11/9/11 Islamorada Offshore & Backcountry Report

Fishing was good all around today here in Islamorada Florida Keys.  In the backcountry Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported hooking double digit snook and catching 8 or so.  Redfishing around flamingo was not so hot just a few small rats.  Capt. Mike Bassett caught a real nice size fish on a half day back there as well.  Capt. Jim Willcox ran deep into the backcountry and caught some snook, redfish, and a baby tarpon.  Capt. Skip Nielsen did say he got a few nice size reds out to the west.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti fished the patches and caught several nice size hogfish - great eating!  Also plenty of porgies and other fish.  Offshore Capt. Nick Stanczyk on the BnM got into several nice mahi, great to see them this time of year.  They also caught 2 sailfish.  The gulf edge got a little nasty this afternoon, Capt. Rick reported it started blowing out of the west shutting a lot of fishing down out there this afternoon, we did catch some nice jacks and found a big goliath grouper on some structure.  Unfortunately we hooked him about 6 times and could not pull him out of it with the rod we had, must of been a very big fish!!!  Great fun still though to feel them pull!

11/7/11 Florida Keys Fishing in November

Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Jim Willcox took the Bonacci family fishing today for a half day in the backcountry on 4/7/11.  Florida Keys Fishing in November has been producing a decent redfish bite and some snook in the back, which is what we caught today.  Together we probably caught over 100 fish in all.  We had about 20 redfish, 1 snook, and several ladyfish and jacks.  Capt. Jim reported a similar catch, he had dad and daughter, Rick had mom and son.  The girls may have beat the boys it was a close match though we lost count in the end!  The reds bit best early at the end of the falling tide.  The in tide brought some sea trout with it as well, they bit the gulp aritificials good.  Live shrimp did the trick otherwise.  Young Steven did hook another nice snook at the end of the day though we pulled the hook, though he did get a nice red after that. Tides should be good the next several mornings back in the everglades and flamingo, hopefully the fish will continue to bite good!  I'm sure they got pounded over the weekend with the Redbone tournament going on.

11/5/11 Islamorada Fishing in November, snooks!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day today backcountry fishing florida keys.  We ran back around flamingo and caught the end of the falling tide.  We caught half a dozen small snook, much fun on light tackle!  Also caught a few black drum and sheeps head.  We moved to another spot and got into the ladyfish, and a couple small rat redfish.  Good to see the snook around again.  Capt. Bill Bassett reported catching some snook and redfish a few days ago too back there.  This afternoon we fished again, the mackerels were very spotty, though we did catch a bunch of jacks and blue runners, along with some ladyfish, a few trout and snappers.  The big blacktips were biting again, got one to the boat.

11/3/11 November Islamorada Fishing.. mack attack, 400 lb goliath!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished two half days today on 11/3/11 for some november islamorada fishing report substance!  This morning had Keith Krunk down with a group also fishing Capt. Jack Backus and Capt. Ed Cale.  We fished out west trying for spanish mackerels since a few have been showing up since the temperatures have dropped.  Today the wind fell down to 5-10 mph, from blowing over 25 mph yesterday out of the north!  Lots of cool air, but at least not so rough today!  The macks did not bite great this morning with the in tide, though we caught a handful and pulled some off.  Lots of big ladyfish as well as some jacks and snappers.  Kept us busy!  This afternoon when the tide starting falling into the gulf with the wind behind it, it was game on with the spanish mackerel fishing!  Had Jeremy and his dad out who fished with my monday AM, we had caught some trout, snapper, ladyfish, and a few macks that day, plus an 80 lb goliath.  Though got drenched on the way in and caught in a nasty storm.  They braved it again and had a beautiful afternoon.  Caught probably 30 mackerels along with plenty of jacks too, some nice size mackerel too.   The big blacktips were also chewing and going crazy, we got one to the boat and broke off probably 4 or 5 as they jumped and twisted, straightening hooks and breaking #9 wire!  Lots of fun to watch!  At the end we hooked something big on the bottom, not a black tip this time...  We chased after it, too big to stop anchored.  Thought it was a big nurse shark, but no - big 400 lb goliath grouper!  Got him up to the surface and he soaked us with a splash of his tail.  Got him up again and he calmed down for some pictures, close to 7 feet long!  Great way to end the day for these guys on their florida keys fishing trip!

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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.