August 2013

Well some bad news my motor blew up a couple days ago on a charter.  Had to get towed in though luckily warranty is covering everything and it’s in the shop now.  I’ll probably be trading mine in and upgrading to a 200 hp yamaha 4 stroke so that will be nice.  Today a friend let me borrow his boat for my charter since he wasn’t fishing.  We had an excellent day with a lot of different fish including 2 big tarpon off the cape sable area.  There were a lot of tarpon out there and lots of rollers and free jumpers… august can be great fishing out there.  Mullet were easy on the low water around 10 AM hopefully they’ll be there tomorrow too as I’m booked again.

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

Went out for fun today with Elizabeth Baxter tarpon fishing.  We nailed some mullets in the morning and tried a few spots.  Mostly sharks to start with plus a few groupers.  Though we checked an area off east cape sable.  The water looked gorgeous and there was some fish there.  We hooked this fine 75 lb specimen on a dead mullet.  He almost jumped in the boat at one point and hit our bow and flopped off!  We landed him thankfully!  Tarpon fishing can still be very good through August and even into September.

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

Well it’s officially the ‘slow’ time of year for us here in the Florida Keys.  But august tarpon fishing in islamorada can still be a good bet!  There were plenty of fish around in the backcountry today as there has been.  Bait was a little tough but we caught plenty of mullet yesterday that I had iced down good.  We fished for a bit in the morning though had a longer than anticipated slack tide, when it did start moving we had a few shark bites which we caught a couple.  Saw plenty of tarpon rolling and a few free jumpers but no bites.  Did a few other things and then tarpon fished again in the afternoon on the last of the incoming tide.  After 30 mintues or so we hooked a nice 75 lb fish and fought him for a good 30 minutes, surprisingly hard fighter for this time of year with near-90 degree water temperatures!

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

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