Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Caught another march florida keys tarpon fishing today along with several big sharks, trout, and some nice tripletail to end the day.  Fishing cut baits in the backcountry there were lots of fish around.  We only had one tarpon bite but it was enough for my angler to land the fish of his dreams!  The big tarpon in islamorada are here now and if the weather stays nice they should stay happy.  If you want to come down and catch a tarpon in the florida keys then now can be a great time – early in the season and the fish are not beat up yet.  Night fishing is a great option make sure to ask about that!

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

march florida keys tarpon

Had some tarpon action today along with plenty of other things including black tip sharks, trout, ladyfish, jacks, and lots of nice tripetail including some nice big ones.  We caught this one on a dead mullet on the bottom which we caught fresh earlier in the morning.  Saw lots of these tarpon rolling in the channels where we were fishing, and got the bite about 10 minutes after setting up, though after that they seemed to quite down did not seem them much after that.  Oh well!  I think the tarpon should be getting thicker and thicker in the usual spring time spots, today felt like spring and was nice and flat calm.  The tarpon fishing should get more consistent with that!

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

Well glad to report my first islamorada night tarpon fishing charter for 2013 was a success!  We had plenty of mixed bait including cigar minnows, crabs, pinfish, and live shrimp.  The wind had swung around from the north and some cooler air was here, which usually makes things tough, but we had a few bites.  Caught 1 out of 3 fish, our successful bite on a crab.  Did have a couple others on big shrimp and cigar minnow.  Islamorada march tarpon fishing at night can be good though we have not had ideal weather thus far with the late cold fronts.  Hopefully after this weekend it will get nice and then it will be game on!  We also caught a legal gag grouper as well as a nurse shark.  Great fun on an islamorada tarpon charter!

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