Back at it again today. I had some bait from yesterday so we got a later 7 AM start. Ran into the backcountry off east cape sable. Tarpon were there and fishing was good. We had good falling tide all morning and light southwest winds. Lots of action with blacktip sharks. And we went 2 for 2 on tarpon, one 30 lber and another 50-60 lber. The august tarpon fishing in islamorada is good and fishing has been consistent as you can see. It’s very nice I am often the only boat out there and have it all to myself! But I don’t have any more charters booked and and am going out of town tuesday for a couple weeks then getting married on the 30th. I may end up going over the weekend but otherwise you may not hear from me for a little bit. If your looking to go tarpon fishing and I’m unavailable I can recommend some great guides who are so just drop me a line!
8/14/14 Flamingo Tarpon Fishing in August
Gave ’em a break yesterday and got a nice day off! Today we were back at it. Fishing was pretty good we caught mullet as usual first thing in the morning. Baits were not real easy but not too tough, had to make about 6 throws to get my 3 dozen baits. Off to the fishing grounds. Tide was just starting to fall when we got out there. Same general area I’ve been fishing this week. Lots of small blacktips, but got a tarpon eventually. Then more shark action and then we started seeing a few tarpon blowing up in the area – free jumping! Soon after we jumped another tarpon, then immediatly after the other rod went off and we hooked that fish. Landed that tarpon and then some more sharks, but got a 4th bite we landed just before 10:00. So 3 for 4 on the tarpons, all fish between 30 and 50 lbs, and plenty of blacktip sharks. Good fishing! We finished the day with some snook and snapper action.
8/12/14 August Backcounty Tarpon Fishing in Islamorada
Well more fishing off the beaches of cape sable today. We caught mullet early in the morning, last of the incoming tide in my usual spot they were there. Ran out off of east cape. Saw one fish bust and we ran to set up nearby. Unfortunately a rain storm was close and we got a little wet but nothing too crazy. We did not have a tarpon bite just a few small sharks so after a little bit we moved further down just where I had caught fish yesterday. Saw a few bust inshore of us but hung out. After a bit we finally had a nice tarpon on, caught a 45 lber. Another 20 minutes later we caught another about 30 lbs. Very acrobatic summer time fish, one almost jumped in the boat! We also caught some small sharks again. Then we fished some structure and caught a small goliath and hooked into a monster blacktip shark! I saw him jump 100 yards out and it looked like a monster bull shark but they don’t jump like that. Unfortunately never got a good look at him up close as he took off when we got near him and then we had too much pressure and broke the line. But all in all a successful morning each angler got a tarpon, then we caught a few nice snappers for dinner! August florida keys tarpon fishing marches on!
