Day 2 for Pam and Lars. We headed out early with live shrimp in tow, it was still chilly but not quite as cold as the last few days. Flat calm too it was a gorgeous day all around. We hit the same area we did yesterday and got two nice jumbo snook in the first 20 minutes! After that it was a solid trout bite for about 45 minutes, nothing else… I was about to call it quits but then we started getting some snook and redfish again. Not quite as good as yesterday but a solid pick, with a few nice size redfish and medium sized snook. After we caught our share we tried some other stuff. Not much luck with that, a few shallow spots I tried on the higher incoming tide and the fish just weren’t there, maybe still too chilly for them? We tried other stuff in the canal where it was deeper, but the current was now ripping and it was fairly muddy. You just know sometimes when it doesn’t look right. We ended up going right back where we had left earlier, and luckily nobody was there. We got another big jumbo snook right away, and missed another nice one. I think this was the biggest of the two days for Lars, close to 12 lbs or so! Then we caught several more medium sizers, and quite a few black drum and trout. Lars also got a tarpon to top off his backcountry SLAM, unfortunately no pictures for us though he broke off on the leader before I could net him. We headed in after that and appreciated the gorgeous day and great fishing on the ride home. Lars and Pam won’t soon forget their trip to Islamorada, they made sure to take my cards for their next visit! Well I don’t have much coming up this week, think I have the next 7 days open! May go fun fishing with dad tomorrow since it’ll be the last day of the colder water temperatures until we get another front. But if you want to go any time coming up give me a shout, i’m still offering my IRMA discounted rates until 12/23/17 so take advantage!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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