Fishing continues to be hot. We ran back into the everglades this morning. A bit of an ominous looking start with the weather but things cleared up and it stayed nice and overcast. Winds were south to start but laid out flat for most of the day. We were able to catch some mullet around some backcountry areas pretty good which was nice. They’d been hard to come by. We found some fish off the beaches and they were very happy. Not rolling to much but you’d see one every once in a while. We got lined up on them and the action was hot and heavy. We caught 5 out of 5 which was very good especially for smaller sized fish in the 30 to 60 lb range! Several sharks as well. By mid day the tide slacked and things slowed down, a few more sharks. Then we jumped 1 more tarpon when the tide turned and started coming in. The tarpon started showing very good then, but did not want to feed really well. Anyways another fantastic day. Half day tomorrow going to try and leave early and stay fairly close. 5 for 6
6/4/15 June Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report
More good tarpon action today. We got out extra early as we had a slack tide to start the day. We were able to catch the last trickle of falling tide for about 45 minutes. Saw a few fish roll as the tide slacked and finally got our bite, though we jumped him off unfortunately. After that we hung around a little longer though it got later in the morning and didn’t feel right. So we ran in the backcountry. Found some good fish off the mainland, our first bite back there after 20 minutes was a nice 80 lb tarpon we hooked and landed. Got some good boatside pics thanks to another fellow captain. After that things slowed a little we caught a few sharks. Then when the tide started to quit back there fish popped up just outside of us. We set up on them and caught 1 out of 3 in about 15 minutes! I figured when the tide turned it was going to go off, though the fish didn’t respond after that. Was very weird they bit on the slack tide and not the moving water… go figure! Anyways a great day tarpon and sharks. Bait is getting tougher and tougher I’m totally out of stock right now going to have to try to find something tomorrow! 2 for 5
6/3/15 June Tarpon Fishing Islamorada Full Moon
Coming off the full moon and slick calm. Not great conditions this morning. But we got out early and hit the slack tide though it changed right quick. Fish were rolling around good nice to see some numbers. Took a little while but hooked a fish after tide was moving a little. Nice 100 lber we landed and got some nice jumps out of. Set back up and another 30 minutes later we had another one on. A good 90 lb and we got him on the leader though he popped off. After that the rain came it was suppose to come eventually but we were happy to catch a couple and get in before getting completely soaked! 2 for 2
