Had a full day today with Paul and his brother they also had me booked for tomorrow. Fishing was tough today we found tarpon everywhere we went but they were not responding well. Lots of fish in the morning but no love at all, tried several places and we had one boil on a bait that was it. Mid day we ran down towards the marathon bridges to fish and we did hook a nice fish by the bridge but the hook broke and we lost him. We caught some big mangrove snappers and a couple groupers which was cool. After that in the bay we found some tarpon and had a flash on a bait, but the fish didn’t eat. I told the guys maybe instead of going tomorrow we could go later this evening so we ended up doing that going at 6 PM. Fishing was good we caught a nice fish in the first hour then when the tide started falling and it got dark it got very good. We had a tarpon bite on each drift fishing our crabs and landed 2 out of 3 more fish, including a 110 lb for Paul. So overall a good day had to work hard at it but felt good to put them on fish. Tomorrow I have off now but may fish a trip late tomorrow night. 0 for 1 and 3 for 4

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Hello my name is Capt. Rick Stanczyk and welcome to my website! I’m a fishing guide in the fabulous Florida Keys, Islamorada to be specific. Tarpon are the species I spend a lot of time fishing for and they are my passion. I’m slowly stepping back from full-time guiding though I’m still fishing through the end of this year regularly, and will be fishing a limited schedule in 2023. I have a team of young talented guides who I've been training that are available for tarpon charters, so please get in touch if you want to go fishing!
305-747-6903
rick@islamoradatarpon.com
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