The tarpon showed up in force today. Hundreds of them were rolling in channels all across the backcountry and off the mainland everglades. We were not really able to catch bait this morning and I had a group trip with multiple boats. So we just caught some smaller ladyfish and fished them while tarpon were rolling all around us. We caught a shark then hooked a nice 100 lb tarpon we landed. After that we tried to catch some mullet and got a few but they were very tough with it being slick calm. We fished a bit more with them, however the ‘red weed’ we get in the gulf channels got really bad and you almost couldn’t keep a bait in the water. We finished our day in the gulf catching massive bull sharks, tripletail, and some other critters! Tomorrow we are definitely putting the time in early for the mullet and I expect it should be game on. 1 for 1
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3/16/15 Tarpon Fishing in March Florida Keys Everglades
Gave the tarpon a try again today. The last couple days one day I had double half days, we mainly snapper fished and did try for about an hour for a tarpon – no luck but we did catch a big sawfish. Yesterday we did tarpon fish for a good part of the day, had some shark action, but again no tarpon bites. Yesterday the weather got very nice though I did not see any fish rolling in 3 different areas we fished. Today we did start seeing a few fish, though not as many as you would hope for slick calm conditions in march! Though we did get one to bite I only had half a dozen quality baits and it was a nice 65 lb fish. We also caught plenty of sharks. Perhaps after the next moon some big groups of fish will move in and stay for a while. 1 for 1
3/13/15 Tarpon Fishing Islamorada March Florida Keys
Windy day again today we had a full day after tarpon. Had a bit of bait from yesterday and tried dead baiting early on. No luck but saw some big balls of mullet getting bombed by birds. We went and caught a bunch and set up with some livies on top. Had a couple cheap shots and then did have 1 solid tarpon bite though we didn’t hook him. Caught a couple nurse sharks on the bottom. Tide started to quit and we decided to run into the backcountry and look. Fished a couple channels back there but very muddy and a little weedy with the high winds, did not see much for tarpon had 1 shark bite that was it. We came back near home and caught a big blacktip shark. Conditions are very tough and there are not a lot of fish around hopefully by the end of the weekend the wind will lay down and hopefully more fish will make it our way. Right now it’s a bite or two a trip if your lucky, better make the most of them! I have two half days tomorrow and I think it’s just rod bending action and maybe some dinner, though may try the tarpon just for a little while. 0 for 1
