Capt. Rick Stanczyk

5/19/13 Fishing Islamorada for Tarpon in May

Still be catching lots of big tarpon in the florida keys. We caught 2 nice fish today fishing locally channel 2 and channel 5 bridges. Bait was tough the last several days but still had our shots at tarpon every day though they were limited. Before that fishing was still pretty great with multi fish most every trip. The may fishing islamorada should get better as the busy weekend subsides, we saw lots and lots of fish today though they were not biting great but with less boat traffic and hooks in the water that can change! If you want to catch tarpon in islamorada the end of may and june can still be very good times to go, june is especially good because much less pressure and still at the end of ‘prime time’. I have dates available in june and lots of evenings available, I can do later evenings fishing with live crabs too and that often is the hot ticket. Shoot me an email if you want to catch some may florida keys tarpon.

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

May Islamorada Tarpon

May 19, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Backcountry Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

5-12-13 Fishing in Islamorada

Hey Everybody! Sorry I’ve been slacking on my Islamorada Fishing Report the last few weeks. My excuse it that I have been fishing 6 days a week and haven’t had much time to get on the computer. The overall bite has been pretty good though! We have had some really good days on mahi and a handful of decent days. The reef fishing for snapper has been great too. We have been catching 30 to 40 yellowtail snapper most trips, and a couple mutton snapper have been mixed in to. We’ve caught a few swordfish the last few weeks as well. One trip yielded two broadbill and the other two trips both produced one. As we approach the summer months we will focus more on mahi and deep water bottom fish, like this barrel fish we caught the other day, as well as swordfish. We also had a great day finding a piece of wood two weeks ago where we caught 7 wahoo up to 15 lbs off of it as well as 20 mahi up to 22 lbs.

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

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May 12, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Offshore Fishing Reports

5/8/13 May fishing in Islamorada report

Well the may fishing in islamorada is off to a good start. Today was gorgeous flat calm and lots of fish out there. We started off with small guys, lots of ladyfish to bend the rod plus a few trout. We then moved to some backcountry channels for some may florida keys tarpon fishing. The bite was ‘on’! We caught 4 out of 6 big tarpon in about 2 hours plus several blacktip sharks. After this we went in the gulf for some tripletails. They were a little spooky and we only caught a couple, so my anglers asked to try something else. Normally I would of kept going but alas I wanted to try something different. We went around some islands for redfish and snook and found a load! We got about 10 nice reds and only 1 snook, but spooked out plenty more as my big 20 footer isn’t the quietest getting into shallow island spots, but next time we will be more ready. On the way home we even caught a few mangrove snappers. Great day here fishing in the florida keys!

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

May 8, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Backcountry Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

4/29/13 Islamorada Tarpon Fishing Report

Michel came all the way from Holland to go tarpon fishing in Islamorada with me. We were loaded up with fresh mullets and live ones too. We stayed close to home as the winds were high and the rain and lightning was around too. Ended up getting chased in briefly by it but it didn’t deter us from accomplishing our mission – to catch Michel some big florida keys tarpon fishing with Capt. Rick Stanczyk! He had a great day we landed 5 big fish from 60 to 100 lbs, plus another 5 or so bites we missed. It doesn’t get much better than this as we get close to may tarpon fishing islamorada. We are going for more of the same tomorrow, bait was relatively easy this afternoon so we spent some times acquiring more mullet. If your looking to go tarpon fishing let me know I still have some evening tarpon fishing in the florida keys trips available – tides are great the next several evenings too!

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

May tarpon fishing islamorada

April 29, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Backcountry Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

4/28/13 Still great tarpon fishing in Islamorada in April!

Been very busy tough to keep up to date with the blogs… but we’ve been catching lots of april tarpon fishing in Islamorada. Full day trips mostly is what I’ve been doing and booked everyday, though the night tarpon fishing islamorada is a good bet as well. Today we released 4 big tarpon out of 6 or so bites all fishing locally in downtown Islamorada. The fresh mullet have been key to have and most days have been plentiful. Some days we load up early and are ready to go, other days it pays off to look around and spend some time catching bait. A couple days ago I fished with some friends and we caught 2 big tarpon in a couple hours, also a lot of mangrove snappers for dinner. The day before that we had another big day with 4 tarpon. Every other day we have had multiple tarpon to the boat as well, it truly has been a great tarpon fishing season in the Florida Keys. Tarpon is the word here in the Florida Keys in April.

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