Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Went out for fun today with Elizabeth Baxter tarpon fishing.  We nailed some mullets in the morning and tried a few spots.  Mostly sharks to start with plus a few groupers.  Though we checked an area off east cape sable.  The water looked gorgeous and there was some fish there.  We hooked this fine 75 lb specimen on a dead mullet.  He almost jumped in the boat at one point and hit our bow and flopped off!  We landed him thankfully!  Tarpon fishing can still be very good through August and even into September.

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

Well it’s officially the ‘slow’ time of year for us here in the Florida Keys.  But august tarpon fishing in islamorada can still be a good bet!  There were plenty of fish around in the backcountry today as there has been.  Bait was a little tough but we caught plenty of mullet yesterday that I had iced down good.  We fished for a bit in the morning though had a longer than anticipated slack tide, when it did start moving we had a few shark bites which we caught a couple.  Saw plenty of tarpon rolling and a few free jumpers but no bites.  Did a few other things and then tarpon fished again in the afternoon on the last of the incoming tide.  After 30 mintues or so we hooked a nice 75 lb fish and fought him for a good 30 minutes, surprisingly hard fighter for this time of year with near-90 degree water temperatures!

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

august islamorada tarpon

Fished a full day back in the everglades/flamingo area.  We caught our mullet on the way around one of my now favorite ‘in tide’ spots.  Set up in some channels early but didn’t have much luck there where they had been the last few days.  So we ran closer to flamingo to try some areas there and within 10 minutes had a nice 60 lb tarpon on!  Caught him plus a bull shark, had one more tarpon bite we missed then the tide quit and sun got bright.  Did a few other things and tarpon fished again in the afternoon with the falling water.  Had a fish on within 15 minutes again of about 70 lbs, chased and caught him.  Still plenty of fish around.

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