12/6/11 Spanish mackerel fishing islamorada inshore

Jim & his friend is Ed from Maryland fished with Ed Cale today for a half day of fishing islamorada backcountry. They caught spanish macks, pompano, bluefish, bluerunner, bar jack, lane snapper, grey snapper & crevalle jacks!  Lots of action!  They also landed a nice blacktip shark.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk had them out the afternoon before, it was much windier and we couldn't fish the open bays, but got into some protected waters with several nice size trout, ladyfish, and a few mackerels as well.  The fishing further out west was not as good as it was close by, we did catch about a dozen spanish mackerels today, plus some blue runners, snappers, and ladyfish, but had to work at it pretty hard!  Long casts in the chum slick, alternating fast and slow retrieve with a double twitch produced fish best!  Good backcountry fishing action close to home with options on both the bay and ocean side depending on weather!

12/3/11 Good islamorada snook fishing in the backcountry!

Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had Thomas and John Cashion fishing in the backcountry today.  They caught several nice snook including these pictured here today!  Weather was blowing hard 20 mph and was nice once they got back there.  Also pictured are fish from Capt. Rick Stanczyk's trip yesterday including spanish mackerel, big trout, and big 200 lb goliath thrashing his tail before he snapped the line!

12/1/11 Fishing in the Everglades

Capt. Rick Stanczyk took his father, Capt. Richard Stanczyk Sr. and friend Ron Modra out for a day of december fishing in islamorada.  We had a cold front come through the other night and it was a chilly ride in the 60s this morning, very cold going fast across the bay!  We ran back around the cape area west of flamingo and hit our first spot.  We had plenty of nice shrimp, some pinfish, and a few pilchards.  First spot produced several nice redfish about 10 in all, they were eating shrimp on jigs and caught a few on pilchards.  Tide was still going ou.  Also caught 2 snook out of here, one real nice one for Ron!  After the bite slowed we ran further back through east cape canal and lake inghram and on up to cape sable area.  Very beautiful day, little rough once you got on the other side so we scooted along the beach.  Next few stops produced several big redfish some over the slot, and plenty in the slot as well.  Every spot we hit held a few, until our last one which we probably caught over 2 dozen nice ones out of, and another snook.  All in all think our tally was around 50 reds!!  We also caught some nice sheepshead as well, along with a few ladyfish and jacks and snappers.  Spectacular day for our florida keys fishing charter and way to start out the month of December!  Stay tune for more Islamorada fishing reports december.  On the offshore side Capt. Nick Stanczyk on the BNM had 6 sailfish, and Kalex had 7, the boys are gearing up for the big tournament this weekend hopefully they do as well then!


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

11/25/11 Florida Keys Redfish Backcountry

Well the wind was howling today out of the east 15-20 mph!  Blustery day after the holidays.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk did a 3/4 day with Mike and his son AJ who have fished with him the last several years the day after thanksgiving.  We did some florida keys redfish backcountry fishing.  Had an extreme low tide in the everglades, flats were sticking out everywhere and very little water in the channels and cuts.  We hit a spot out I had not fished much since last year.  Fishing was great caught close to 20 nice reds, mostly slot size fish!  Several on shrimps with jigs and a few on live baits.  AJ caught his biggest ever pictured here.  Also caught a handful of trout as well as ladyfish.  After the tide quit we ran towards flamingo area to catch the end of the tide there.  Hit a few spots in the channels there near shorelines and such, though not much going on.  Caught 3 or 4 reds as we moved from runoff to runoff, and that was about it.  Tried around some islands after that where tide was still flushing out even a little past noon, but not much luck there either. Decide to head in a little early and call it a day! Oh well started strong and definetely worth the trip for these guys!  Stay tuned and be ready for some great december islamorada fishing report information!

11/23/11 Islamorada spanish mackerel fishing

Well the wind came around from the south this morning and laid down nicely as the day went on during 11/23/11.  Wasn't too bad to start out with.  We got out for a morning half day and had good conditions, tide headed towards the gulf off sprigger bank area.  Put the chum bag out and fish were around us instantly.  Started off with lots of big ladyfish and blue runners, and several nice mangrove snappers as well as a handful of trout.  Spanish mackerel were soon to follow, several large fish that were 4-5 lbs.  Much fun on light tackle.  Bare jigs with shrimp worked fine, though shiny mylar jigs were the hot ticket, didn't even need shrimp at the end.  Here is Ambrose pictured with one nice Mack.  They bit almost every cast eventually until the tide stopped.  At the end of the tide we put some dead mackerel chunks on the bottom for sharks, hooked a couple big black tips though they broke us off pretty quick, as well as a big nurse shark we pulled the hooks on.  Oh well still plenty of fun, get on out there this thanksgiving weekend, will have great tide for that, as well as in the backcountry for most of the day!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903