Got out with Paul and Chris again today. The weather didn’t both us too much though some squalls were passing through the bay but we stayed out of them. We caught some bait early… the summer time bait is really showing up and that is a good thing hopefully means it’ll be easy for bait the next couple months. We checked some of the far distant areas for tarpon with it being flat calm early, though didn’t see any signs of life. We looked hard too but not much, I didn’t even bother to try and fish. We ran back and hit the channels where i’d been having some luck. One area has held fish semi-consistently, and we started there. Right off the bat we hooked a double header tarpon which was awesome! Landed both fish too. After that it seemed to quite right down. We fished for another 45 minutes or so, then Paul hooked a nice 100 lb fish! We fought him for a little bit and got him to the boat as well for some pictures and got a healthy release after 30 minutes or so. After that I decided to try some other areas since it seemed to be slowing down. We never had another tarpon bite, nor saw another fish either. We did catch a hammerhead shark, and a few other sharks, but that was all. A fellow captain I talked to fished some other areas and said he really struggled never having a tarpon bite all day, so we felt lucky to get what we did! Hopefully some more fish move into the backcountry and settle into the areas, right now you just have to pick and move and hope a few swim by you… no guaranteed home runs right now! 3 for 3
6/3/17 Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada in June
Got out with Chris and Paul today visiting from Overseas, the UK and France. We tarpon fished and it was very good. Had a good load of bait from yesterday so we were all set on that front. We found a few fish in the channels yesterday where we were, and several rolled nearby us. Paul got one early a small 30 lber. Then got another one a little later after we moved of about 75 lbs, nice fish! We also got a few sharks, and a nice surprise cobia! After that things slowed down so we hit another channel. We dropped into a load of tarpon… right place right time! The boys proceeded to hook a double header which was cool! Landed both fish and then we caught one last one, a bigger one for Chris of about 60 lbs. After that things slowed up and we were about out of bait, so we headed home to dodge the incoming rainstorms. All in all a great day of fishing in the everglades in islamorada. Got the same crew for the next 4 days, today will be hard to top but hopefully we can come close. 5 for 5
6/2/17 June Everglades Tarpon Fishing out of Islamorada
Got out with Bob and John again same crew as yesterday. We found the bait balls in the same areas as yesterday, very nice to see hopefully that’s a hint at a little consistency in the bait department! We loaded up and headed back to where we found a lot of fish yesterday. Today though it was a different story, fished a little bit and kept our eyes peeled, but didn’t see any signs of ’em. It was a little rough too, so we bailed after 40 minutes and hit the channels. We didn’t see much there at first, but eventually saw a big splash of a tarpon busting and got near him. We had a few sharks then got a nice tarpon. After landing him, we noticed a ton of fish rolling around us. Probably a hundred or so daisy chaining and rolling hard… but I had a feeling these fish wouldn’t eat. They put on a good show though and eventually just disappeared. We moved around down the channel, and then we hooked another fish that we jumped off. About 20 minutes later we hooked a double header that we landed which was very exciting! After that the tide quit, we caught a few more baits, and then tried the last of the falling tide at the channel mouths. Saw a few fish, but not bites though did catch a few more sharks. The rain was heading in our direction and we headed home taking a good bath. But all in all another great day! Have the same guys the next 5 days hopefully fishing will stay good for us. 3 for 4
