The wind was howling today. I had a morning half day and an evening half day trip. We fished 7 to 11 this morning. Caught 2 nice tarpon of 65 and 100 lbs. Great live bait bite action. This was in the first couple hours, the last couple hours things slowed down. Tried a spot around the marina and it was a parking lot as the wind had everyone fishing a certain area. But we were happy with 2 nice fish. This evening fishing was good too. We caught 3 big tarpon between 70 and 100 lbs. Oliver from France who had fished with me last year, a great night for him. Hopefully it’s the same tomorrow with the tarpon fishing in islamorada, I have a morning half day trip, and probably taking the night off!
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5/7/14 Morning and evening half day tarpon fishing islamorada
Fished a morning half and an evening trip today. This morning we had caught the last of the incoming followed by a quick turnaround to the falling tide. We caught 1 fish right away a nice 40 lber by the bridge on a live mullet. After that we did not have much action for a while. Saw a handful of other fish hooked at that bridge and the other bridge, but not a whole lot going on. We ran back near the marina to fish some channels and had one bite that sucked us off right before it was time to head in. So 1 for 2 slow morning but glad we got one! This evening was different I had heard the late afternoon was a good bite, we caught the last couple hours of the incoming tide and it was good. We caught 4 out of 6 tarpon all big lunkers 100+ lbs including a 160 lb or so moose! We fished 3 to 7 leaving a little bit early and it paid off. Great fish big and pretty. Fishing can always change just like that!
5/6/14 Backcountry Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing
Today I had some brits over for some tarpon and shark fishing. They were keen to catch both. So we went into the backcountry where the sharks are generally more plentiful and tarpon fishing can be very good. The numbers of tarpon seemed to be slim, it layed out nice and calm nearing mid day, but I only saw a handful roll the whole time. We had a couple tarpon bites and caught 1. But we did catch over a dozen sharks and a nice red grouper. So we had action consistently throughout the day. Lots of fun!
