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!

1-16-11 - Backcountry action!!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished Howard and Mike today for a full day in the backcountry off of Islamorada, Florida Keys.  We had incoming tide most of the day, so we ran and fished the edge of the gulf of mexico to fish for spanish mackerel.  The mackerel bite was great!  We stopped at some sunken debris down off long key.  Caught probably 2 dozen, and a dozen or so nice mangrove snappers.  After this we ran further out in the the gulf, and hit a couple more spots in hops of fishing for cobia or maybe getting a nice goliath grouper or shark.  Unfortunately the water was still a little chilly, in the low 60s, so we didn't have much luck with anything except some small jacks.  We ran back into the park around 11:30 and caught the last of the in tide in a little runoff and caught some nice trout and ladyfish!  When that dried up, we moved to another runoff a couple miles away, and caught the beginning of the falling tide.  Some more trout and ladyfish, and we also caught half a dozen pompanos which was a nice surprise!  No redfish, and had to cut our trip a little short before the tide got low enough for them to stack up, but great action and variety fishing the florida everglades!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
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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!

1/6/11 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