Got out early today and I had some leftover baits from yesterday. We had a nice northeasterly breeze that was cool and it was overcast all morning. We had the last of the incoming tide. We had a tarpon on fairly quick and caught him, then another one right before the tide quit. Both big fish in the 80 to 100 lb range. After we landed the second the tide had switched around for us nicely. We put baits back out and within 10 minutes we had a 3rd fish on, smaller guy of about 40 lbs. We landed him and that was about it for the morning. Great day 3 anglers each got to catch a tarpon on a half day, can’t complain at all about that! Nice to see the fish much happier with the wind going to a nicer direction. 3 for 3
6/10/15 June Tarpon Fishing Keys Islamorada
More tarpon fishing in the backcountry today. We found a few fish in the same channels I’ve been hitting the last few mornings. They are not happy though we did not get a bite out of them this morning. We ran to another area and gave it a shot and did end up catching a good variety of sharks including some hammerheads, bonnet heads, blacktips, and a big nurse shark. After that I ran way up in side the same channel to give it a shot sometimes the tarpon are up there. We ended up getting one right before the tide quit, a nice 85 lber! We landed him and the tide had changed by the time we got back – perfect! We had another bite about 20 minutes after and missed him unfortuantely. We did see a few fish start to roll and had another hour of fishing, but no more tarpon bites just a couple more sharks. Anyways glad to be on the board again! 1 for 2
6/9/15 June Tarpon Fishing Report
Well the streak is over after about 3 weeks of catching tarpon every trip. Not that we didn’t have our shot though. We went into the backcountry where the fish were good the last few days. Though today it was flat calm and then a light southerly breeze. We saw fish rolling and we did hook one first thing in the morning. Unfortunately he just came unbuttoned as we were chasing him, pulled the hook. After that no more tarpon bites we caught a bunch of different kinds of sharks, and a few trout and snappers. They just did not seem really happy today for whatever reason, sometimes the slick calm makes them much more leary. Amazing how the fishing can change from yesterday to today. Oh well that’s why it’s called fishing! 0 for 1
