Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Got out with Darrel again for our last morning trip.  He had to catch an earlier flight than he thought, so we went extra early and fished 5:30 to 9:30.  Thought the rain might foil our plans, but it stopped raining around 5 AM and really turned out to be the nicest morning we’ve had in 3 weeks or so!  The winds laid down around 8:30 or so to 10 mph and it got very nice and hardly anybody was out.  We had a tarpon bite early we landed in one of the local channels.  After that we didn’t have much else so we went down to the bridges.  We ended up getting a couple bites there in the last hour, we jumped one off and Darrel had the other one on for a minute though he ended up throwing the hook too.  Anyways we were happy to get one.  Looks like we have a late weak cold front hitting us the next few nights, suppose to get in the high 60s tuesday evening though the winds are very light out of the northwest the next couple days.  Hopefully won’t mess up the fishing… who knows it may make it good!  Got a full day tomorrow, debating whether to stay around town or venture out back if it gets real nice.  We’ll see!  1 for 3

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out with Darrel again today we had similar conditions as yesterday with a hard east breeze and a bit of rain around.  We managed to stay away from the nasty weather for the most part though.  We ran out into the backcountry, had to look around but found some tarpon.  They weren’t in the same area as the last few times, but we managed a couple bites early on and caught one.  Funny because yesterday they didn’t bite early and did later on.  After that we never had another tarpon bite, but caught lots of sharks.  We moved a few times and did see a few fish later in the day but no action.  That was all she wrote we caught some bait on the way home and are suppose to fish a half day tomorrow morning, but looks like nasty weather so not sure if we will get out or not.  1 for 2

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out with return customer Darrel Brock today, the first of his 3 days fishing with me.  We caught bait yesterday afternoon good so I had that going for us.  We left early and got out into the backcountry, the ride wasn’t too bad though it was windy with a hard east breeze.  Once we got back there it was nice the first couple hours, then got a little rough but not really too bad for a larger boat like mine.  We found the tarpon right off the bat though they didn’t really bite at first.  We moved several times and tried a few different tactics, then after a couple hours we finally jumped one.  After that we ended up getting 3 more bites, catching a 30 lber, a 60 lber, and 100 lber, along with about 25 blacktip sharks!  It was good action and nice to see the fish biting a little bit.  Funny as soon as it got a little nastier the fish started biting!  The ride home was a little rougher, but really only bad for a little bit.  I think tomorrow we may try the same plan of attack, sunday we have a half day so will definitely be fishing local then.  Hopefully they cooperate!  3 for 4

Capt. Rick Stanczyk