1/13/11 - Cold north wind, but some nice snappers!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day this morning with the Zarecki's, south florida natives visiting the keys!  We left a little later in the morning since we had a cold front hit us last night.  The wind was howling out of the north, very muddy and choppy in the bay.  We left around 9:30 and made our way back.  Some of the areas where I'd been catching trout and redfish were extremely muddy due to the wind, we tried for a few spots but no luck, so we headed back on the edge of the gulf and hit a little mangrove snapper hole.  It was loaded up with nice snapper, hadn't been there since last winter, but great to see! Caught our limit very quickly, a few nice ones close to 13 inches!

January has some cold days, but reds are still biting!

Bud & Mary's regulars Fred & Marie Moore,along with their son Ben from Wales, braved the weather yesterday on 1-12-11 & crossed the bay with Capt Jim Willcox. They still had a great day of florida keys fishing. They caught a mix of redfish , black drum & sheepshead.  The cold weather in islamorada hasn't affected the bite of drum apparently!!!



1-11-11 Half day, tons of action!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk took Ed Grassia down for vacation in the keys out for a little half day backountry fishing trip today.  The fishing in islamorada had been fantastic!  Lots of fog this morning made it a little eerie riding back in the everglades this morning, but it lifted enough for a safe ride back.  We fished a few runoffs and got into some nice trout, some ladyfish, and some jacks!  Plenty of action, and lots of schools of mullet mudding around with porpoises going nuts feeding on them!  We did that for an hour or so, then made our way up a little further in the same area and got into a great bite of redfish!  Probably caught around 40 reds, 20 trout, a dozen ladyfish, and a dozen jacks.  Spectacular fishing for just a couple hours!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

Foggy morning ride!

1/10/11 - Fantastic redfish bite as well as mackerel!!!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk took his father out, Capt. Richard Stanczyk Sr., along with family friend and photographer Ron Modra for some Islamorada fishing.  They had a late start around 9 am, and got back to one of Richard's old favorite spots around 10.  They stopped to catch a few pinfish at first, which came right up with a little chum.  We stopped in a runoff creek and caught a handful of nice trout as well as some jacks.  Putting up a little further (upon Rick's suggestion) they got into a huge mess of redfish!  It was action every cast, some eating bare jigs!  Probably caught 75 in total in about 2 hours.  Also caught a nice bluefish on a pinfish as well as this nicer red (pictured).  After the tide quit falling we ate some lunch and ran out into the gulf.  Not much happening out there, though we did see shocked permit swimming around, threw him a shrimp which he boiled on but wouldn't eat.  After this we ran back towards home and stopped at a favorite mackerel spot.  Caught about 25 mackerels, with the little chum we had, and a nice one that was close to 8 lbs (pictured)!  Had a good bite on the shark rod though that we missed, and called it a day!  Gorgeous weather, some clouds and rain around though that didn't bother us.  Fabulous day of fishing in the florida keys!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

1/6/11 Great fishing in the everglades - reds!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk had a great day in the everglades on 1/6/11!  He went for a day of fun fishing with his girlfriend and mother, Elizabeth and Ginger Baxter, and good friend Jonathen Ness.  They fished way back around the mainland of florida and the cape in the morning.  Great bite of redfish the first spot they stopped, and a handful of decent size black drum!  They ran up in a few winding creeks and caught a few more, along with some trout and ladyfish.  Ended the day running around the gulf side back towards home, the water was real dirty with the west wind blowing so we didn't see much around the usual spots where you may find a cobia or triple tail lurking.  We did fish a few runoffs closer to home and caught some more trout and ladyfish, and a few larger reds one of the islands on pinfish!  All in all probably caught 30 drum altogether!  Great day of Florida Keys Fishing!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net