10/29/11 Beautiful day backcountry fishing islamorada

Well the weatherman cost a lot of people some enjoyment today, we had 70% chance of rain suppose to be real nasty and it was absolutely gorgeous today!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day with Danita and Charles Ramey down from North Miami area.  Charles does a lot of fishing for snakeheads in fresh water around mainland areas so he wanted to give it a shot down here!  We ran back around flamingo and tried tarpon fishing since I saw plenty rolling around the day before.  Not much action our first stop, water was kind of nasty and wind was blowing weird SW direction, so we moved back further to hit runoffs.  Caught plenty of ladyfish, jacks, and some decent trout.  With a mullet on the bottom in the channel, we ended up hooking a nice 80 lb tarpon.  Danita fought it for 20 minutes and we got it to the boat ,snapped some pics, and let her go.  Not much else to it, fished a while longer, no reds or snooks.  Tried around one of the islands on our way back, but same deal a few snappers and jacks and that was all she wrote. I've heard reports the spanish mackerel are showing up out on the edge and in the gulf now, too rough today but will be trying as soon as it lays down a bit!  Looking forward to big mackerels, watch for our november islamorada fishing report florida keys.

10/26/11 Snooks and redfish backcountry fishing Islamorada

Well it was another blustery day here in islamorada backcountry fishing on 10/26/11!  I had Hack and Jill Albertson. Hack is with the Paralyzed Verterans Association who do a big trip to the marina every year.  They come to Bud n' Mary's and book several guides/charters and also have a big cookout, lots of fun!  We left out at 7:30 this morning, daybreak is getting later and later though will be changing time soon.  We headed back to the mainland/flamingo area, took a longer ride to stay out of the chop which was nice.  Unfortunately 4 boats already sitting in one area that's been hot, so we moved down the channel a little bit.  Fishing was good, lots of trout, jacks, ladyfish, and few snappers early.  As the tide died and got very low, caught several redfish probably 20 in all, handful of decent slot fish.  Hack also caught his first snook on shrimp, unfortunately Jill lost hers, also had another one get cut off.  Had to chase hacks down since it was on very light tackle, good catch!  When tied died at noon we ran down the beach a bit and fished a creek.  Hack caught another snook on pinfish, and we missed another bite.  Also caught a handful more reds, plus various others.  Ran home after that, not bad day with the conditions!

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

10/11/11 Everglades tarpon action and more!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished today with his girlfriend Elizabeth and friend Ron Modra for some islamorada fishing october.  We got a bit of a late start and took time to run around and find some bait.  Could not find pilchards to the north, but did find a few big balls of mullet.  Threw the net on them a few times and got tons of good size small mullet.  Ran in the everglades with those and some shrimp.  Caught a nice snook on first finger mullet out, tried a few other areas around the island but no more luck.  Caught plenty of snappers and jacks though on shrimps.  Went to a tarpon spot and put out some more mullets on the bottom.  Ron caught a nice 80 lb tarpon about 15 minutes later!  Tide quit on us then and it was high noon.  We ran further out to check things out, stopped at a spot.  Very slick calm and beautiful - tarpon everywhere!  Had a couple chase mullets on top, but missed them.  Ron hooked a mystery fish that we could not get off the bottom on a light rod, maybe a juvenile goliath??  Anyways ran into some creek areas after, lots of tarpon in there too and some big schools of mullet they were busting, had another zip us and suck the bait off, and after that decided to call it a day!  I imagine if the mullet stay around, the tarpon will too before it gets cold, so come on down!

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

10/10/11 Islamorada backcountry fishing close to home!

Tom Siddons and his friend Nick from Germany had a great day catching a bonefish in the morning today on 10/10/11. Then heading to the bay for some trout and ladyfish. Then back to the bridges where they managed to catch some nice jacks and beautiful snook.  They fished with Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti!  Lots of fun to be had on an islamorada fishing charter!  Be on the lookout for more october fishing report islamorada!

10/9/11 Islamorada Bonefish Action!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished with Lee and Rob again today on 10/9/11.  Due to weather and conditions we decided to give stake up bonefishing a shot.  The overcast rainy conditions usually turn the fish on especially on the ocean side.  We had mostly in tide and high water, not the greatest conditions, but we gave it a try.  We ended up catching 2 bonnet heads early on, and the rain started to pour with thunder.  So we ducked in back to the marina and waited it out for 20 minutes, went back out with just a drizzle of rain.  Lee ended up catching this nice 8-9 lb bonefish himself!  After that we moved around since the small picker fish were eating the shrimps off as fast as you could put them out.  The weather improved, though the tide died, and didn't start falling till we were about to go in.  Though catching one islamorada bonefish is worth it these days!  Capt. Lonny Shaw and Capt. Jim Willcox reported catching a couple each the day before as well.