Got out for a full day with Pete and crew again today. The winds kicked up good last night and it was howling 25 mph today out of the east. We ran into the backcountry and tried the channels early. It was pretty muddy and had the last couple hours of incoming tide. Nothing but sharks in the first stop, then nothing at all in the second stop. We ventured out off the mainland to give it a whirl out there since we’d seen a good amount of fish their the last couple days. Didn’t see much with our eyes, but did end up catching one thankfully and got one more shark. Moved once and nothing after that. We tried inside the big canal off the cape for the last bit, and had a couple shark bites, and that was all she wrote. Was glad to get one on a windy day like today, two more days with the boys I think we may stay local tomorrow. Fishing got tough and will probably stay that way until the wind lays down a little, hopefully we can make it happen again. 1 for 1
5/16/17 May Florida Keys Full Day Tarpon Fishing Report
Got out with Pete and crew again today. We left early and ran straight out back since I had caught bait yesterday afternoon. We hit the tide change though we found a ton of tarpon… Even with no current/tide we managed a couple bites and caught both of them! The tide took its time changing, and turned out to be fairly weak. We moved around a bit afterwards, and made quite a few moves before finding the fish again… They really seemed to spread out once the tide started to move and sun came up more. After a little ride we settled back a few hundred yards down from where we started and found a body of fish. We managed a couple more bites and landed both, and also got a big tripletail on the tarpon bait which was cool! Plenty of sharks while doing all of the above. The winds kicked up around 11 AM, and it’s suppose to blow pretty good through the weekend… I’m sure this will likely slow the fishing down a little bit. Maybe tomorrow they’ll still be there, I hope so! Have the same crew for the next 3 days so hopefully we can keep them on the fish. 4 for 4
5/15/17 May Tarpon Fishing Islamorada in the Backcountry
Back in town after a quick trip this weekend to watch my sister in law get married. Had Pete Davidson and crew out today and they are fishing with me the next four days as well. We headed out early into the backcountry, fairly slick calm conditions with falling tide mostly all day. We found some mullet in one of the summer time spots back there which was nice, hopefully they’ll be sticking around from now on! We caught them then hit the channels. Nothing in the first stop though the tide was just quitting there. The next channel further out the tide was falling and we saw some fish. Set up and gave it a little while, catching a few sharks, then finally got a nice 50 lb tarpon. After that we didn’t have any more tarpon action as the fish seemed to settle down. We ran out off the mainland to take a peek, didn’t see much and looked all over, finally the last stop we saw some rolling. We set up and tried, just more sharks, made 3 moves but never had a tarpon bite… Tough it looked like it was going to be real good but not to be. On the way home we hit another channel, the wind was blowing slightly out of the west now. Tide was getting near the end, we gave it an hour because I had seen fish on bottom machine though we saw none roll. Finally in the last 20 minutes, we hooked another tarpon about 35 lbs or so. Great way to finish the day, always a great to catch a couple tarpon even though the bite was a little slow. Hopefully it’ll get better but the winds are suppose to kick up tomorrow then by Wednesday it says it’ll be 15-20… Tired of the wind but at least it’s out of the east. 2 for 2
