Well we rang June in with a bang! Thought it might be a little tough as we lost our good tide for bait catching early in the AM. But we found a few baits, and then came across a couple huge schools while running out to find tarpon which was a nice find, I loaded up enough for the next couple days just in case things are tough! Anyways no tarpon in the first stop where we got one early yesterday, they seemed to have vanished. As I’ve said lately, they are moving around a lot and today was no different. The next stop we found a few, didn’t see much but saw a few on our electronics. We waited it out and got a nice 75 lber! The tide quit then and we ran out to a different area where I hadn’t been lately. Several days ago I had tried out there, but we saw absolutely nothing, and I figured I’d just give it a quick look while waiting on the tide change. Anyways we lucked out, the tarpon were there. Not showing too well, but we got on them several times. Ended up getting 3 out there, and even had a shot at a double header but the 2nd fish came unbuttoned. All in all a fabulous day considering it’s been a little bit tougher lately though fishing has been OK if you work hard at it like we do. Hopefully tomorrow is nearly as good! 4 for 5
5/31/17 May Tarpon Fishing Islamorada Everglades
Got out with Kevin and his dad Patrick today. Tarpon was the fish they desired. We caught some bait early in the backcountry. Likely going to be the last day today or tomorrow that will work, as our tides are switching back to falling in the early morning. Hopefully can find an area to get some bait this coming week as it’s definitely getting tough this time of year! Anyways we found some tarpon in the channels early, had a couple bites straight away and Kevin caught a nice 100 lb fish! Large one for back there this time of year. After that the tide quit while we were fighting him as it took a little while. The fish seemed to dry up after that. We tried another channel and didn’t see too much, but after 30 minutes we got Patrick a tarpon about a 45 lber. After that we decided to mix it up and caught a few pilchards and got a few snook in the backcountry creeks. All in all another great day… fishing isn’t easy but if you work at it, it’s been OK! Back at it tomorrow. 2 for 3
5/30/17 Late May Tarpon Fishing Islamorada
Got out with Chip and his sons Trey and Banks. Tarpon were on the agenda. We caught some mullet on the way out had to work for them a little but got a nice 50 or so. We ran out to the mainland to catch the start of the falling tide. Didn’t see much for fish out there, I was really surprised as the winds were fairly calm and it looked good. We tried a few spots, saw one jumper, and that was about it. Did catch a few sharks. We headed back to try the channels. We got one in one of the channels after about 45 minutes, we had almost decided to call it quits but stuck it out and 5 minutes later we got a nice 75 lb fish! We ran and tried another channel for the last bit, and found a good group of fish rolling and splashing around. After getting set up on them, we got another nice 60 lb fish that gave a good fight. The fish seemed to be moving with the tide and we then ran down to the end of the channel where we had seen a few bust and got another one straight away! A nice 40 lb fish to end the day. Tough start but a solid finish for the guys. 3 for 3
