6/30/11 Great florida keys reef fishing, big groupers!

The Kalex had a great day out on the reef today on 6/30/11!  They caught their limit of nice yellowtail snappers, and a few nice muttons to go along with that as well!  They also caught a couple of big black groupers!  One of these was almost 50 lbs and the other was a whopping 60 lbs!  Don't see too many lunkers like this anymore!  Great job guys, come on down for some great florida keys fishing charters on the reef now!  Mangrove snappers should be moving their way out there in the summer and that will be red hot!

6/20/11 Islamorada backcountry fishing trout and tarpon!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished all day today in the islamorada backcountry fishing with Jeff Cohen family.  We ran back in the everglades and it was very nice back there, mildly overcast so not too hot and a good east southeastish breeze.  We drifted in some of the bays back there where the water looked nice and dirty and the trout bite was ON!  We caught our limit of nice ones up to over 20 inches, plus released a lot more.  Also caught some ladyfish and snappers too.  This was nice too see as the trout bites been a little tough to find any numbers of decent size fish!  We did this for a an hour and a half or so then set up in some channels in the back to catch big stuff.  We put our time in, almost an hour into it with no bites and then a rod bent over and the line raced towards the bow of the boat.  BIG 120+ lb tarpon goes airborne and jumpes over our anchorline.  I spin the rod around and hand it to young Mendel and we chased after the monster!  About 45 minutes later after several big jumps and hard runs, we landed the fish!  We ran and set back up and had another bite within 10 minutes, about a 100 lb fish went airborne but threw the hook.  We caught a few small sharks and then the tide slacked to almost nothing - but another rod started to take off right when the tide quit!  Jeff took the rod and I pulled the anchor as we were leaving after and we chased after the fish.  After 15 minutes or so we got it to the surface, nice 200+ lb lemon shark!  Got him up to the boat but he freaked out and broke our mono leader.  We ran back towards home to fish the last hour and had one other tarpon bite close to the marina we missed, and then headed back.  Good day nice to see some big fish while florida keys tarpon fishing in the back again!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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6/17/11 Florida Keys backcountry fishing in June!

Well today was a warm one down here for our florida keys fishing charters!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk had a full day back in the everglades.  We started off hitting a few spots to try and catch some ladyfish for bait, plus of course trout, snapper, etc...  They were a little tough to find, after our 3rd or 4th spot though we bagged enough of them, plus picked away at some trout and keeper snappers.  We put the big rods out in hopes of tarpon, though no luck with them but did catch some nice lemon sharks!  We fished around flamingo area and then moved out off the cape to a good area for some florida tarpon fishing!  Capt. Skip Nielsen was flyfishing and said he had caught a couple on fly, so we anchored up and put baits out.  Saw some fish rolling but as soon as the tide started pouring in good, the water got real nasty and weedy and the fish quit showing.  We did catch another nice shark, and hooked a couple others we pulled off.  But we did catch this nice snook to make the end of our day!

6/15/11 Tarpon fishing action in the Florida Keys

Well the florida keys tarpon fishing is picking back up.  With the winds hopefully moving back from the eastern direction and better tides in the evening this next week should be real good!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk caught a couple nice fish yesterday, one during the day in the backcountry, and a nice one at night.  They also caught plenty of sharks, fought a big 'sea monster', and some nice trout, ladyfish, etc... in the back during the day.  Last night they also caught a nice 20 lb cuda on the bottom.  Going again tonight, falling tide till dark looking forward to it!  The early morning and later in the evening is the best bet, plus you can avoid the heat of the day! Come on down for some great fishing in islamorada!

6/13/11 Some big summer goliaths while florida keys fishing

Capt. Rick Stanczyk has fished the past few days in the islamorada backcountry.  Some nice snappers have been way out west in some of the close gulf areas, white holes, wrecks, etc...  Some goliaths have been out there as well we caught a nice one yesterday and had a couple others cut us off in structure.  A few other captains reported some in some other areas as well.  Today Capt. Rick also caught this nice 50 lber, along with several blacktip sharks, lemon sharks, and some BIG 150-200 lb nurse sharks.  We also jumped a couple of 50-75 lb tarpon, couldn't get the hooks to stay in, but good to see some in the backcountry with the wind laying down.  There was also some good action with ladyfish, trout, and jacks today as well.