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7/15/14 Mid July Backcountry Tarpon Fishing Report in Islamorada

More stellar fishing.  We left the dock early again, had to catch bait today but it was a quick stop.  One throw of the net and we had 3 dozen nice fresh silver mullet, all we would need.  Ran to the tarpon area and we were fishing by just after 7:00, nice!  It wasn’t red hot in the beginning as it has been.  The last several days we’d been getting a bite within the first few minutes which is always a nice thing.  Today we sat for close to 40 minutes before getting a bite.  Though we finally did.  Ended up catching 3 nice tarpon, one close to 85 lbs and the others in the 40-55 lb range.  July has been fantastic for tarpon fishing in the everglades.  We finished the day up catching some nice pilchards for bait, and caught about 10 good snook on them.  Well really 9.5 – one got eaten by a shark!  The rain had chased us around a good bit, but finally was able to get to the spot I wanted to and it paid off.

My last trip for a while – going on vacation should be back in town next Tuesday! Will give the tarpon a little break.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

7/14/14 July Tarpon Fishing in the Everglades

More great action in the everglades this july tarpon fishing!  I had bait from yesterday so we got an early start and made our way into the backcountry.  Had good falling tide all morning.  We did very well we caught 5 nice tarpon in the 40 to 80 lb range, including a double header 30 and 50 lber!  Amazing fishing and what I like to see in July.  This is the most fish I’ve caught on a trip in a while and good to see.  This was all in 2 hours of fishing we finished up and caught some stuff for dinner after 9:30.  R.E. and Colin had a very special day fishing in the backcountry of Islamorada!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

7/13/14 Florida Keys Backcountry Tarpon Fishing in July

Another great day here fishing in the florida keys this july.  We started out tarpon fishing.  I caught some fresh mullet on our way back.  One throw and we loaded up with 4 dozen or so nice silver mullet.  Went back to the channels that I’ve been fishing which have been consistent.  We hooked a tarpon in the first 5 minutes.  Ended up catching 3 altogether in about 2 hours, one fish was about 100 lbs good to see a big fish again!  The others were 50-65 lbs.  We ended the day catching a few pilchards and pinfish for bait, and used those to boat about 8 nice snook.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk