10/29/11 Beautiful day backcountry fishing islamorada

Well the weatherman cost a lot of people some enjoyment today, we had 70% chance of rain suppose to be real nasty and it was absolutely gorgeous today!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day with Danita and Charles Ramey down from North Miami area.  Charles does a lot of fishing for snakeheads in fresh water around mainland areas so he wanted to give it a shot down here!  We ran back around flamingo and tried tarpon fishing since I saw plenty rolling around the day before.  Not much action our first stop, water was kind of nasty and wind was blowing weird SW direction, so we moved back further to hit runoffs.  Caught plenty of ladyfish, jacks, and some decent trout.  With a mullet on the bottom in the channel, we ended up hooking a nice 80 lb tarpon.  Danita fought it for 20 minutes and we got it to the boat ,snapped some pics, and let her go.  Not much else to it, fished a while longer, no reds or snooks.  Tried around one of the islands on our way back, but same deal a few snappers and jacks and that was all she wrote. I've heard reports the spanish mackerel are showing up out on the edge and in the gulf now, too rough today but will be trying as soon as it lays down a bit!  Looking forward to big mackerels, watch for our november islamorada fishing report florida keys.