Capt. Rick Stanczyk's Islamorada Tarpon Fishing

We fished today and had to dodge rainstorms for quite a while.  We did a variety of things which worked out well in the backcountry, got some stuff for dinner, then my clients wants to catch a tarpon.  We found some mullet way in the back mudding on a flat, a couple throws of the cast net and had about 15 or so.  We tried a few spots in the backcountry but did not see much for tarpon.  Ran back near Islamorada and fished a spot with the falling tide I’ve been having some luck at.  It proved the right move again, my angler landed her first tarpon about a 60 lb fish, then we went home before more rain came!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

Well today the june florida keys fishing tarpon was a little tough.  We had some mullet still fairly lively we caught yesterday while fun fishing and a few other dead baits.  So we headed back towards the everglades for some flamingo tarpon fishing.  However we fished a few different places and saw no fish rolling nor had any bites aside from a few sharks.  We caught a few small fish to bend the rod and to save for bait, and even ran and tried off east cape but alas no tarpon to be had in the backcountry.  We did catch some bigger things and then some more mullet on the way back towards islamorada. We gave it one last shot around downtown islamorada and ended up getting a nice 110 lb tarpon to end the day plus a big ‘mud marlin’ at the same time – double header!  Great way to end our trip sometimes it pays off to work hard all day for them.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

Went out this evening for a june night tarpon fishing trip in islamorada.  We had some dead mullet from the other day, they were very tough to find today went early in the morning and again in the afternoon before my trip but only caught one!  We also had some crabs, pinfish, and a few pilchards.  We fished some local channels near bud n marys, incoming tide all evening.  Had a couple sharks early and did have a mystery bite on a crab not sure what it was though.  Later we did hook a big 120 lb tarpon that didn’t fight much at first though came alive later on.  We caught him and then had one other likely tarpon bite that zipped about 25 yards of drag and then pulled the hook – no frey on the leader so likely a tarpon.  Drifted crabs near sunset in an ocean side channel but no more bites.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com

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