Had some days off and was out of town for a few days but got back to the grind today. Being September this is our slowest month of the year so I may only be fishing a couple days a week. Though I am booked tomorrow and then pulling my boat to have some work down on Monday, I will be running another small skiff in the mean time. Anyways today we fished a 3/4 day and got out on the water early. Caught some bait on the way back to Flamingo, nice that they were fairly easy to catch. Anyways we did not see much at all for tarpon I fished a couple different channels and in some areas off the shoreline where tarpon had been a week ago. Though did not see much of anything, not even a shark bite, things were very tough. Anyways after a couple hours of that we bailed and decided to bend the light rods with some snapper and trout fishing which was pretty good and we were able to get some for dinner. Tomorrow we may try again for a little bit for tarpon in the morning but likely not going to devote the day to it, right now you have to take what you can get fishing is not easy! 0 for 0
8/28/15 Late August Tarpon Fishing in the Everglades
Back at it again today. Yesterday we got cancelled due to crazy weather. I thought today may be more of the same but not so. Light southereasterly winds. Anyways bait was very tough we check 3 spots and the final spot we finally saw a handful flipping and were able to catch 30 or so. Falling tides in the AM have been tough on the bait and today was no exception. Anyways we ran around flamingo to where the tarpon had been good last week on the incoming water. We did not see much tough we had a shark bite after 20 minutes or so. He pulled off and then saw a tarpon rolling behind our boat. A few minutes later we hooked him and chased after him. We landed a nice 60 lb fish. After that things got very grassy likely due to the crazy wind/storms the previous days. We moved around and tried a couple other spots, though no life at all. We ran out off the beaches to the west to catch the start of the incoming tide. Tried a couple different areas though could not even get a shark bite – very slow fishing. We then ran back towards flamingo to catch the start of the incoming tide there and tried another channel. We had a few shark bites there and did catch a big blacktip to finish the day. Anyways slow day though any day you get a tarpon is a good one, especially this late in the year! 1 for 1
8/24/15 + 8/25/15 August Flamingo Tarpon Fishing in the Backcountry
Forgot to do my report yesterday but here it is for the 24th. Fishing was very good we caught bait in the morning it took a few throws but managed 3 dozen or so. We go to the channels and tide was rolling in pretty good. Nice clean water and a light north easterly breeze. Fish were happy we hooked a big ray off the bat and caught him, then a nice tarpon. We ended up catching four tarpon in all, with three of them being 75 to 100 lbs! Very big fish for this time of year and nice to see. After that we ran and tride some shoreline areas and saw a few small tarpon rolling but no bites, but we did get some big bull and lemon sharks, and a nice snook. Great day back there on this day! 4 for 5
On the 25th I was hoping for more of the same… we left out early and ran towards flamingo in the everglades to tarpon fish. Wind had swung around more southeast today, it had been north/northeast the last few days which was pleasant. Bait was very tough we have the last of the falling tide in the mornings and that has been very poor for bait fishing the last few weeks. Luckily I had a couple dozen baits stashed away from the other day. But I did check a couple areas and did not see much for mullet, made a few throws and came up empty. Anyways we ran to the channels after that and the tide was slack getting ready to start coming in. I saw a few tarpon rolling around and we set up. We started fishing harder once the tide got moving 20 minutes later. Tarpon were very finicky today they did not want to bite, had rollers near us and moved around 3 times before finally getting a bite after an hour and a half. We landed a nice 65 lb fish and then set back up. The grass got really bad in the channel and I had to move around again near one of the edges, we fished a little while longer but we were no longer seeing fish so I moved to another nearby channel. We only had a half dozen baits left but we fished conservatively and after 45 minutes or so I saw a fish roll down the way. A few minutes later with our last bait out we hooked one and landed another smaller tarpon about 40 lbs. That was right about time to go was glad to get a couple on a day where somebody had flipped the switch off. Even the sharks were tough we had a couple shark bites but both cut us off. Anyways taking tomorrow off and then I have thursday and friday booked, then nothing for a little while. Getting to the end of season and I feel like I need a little break! 2 for 2
