Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

Got out this morning and we fished locally close by for a half day.  We had good strong incoming tide and a bit of weather around though it didn’t rain on us.  Kept nice and overcast which was helpful i think.  Anyways we hooked a big fish early on and chased him around for a good 45 minutes, got him to the boat but he broke on the leader before we could get good pics.  Then after that we set back up and saw a few more fish roll.  Moved around a bit to get lined up, and eventually hooked another one we jumped off right away.  We put the baits back out and literally 30 seconds later we hooked another one – nice!  We fought this big girl for over an hour, about a 150 lber very large fish!  Anyways we finally landed her but same thing she broke through on the leader.  Got one good jump shot of her though.  Anyways after that we fished a little longer and called it a morning.  Was glad to have good fishing as it was the same customers from yesterday and we had at tough day.  All you can do is go give it your best again though!  Anyways tomorrow I have a 3/4 day will be trying a similar routine and may go run down towards marathon to fish the big bridges if my live baits stay lively over night.  2 for 3

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out early I had some nice fresh mullet we caught yesterday afternoon.  However not much biting for us today we tried a local spot before sunrise for an hour.  Saw a couple fish in the area but no bite.  Then ran into the backcountry and nothing much back there, caught a couple sharks that was it.  We then tried some other things and caught a few trout and snapper, tried for some snook but no luck.  Finished up and caught a couple big sting rays trying for tarpon again.  Anyways tough day the wind was howling 20 mph east, hopefully it lays down and things get like they are suppose to in the summer time – nice and calm!  0 for 0

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

Got out today for a 3/4 day we left early departing at 6 AM.  Bait was a little tough luckily I had some stashed away but we caught another dozen or so baits whilst out there.  Tried some channels in the backcountry first while waiting for the tide to start in the area I had been seeing them.  A few sharks there though not much for tarpon life.  We ran back to the next area soon after and caught the tide change though fish were rolling around not as many as yesterday.  We hooked one on the tide change and reeled him to the boat very quickly we got the leader on the rod tip and then he jumped and threw the hook.  A technical release though not much of a fight!  Anyways once the tide got rolling I thought we’d see more fish but we only continued to see a handful though we did get another bite though jumped off the second fish.  After that some rain chased us out of there we tried around town for the last 45 minutes but not much else.  Anyways good to get one again.  I caught some more bait this afternoon the wind was blowing a bit making it easier to catch bait in the muds so I’ll be ready for tomorrow.  1 for 2

Capt. Rick Stanczyk