Got out today with long time client Jeff Godlewski. Jeff normally brings a big corporate group down in the spring, but was here by himself for a quick work trip so he came to see me. We got out early and luckily still had some good bait from the other day. We found the tarpon in the same general area and set up. We soon hooked a nice 70 lb fish that Jeff landed, he put on quite a show! We moved around a bit and then we hooked another one close to the same size maybe 60 lbs though. He came in much quicker though. After that we tried for a bit longer but no more luck, so we tried some other things and caught a handful of snook and some nice mangrove snappers for dinner. Another fabulous day fishing here in Islamorada in October. Looks like we may get a cold front this weekend, not gonna get super cold but may be enough to turn the tarpon off for a little while… Anyways will probably try it again the next couple days and then not booked for a little bit so look me up if you wanna go fishing next week. 2 for 2
10/17/16 + 10/18/16 Everglades Tarpon Fishing October
Got out with Paul and Josh down from british columbia for a couple days. Winds were cranking north/northeast both days, the first day was blowing 25 for a while, today it wasn’t quite as bad but picked up in the afternoon but still a solid 15-20 mph. Anyways we ended up giving tarpon a good try both days. The first day they each hooked one in the morning, the fish weren’t biting great but we moved several times and fooled a couple. One fish we got to the boat very quick and he darted off again and pulled the hook, the other we jumped off straight away. Anyways good enough for a technical release but still felt like we left empty handed. We did catch a few sharks though. We finished that day bending the little rods with various critters. We crushed the big black mullets on the way home which was a nice find. The next day we caught pilchards in the morning and also had the mullets from the afternoon before. We tried some snook way in the backcountry, not much luck with them and no tarpon in that area surprisingly. So we ran back down the beach and found some tarpon busting where they were the day before. The guys wanted to try that again so we gave it a good effort. Josh was rewards with a big blacktip shark, and a big 12 lb snook which was a nice surprise. We moved around a bit and then soon after he hooked and landed a big 120lb tarpon! He fought very hard and we got him to the leader multiple times but before we could get him to roll over he cut us off on the boat with one quick kick of the tail, but we got some good jump shots at least. Then it was Pauls turn he got a nice 70 lber after the next move, which we got up for good boatside pictures finally. After that we called it a day as the rain moved in and wind was kicking up. Fun couple days for the boys they will be back soon! 1 for 2 and 2 for 2
10/16/16 October Tarpon Fishing in the Everglades
Got out with Andy and his son Aiden today. We had some mullet leftover from a week or so ago, though kept on good ice and not too saturated with water. They did the trick for us we landed 2 out of 4 tarpon in the morning back off cape sable with the falling tide. One nice fish of close to 90 lbs too. When the tide switched we moved and then Andy landed a nice one about the same size! It was great fishing and nice to be able to do it with just a handful of baits. We finished the day with a variety of other fish including snook and redfish. Fall tarpon fishing can stay good for a bit longer as long as it doesnt get too cold. 3 for 5
