Got out today for a full day and went back into the everglades. We caught plenty of mullet on the way it was nice the bait was very cooperative. We jumped a tarpon off right away in the first spot, then not much else. Caught a few big sharks after that in another spot, then some smaller sharks in the next. Had a tarpon jump right by the boat we swore was hooked, but the lines never moved. Then we finally caught a tarpon a small 40 lber though happy to get one! After that a few more sharks, and then the last spot the same thing happened we had two tarpon jump next to the boat. But again they never touched the bait or anything, very weird that doesn’t happen often and for it to happen three times??? Anyways we finished up with a few more sharks, good action throughout the day and happy to have landed a tarpon! 1 for 2
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6/8/16 Half day Islamorada tarpon fishing report
Had another half day again today it was pretty nasty blowing 25mph out of the southwest. We tried to do what we’ve done the last few days and fish the local channels. Not much luck today though we caught a few nurse sharks and had a barracuda eat us off, no tarpon bites. We saw some fish in both areas we fished but just no luck. A couple boats did catch some that we saw, though most did not. Anyways the wind is laying down this afternoon and by tomorrow it’s suppose to die to 5-10 mph, which is how it should be this time of year. I’ll likely be going into the backcountry tomorrow hopefully things will have had time to settle down by then and clean up. 0 for 0
6/7/16 Islamorada Tarpon Fishing Report
We cut to a half day today again and got out after some tarpon. Winds were howling 25 out of the southwest. Not pretty conditions but fishable anyways. We tried the area we caught them good at yesterday, fished for a good while waiting on the tide to start coming in. It finally started to move but we never had a bite, though we saw a few fish rolling and busting so they were there. Just not real happy! Anyways we tried out on one of the ocean side channels where another guide had reported good fishing the previous day. We set up and put our gear out, I saw a couple fish roll on the edge – a good sign! Anyways another boat eventually hooked a fish and while they were fighting it, one of our rods finally went off! A big old tarpon came leaping out of the air! We chased him around and landed him, a nice 130 lb fish! After that we got chased in by weather and the wind started cranking 30+ mph so we called it a morning. Glad to have gotten one! 1 for 1
