Backcountry Fishing Reports

Well had one of the best days ever last week fishing with my dad and our friend Charlie Kluck.  Lots of big black drum, big snook, permit, cobia, and more!  One to remember thats for sure…  The best fish of the day was a 45ish lb black drum for Charlie, maybe the biggest I’ve ever seen back there.  Then he followed it up with a 25ish lb snook!  It was definitely his day.  Also as mentioned we caught several more big black drum, some snook, and a permit and a couple small cobias.  Also included in the video are some good catches from my anglers later in the week with some large redfish.  January is a great time and offers some unique opportunities with the colder weather patterns.  Not always like this but it can be when conditions are right, and you definitely can’t catch ’em sitting on the couch!  Also please subscribe to our YouTube channel below if you want to see more.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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Well winter is here we’ve had a few real cold fronts with temperatures dipping down into the 50s.  It had just warmed up after the last one and gotten to feel almost like summer again, and boom today was back into the high 50s in the morning.  But the fish haven’t minded I’ve had some luck with some bigger specimens the last week or so.  When it’s calm it’s been more productive for those big boys, but when the wind is blowing we’ve been fishing in the more protected areas and usually getting some good action with the numbers although smaller fish.  Though I’ve been spoiled what can I say!  Here are some of the great fish we caught in the last 10 days or so.  Some big redfish on the prowl in the near gulf, as well as some large black drum after the cold fronts.  The big snook have been around on & off all summer but will get good after it gets cold as well.  Plenty of days open in January and I still have some open during christmas week believe it or not.  January is one of my favorite months of the year to fish as it’s our coldest month and if you time it right that is often when the big boys come out to play.  Of course that’s hard to do but fishing is all about taking chances!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
Facebook: Islamorada Tarpon Fishing
YouTube: Bud n’ Mary’s Marina

Well we finally are getting some cold weather down here in S Florida.  It’s been so warm through November and we even had some late season tropical development, but luckily no major storms to worry about.  But now the temperatures have dropped and it feels like winter.  As of late the water tempartures had dipped down into the low 60s, and warmed back up to near 70.  With that a lot of redfish have shown up with some black drum in the mix.  Snook fishing has stayed good as it has been all year.  But we got into some bigger fish the last few trips which was good to see.  The next few months, these big size fish are possible especially after the water temperatures dip and it gets nice afterwards.  Check out some of the big black drum we found today, as well as some big snook for my dad the past few trips.  Also a ton of good size redfish today too which was cool to see.  Between now and christmas is a good time to come and it’s not too busy.  And of course January is one of my favorite months of the year too with the coldest weather we usually see here.

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
Facebook: Islamorada Tarpon Fishing
YouTube: Bud n’ Mary’s Marina