Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Well business is slowing down not getting out every day but it is still kicking along.  Actually a lot of last minute stuff is happening.  Being the weather is so hot and that time of year we are doing a lot of half days in the morning.  Today we got out on a full though and were able to nail the mullet.  Tried fishing a few channels with no luck on the tarpon.  They can be really hit or miss right now, though yesterday I heard someone caught 3 in the same channels we tried fishing.  Later we tried a spot off the mainland and hooked a nice fish almost instantly.  Caught him a fish of 75 lbs or so, but no other bites though we did get plenty of big goliath grouper and sharks.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

Backcountry fishing was good today again for the tarpon.  Crushed the mullet in the morning, lots of big muds with plenty of little flippin baits!  We went 2 for 6 on tarpon and some nice size fish to up to 100 lbs.  Plus plenty of sharks!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

Well some bad news my motor blew up a couple days ago on a charter.  Had to get towed in though luckily warranty is covering everything and it’s in the shop now.  I’ll probably be trading mine in and upgrading to a 200 hp yamaha 4 stroke so that will be nice.  Today a friend let me borrow his boat for my charter since he wasn’t fishing.  We had an excellent day with a lot of different fish including 2 big tarpon off the cape sable area.  There were a lot of tarpon out there and lots of rollers and free jumpers… august can be great fishing out there.  Mullet were easy on the low water around 10 AM hopefully they’ll be there tomorrow too as I’m booked again.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com