Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Got out for the last day with the Stepan Polymers group.  Today the winds kicked up good out of the southwest, with a weak late cold front hitting us.  There was a good bit of rain coming in from the gulf too but was a ways off.  We made it into the backcountry and fished the channels where I hadn’t been in a while.  We ended up getting a couple tarpon and a few sharks so it was a good move!  The rain chased us back near town and we spent the rest of the day there.  Had to stay pretty close due to weather and lightning.  Never really saw any tarpon, we caught a couple jacks and sharks, and that finished up our day.  Glad to have gotten a couple on a nasty day!  Off tomorrow for oil change, then Sunday back at it… looks like the weather will be nicer by then.  May make for some good conditions again!  2 for 2

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Nice day again today light breeze out of the East.  Was out with the Stepan Polymers crew again today, with Art and Bob.  We ran right to the tarpon grounds and had very good fishing, as good as it gets.  We hooked two double headers in a row!  The first one got off though we landed one fish, then we caught both the next go round, then we ended up catching another single fish, all in about 45 minutes… it was crazy!  We ended up staying and caught 2 more tarpon in the next hour or so.   We fished from 8:30 to about 10:00 for tarpon and ended up going 6 for 9… just ridiculous!  May be all over tomorrow though as we are suppose to be getting a strong southwest breeze.  Not gonna be nasty for long though looks like it’ll calm down again Sunday and should have good conditions if the fish don’t go too far!  6 for 9

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out with the Stepan crew again today.  Good fishing out in the backcountry.  Wind laid out flat calm and the tarpon were everywhere…  They didn’t bite red hot we had to work at it, but ended up getting 5 bites and landing 4 fish, along with plenty of sharks too including blacktips and lemons.  We did have a good hour of slack tide mid day too, took a while to turn, so otherwise we would of done a bit better I think.  Tomorrow I may likely run right to this area, as we goofed around for an hour or so before getting their today and also left late at 7:30 or so.  4 for 5

Capt. Rick Stanczyk