Got out early today to beat the memorial day weekend crowd. It paid off we landed 3 big tarpon in 2 hours between 6 and 8 AM. Had the last of the falling tide and bait from yesterday. We spent the rest of the day doing light tackle stuff – snapper, trout, and snook. It was a fabulous day and we didn’t have to spend time around all the weekend crazies! 3 for 3
5/22/15 May Tarpon Report from Islamorada
Move tarpon fishing again today. Followed the same plan as the last few days as it’s been working for me. We left early and fished locally for a couple hours. We had 2 bites and caught 2 big fish between 6 AM and 8 AM. As the tide slowed down fish started rolling everywhere so it was tough for me to leave even though I knew the conditions were getting tougher. We waited it out for about another hour though the fish just did not respond as we watched about 2 dozen of them rolling literally all around the boat for a good 45 minutes. We ran into the backcountry and tried some channels back there. Just a couple shark bites at the first stop and the ‘red weed’ was horrendous, surprised to see it bad this late in the year. We ran way up inside the channel to try another spot and saw a few fish rolling around back there but no bites. We did catch a lemon shark and hooked another we broke off, plus had a big ‘mud marlin that we got a glimpse of before we broke him off. We finished the day back off the beaches and had some shark activity. About 30 minutes before it was time to go we finally saw a good group of fish starting to roll. I moved in ahead of them and we had action pretty much instantly. Jumped a small fish off and then hooked another 35 lber we fought and landed to finish our day. 3 for 4
5/21/15 Keys Tarpon Fishing Report Late May
Well it was fairly calm again today but the wind in the backcountry started to blow slightly out of the west/northwest. Definitely changed things around. We departed early at 6 AM and ran back there. We were able to crush the mullet early on which was nice. Fished some channels and did not see much caught a shark. Then ran where we got into them yesterday, though today it was a different story. Did not see much at all we did have 3 bites though but fish just weren’t showing. We landed 1, lost 1, and jumped another off on the bite. Plus lots of blacktip sharks. After that we tried a couple other spots, didn’t see much. Ran back near town to try and had a couple cudas eat us off, caught a couple sharks, and only saw 1 tarpon roll. Gonna leave early tomorrow and try it again! 1 for 3
