Got out with Billy and his son Walter for a full day today. Tarpon was the desired target and we put in a good effort! We were hooked up with some bait and went straight to fishing. Last of the falling tide which was a little different from what we had yesterday, water didn’t look great pretty muddy. But had some shark action early on and once the tide started to change we saw a couple tarpon. Though just sharks in the first spot but some nice bulls and blacktips. We moved a bit and saw a tarpon and then set back up. After 20 minutes or so Billy hooked one and we landed him nice fish not a huge one but about 50 lbs. We moved again and then Walter had his turn, roughly the same size fish seems to have been a pack of these medium size ones there today. But lots of fun! We landed both fish and then things seemed to slow down. We ended the day catching a few trout on some artificials which was fun. Back at it tomorrow looks like the winds will continue to die out and then looks to be 10-15 mph for the foreseeable future! I’m very excited this should mean game on for tarpon for the next week or so, medium/light winds and no cold weather. Should be a productive week! 2 for 2
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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