8/30/12 August fishing in Islamorada

Well Hurricane Isaac came and went - no major damage here in the Florida Keys.  Winds came up to a steady 40-45 MPH with gusts a bit stronger.  Blew some leaves and lawn furniture around but that was about it.  Well if your wondering how fishing after a hurricane is we've got some good islamorada fishing reports today. Fishing the Florida Keys in August can be very hit or miss with the very hot weather we usually get, but the good thing with this storm is it cooled the water down nicely.  It usually take a few days for the mud and sediment to settle in the bay, but now that it's happened things turned on today.  Capt. Mike Bassett reported great action on a half day, catching a whopping 92 redfish, a small tarpon, jacks, and mangrove snappers.  He had Richard and Vivian Noritake down from Miami with their son Umi.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had good luck as well in the backcountry.  They caught a couple big lemon sharks backcountry fishing flamingo, and lots of keeper trout and mangrove snappers further out west on the edge of the gulf of mexico.  Great islamorada fishing in august on 8/30/12.  The next couple months officially starts our 'off season' so there are plenty of guides available.  Try to get out on the water early to avoid the heat of the day, and remember to bring plenty of h20 as it gets down right warm out there!

8/9/12 Big Snook for some young kids

Kurt fished with his 2 sons, Kylan (12) and Ian (9) with Capt. Mike Bassett.  They fished 2 days yesterday and today, 8/9/12.  in two days they caught 2 nice snook, 11 and 6 lb, a 30 lb bull shark, a 6 lb trout, lots of redfish, a black drum, sheeps head, and jacks and snappers to eat.  They were down from VA and had lots of fun!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported good fishing on the edge of the gulf today, with a mix of trout, snapper, ladyfish, spanish mackerel, and a couple pompano!  We then chunked them up in some hold and caught a couple big goliaths, 2 big sawfish, a lemon and black tip shark, and got rocked up by some other goliaths, fun day of rod bending!

8/7/12 Another tarpon for Capt. Vinny

Mark and Cindy Berardi went out on a half day and caught some trout lady fish and a nice 120 pound tarpon. We also managed to catch a nice nurse shark while tarpon fishing. The winds have picked up a little this week keeping us close to home but the bite still remains good for tarpon.  Fishing with Capt. Vinny Biondoletti.

8/4/12 Permit fishing in Islamorada

Permit fishing in Islamorada has been great on the wrecks back in the gulf as of late.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished with Lee and Mike Corson yesterday evening and today.  Last night we snuck out after the squalls came through to tarpon fish.  They each got tarpon, one 65 lb and one 80 lbs, as well as a lemon shark and a nurse shark.  This was all on dead bait, we tried drifting crabs at dark with the last of the falling tide, however the wind was NNE and the tarpon were not very happy or active, but not a bad night.  Today we ventured out deep into the gulf of mexico for this august fishing in islamorada.  We stopped on the way and caught plenty of ladyfish for some goliath bait, as well as some trout and snappers.  We then headed to the wrecks, and it was game on when we got there.  There was a slight breeze which was nice, permit were schooled up thick around the boat.  Immediatly we hooked up, they were eating shrimp the best.  We tried throwing crabs but they only wanted shrimp, and even caught some on bare jigs.   Lee hooked and caught a nice 40 lb tarpon we caught on a pinfish, we saw some rolling and pitched it to him and he exploded on the bait right away!  We also got the goliaths going, and caught about 6 of those, including one that was likely 350 lbs.  We had to manuever carefully around the boat to finally get that one in!  Had one cobia swim up, he was not interested in eating much though.  All in all we caught about 15 permit, it was a fabulous day.  The boys were wore out so we left early and were back at the dock a little after 1 PM!  This next week the tides are ideal out there, if the wind stays fairly calm, give Bud n' Mary's a call!  Also good tides for night tarpon fishing in islamorada!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

 

8/2/12 August Backcountry and offshore fishing report islamorada

Islamorada fishing in August has been great thus far!  Kalex had some great dolphin fishing today with a rackfull of fish up to 35 lbs.  Many of the mahi have been in a little closer the last few days, though every day is different.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had some fun fishign with the family. Trish Biondoletti caught two nice islamorada bonefish this morning. We fished early and caught the last of the incoming tide. We only had a handful of shots and caught three fish. Yesterday brought the same number of casts and hook ups but lost all those fish to lines breaking. A change of line and we were back in business. None fishing remains steady and should remain that way for awhile. Good red fishing this afternoon. Lots of fish up on the flats in big schools. Ryan Biondoletti and Nicole Starr managed to catch a half dozen fish in a couple hours. Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a morning half the other day and an evening tonight and had reported good fishing.  Lots of trout, mangrove snappers, and ladyfish in the gulf, and a big 175 lb goliath grouper.  This evening they tried the local muds and not much going on, so the caught snappers around the islands.  They tarpon fishing for an hour before dark and caught a nice 80 lb fish.  Lots of activity around sunset around the local channels.  Tarpon fishing in August can be a good bet if you hit it right!