Well back from a nice vacation it was good to get away out of the heat for a few days! Today I was back at it I had Juan, Carlos, and Carlos down from south miami. We left out around 6:30 a little later than I would’ve liked but it was OK. Bait was very tough and one of those days the extra 30 minutes could make a big difference. Anyways we had to hit two areas for bait and managed to scrape together a few dozen. I went off the mainland areas I’d been fishing before I left and fish were still there. Saw a few jumping fish and we set up on them and before you know it we jumped a small tarpon. 15 minutes later we hooked a nice 40 lber we caught. Sharks started to bite us up and we moved a bit further down and nothing but more sharks. Then I ran another mile or so down and we set up where I’d been fishing the week before on some numbers. Saw a few tarpon roll right away and we jumped a nice fish quickly. Another 10 minutes and we had a big 80 lber on that we caught! Good jumps and fighting out of that one. A bit later we hooked our final fish another big 70 lber that we fought for a good 45 minutes or so. After that we had a little under an hour left but things shut off just a few shark bites and that was our day. Not bad though just coming back. All 3 anglers got to catch a tarpon that is always a great day! Unfortunately I didn’t get any good jump shots was just an off day for that. Tomorrow goliath grouper is the request though I may give the tarpon a shot we will see! I do have some openings throughout July it is slowing down a little bit. The everglades tarpon fishing can be good all the way through August so drop me a line if your interested in going! 3 for 5
