1/23/11 COLD slow morning, but the backcountry woke up!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Jim Willcox had Ed Forrester and his party in the backcountry for some florida keys fishing on 1/23/11.  It was a freezing cold morning being in the high 40s last night, and very windy.  We took the long, smoother ride back towards flamingo through some really low water.  We fished some deeper channels and creeks in the back and picked away at a handful of redfish, though having gotten cold so quick things were a little slow early.  Roy on Capt. Ricks boat did catch a nice 15 lb snook with a shrimp on the bottom though which was a real exciting fish to see as there population has still been hurt since the last cold winter we had in 2010.  We decided to run back around some runoffs in some other channels closer to home around noon when it started to warm up, and we really got into the reds then!  Each boat probably caught close to 50 a piece!  Tried fishing the edges of some of the banks, and not much but catfish, and a couple pompano.  After that we headed back to Islamorada!  Capt. Vinne Biondoletti reported similar fishing in the A.M., though fished a different area in the afternoon and did catch a lot of ladyfish and pompano.  Capt. Alex Adler on the Kalex had a nice catch of snappers and some nice cobias as well up to 40 lbs!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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1-19-11 Great backcountry and offshore action!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported catching many redfish close to 40 in about half an hour in the backcountry today.  They also caught some trout, ladyfish, and jacks nearby.  Had a couple shark bites while putting the big rods out but couldn't keep 'em on.  Later on they caught plenty of mackerel and snappers on the edge of the gulf.  Capt. Bill Bassett and Ken Cohan also reported lots of trout, ladyfish, mackerel, and snappers fishing towards the edge of the gulf.  Capt. Nick Stanczyk had a nice catch of sails today, the Relentless with Capt. Paul Ross had several nice large cobia some over 50 lbs, as well a the Kalex, and plenty of king mackerel on the docks!

GREAT cobia fishing for Catch 22! 1-16-11

There has been some fantastic cobia fishing down here in Islamorada, Florida Keys.  The Catch 22 caught there limit here today, and letting many others go.  About 12 cobias up to 65 lbs, 20 kings, and a nice sail!  Check it out, way to go Capt. Scott Stanczyk!  Fishing for cobias is usually great this time of year, all the way through February!  The cold waters in the gulf of mexico have flushed many of these fish out into the warmer Atlantic ocean.  These fish are caught often by spotting large rays, turtles, and other large sea creatures, which have the schools of fish following them.  Live baits are casted with heavy weights to sink them to the bottom in front of the fish, often live grunts are favorites of the larger fish!  Sometimes you will see cobia on the surface tailing as well, this is very cool when you can sight cast and watch them eat!  As the waters warm up with stable weather, the fish should pop back up in the gulf on the wrecks and structures there, offering great sportfishing opportunity to those vessels there, including many backcountry guides who fish the edge of the everglades national park!  Come on down and let's go fishing!  1-800-742-7945 - Bud n' Mary's Fishing Marina