Fishing Reports

10-5-13 early October fishing in Islamorada Florida Keys

It’s that time of year here now where we catch a little bit of everything. We are starting to focus more on reef fishing compared to the summer and early fall months where we head further offshore. The last few days in Islamorada we have caught a lot of different species of fish. One day on the hump we caught a bunch of blackfin tuna and skipjack tuna, as well as a big dusky shark. Then we came back to the reef and caught a few snappers, king mackerels, cero mackerels, and yellowjacks. The next day we went to the hump but the tuna’s didn’t cooperate as well as expected, but we did catch a couple and turned one into a nice hammerhead shark which we released. We also caught some nice snapper while bottom fishing on the way in to the reef. Back near the reef we fished a couple wrecks and caught a bunch of yellowjack and then released a lot of bonitos and rainbow runners. Yesterday we went out swordfishing, and we missed one sword bite, but did find some dolphin (mahi mahi) on the way home and caught 8 or 10 and kept 6 of them. The next few weeks we should start seeing a lot of more king mackerel, black grouper, sailfish, and snapper while fishing the reef and wrecks.

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

October 5, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Fishing Reports Offshore Fishing Reports

9/17/13 Late season september tarpon fishing in islamorada

We had some action this morning with september islamorada tarpon fishing around the flamingo area. Mullet can still be found on the flats and around island moats until it really gets cold so this is a possibility all the way through october. We were able to get a few baits first thing to give it a good shot. Had several bites and caught this nice 60 lb tarpon. The tide quit after an hour and the air temperature dropped as frontal cells approached so things shut off there. We went around some mangrove islands and caught some snook. Fall snook fishing in the florida keys is a good bet. There were also plenty of nice mangrove snappers to be had, great table fare if your into cooking your catch. Or you can bring them to a local resturant to have for supper! We also did catch one small redfish completing our ‘backcountry slam’ for the day!

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

September 17, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Backcountry Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

8-24-13 Islamorada Fishing Offshore

The Mahi bite has been incredible this August while fishing in Islamorada. Now it definitely is getting later in the season for them, but we should still have action with them throughout September. There was a week or so of nice big fish (slammers), 20 – 40 lbers, and the past week we have had big numbers of small/medium size fish, 3 – 10 lbers (schoolies and gaffers)…[sociallocker] The blackfin tuna bite picked up about 2 weeks ago as well, it was definitely a little slow before that. We catch the blackfins on the humps (big under water sea moutains), and when they show up so do the SHARKS! We caught dusky and silky sharks last week, the biggest pushing 300 lbs. The daytime swordfish bite has been on and off this year so far. We’ve had a few good trips with multiple fish, a few trips with single fish, and then some trips with no action at all. But that’s the name of the game when trying for big ones! The reef has still been active with lots of yellowtail snapper and a couple mutton snapper mixed in as well. Send me an email if you’re looking to get out!

bnmcharters@gmail.com

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

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August 24, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Fishing Reports Offshore Fishing Reports

8/15/13 August Fishing Islamorada Report

The august fishing islamorada is still going strong both offshore and backcountry. We’ve still been getting out almost every day – it is unbelievably busy and the fishing is still top notch! We landed several big goliath groupers today with some young teenagers, plus they got a big tarpon and plenty of sharks of the blacktip and blacknose variety. All this was done on fresh live mullet bottom fishing. We also had good action on the light rods for big trout, mangrove snapper, and ladyfish. Tarpon fishing can still be very good through September – getting out early to catch the proper live bait is key which I am doing most of the time this time of year!

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

August 15, 2013 by Capt. Rick Stanczyk Backcountry Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

7/29/13 Tarpon fishing in Flamingo holds steady through end of July!

We’ve still been bagging the tarpon pretty good back around flamingo and the rest of the backcountry. Been catching fish every day and most trips multiple tarpon. Still many 30 – 60 lbers. We even had a double header two trips in a row with the same customers – on a full day trip and an evening trip. The fresh mullet has been the ticket which I’ve been getting with ease most days. There has still been some good snook fishing around many islands and creeks. Casting big shrimp or soaking pinfish has done the trick for them. We got into some big goliaths in the gulf the other day, groupers that is. Along with some big bull sharks. We also had some good action with a few decent sized sea trout on the edge of the gulf, mostly on shrimp though some on artificial GULPs as well. If you want to go fishing this August, I can probably fit it in my schedule as it is getting to be off season. Tarpon are still a very good possibility if your looking for them shoot me an email!

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