Got out with Jim, Jeff, and Ryan today. We caught plenty of spanish mackerel early on with the last couple hours of falling tide. Good to see even though it was flat calm. Hopefully the mackerel will stick around for a few more weeks. After that we tried looking for tarpon. Didn’t see much life in the first stop where we had caught our big fish the day before. We ran further back off the beach to look but alas saw nothing at all. We ended up back where we first stopped, catching the start of the incoming tide. We caught some sharks and hooked into a few big sawfish but unfortunately we weren’t able to get either of them up to take a look at them. Some tarpon were starting to roll around us now but didn’t seem to want to bite for us. We ran further inside the channel and there were even more back there. We moved around a bit and ended up getting a few bites out of them, 3 total i think, but none of them stayed on the hook! Made for a tough ending but at least we had some shots. The boys want to come back in June when I told them the tarpon action is a bit more consistent.
2/25/17 February Islamorada Tarpon Fishing Report
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Capt. Rick Stanczyk is a locally born and raised charter fishing captain in Islamorada, FL. He caught his first bonefish when he was 3 and has been 'on the water fishing' ever since. He loves what he does and enjoys showing his clients a great time fishing in the Florida Keys. Contact him at 305-747-6903 or rick@fishingislamorada.com!
