Move tarpon fishing again today. Followed the same plan as the last few days as it’s been working for me. We left early and fished locally for a couple hours. We had 2 bites and caught 2 big fish between 6 AM and 8 AM. As the tide slowed down fish started rolling everywhere so it was tough for me to leave even though I knew the conditions were getting tougher. We waited it out for about another hour though the fish just did not respond as we watched about 2 dozen of them rolling literally all around the boat for a good 45 minutes. We ran into the backcountry and tried some channels back there. Just a couple shark bites at the first stop and the ‘red weed’ was horrendous, surprised to see it bad this late in the year. We ran way up inside the channel to try another spot and saw a few fish rolling around back there but no bites. We did catch a lemon shark and hooked another we broke off, plus had a big ‘mud marlin that we got a glimpse of before we broke him off. We finished the day back off the beaches and had some shark activity. About 30 minutes before it was time to go we finally saw a good group of fish starting to roll. I moved in ahead of them and we had action pretty much instantly. Jumped a small fish off and then hooked another 35 lber we fought and landed to finish our day. 3 for 4
5/21/15 Keys Tarpon Fishing Report Late May
Well it was fairly calm again today but the wind in the backcountry started to blow slightly out of the west/northwest. Definitely changed things around. We departed early at 6 AM and ran back there. We were able to crush the mullet early on which was nice. Fished some channels and did not see much caught a shark. Then ran where we got into them yesterday, though today it was a different story. Did not see much at all we did have 3 bites though but fish just weren’t showing. We landed 1, lost 1, and jumped another off on the bite. Plus lots of blacktip sharks. After that we tried a couple other spots, didn’t see much. Ran back near town to try and had a couple cudas eat us off, caught a couple sharks, and only saw 1 tarpon roll. Gonna leave early tomorrow and try it again! 1 for 3
5/20/15 May Islamorada Tarpon Fishing in the Everglades
Well the wind laid out flat calm today. We caught a little bait early in the morning but with the falling water now there isn’t much locally early. We tried close to home where I’d been having some luck the last few days. Plenty of fish were showing in there today, rolling all through the channel. We had to wait patiently but eventually a little over an hour after we set up we had our bite. Landed a nice 70 lb fish. Then we ran into the backcountry off the beaches of the mainland. Had the last of the falling tide and saw a couple fish splashing around. Set up and soon we had a tarpon on. Caught him and then a few sharks, jumped another tarpon, then tide switched. We moved around a little, and then hooked a double header tarpon. Landed one and the other ran way out and eventually we pulled the hook. A few more sharks then we jumped a couple more tarpon, moved one last time and then hooked and caught another one. Not a bad day at all action all throughout. I have the same guys tomorrow so perhaps more of the same they love tarpon! 4 for 8
