9/16/12 September florida keys fishing report

Backcountry fishing islamorada september has been good as of late.  We've had a fair amount of rain mixed in with some wind which has kept a lot of the bay cooled down which helps the fishing this time of year.  There's been a good mix of trout, snapper, ladyfish, and jacks on the edge of the gulf of mexico.  Great option for getting some dinner fish and having good rod bending action.  Redfish fishing has been productive on the higher water hitting the shorelines and islands.  If your flats fishing islamorada this is a good option as there are plenty of these fish around.  Today we worked much of the cape and it was a slow pick but we caught fish most places.  Early this morning on the falling tide we got into some big snook, we only managed one to the boat but it was a nice 12 lber!  Great fight on light tackle.  Big shrimp have been available due to the cooler water which is what this fish ate.  We also hooked an islamorada tarpon fishing plugs early with the overcast skies, they were happy, though the rain slammed us while we fought him and that killed the bite as it stirred up lots of mud!  Though it was nice to get this good fish for a september florida keys fishing report!  On the ocean side the Kalex had about 15 mahi yesterday, still good islamorada dolphin fishing this late in the year!  Also the reef has had a good bite of snappers, both yellowtail and mangrove!

8/7/12 Another tarpon for Capt. Vinny

Mark and Cindy Berardi went out on a half day and caught some trout lady fish and a nice 120 pound tarpon. We also managed to catch a nice nurse shark while tarpon fishing. The winds have picked up a little this week keeping us close to home but the bite still remains good for tarpon.  Fishing with Capt. Vinny Biondoletti.

8/4/12 Permit fishing in Islamorada

Permit fishing in Islamorada has been great on the wrecks back in the gulf as of late.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished with Lee and Mike Corson yesterday evening and today.  Last night we snuck out after the squalls came through to tarpon fish.  They each got tarpon, one 65 lb and one 80 lbs, as well as a lemon shark and a nurse shark.  This was all on dead bait, we tried drifting crabs at dark with the last of the falling tide, however the wind was NNE and the tarpon were not very happy or active, but not a bad night.  Today we ventured out deep into the gulf of mexico for this august fishing in islamorada.  We stopped on the way and caught plenty of ladyfish for some goliath bait, as well as some trout and snappers.  We then headed to the wrecks, and it was game on when we got there.  There was a slight breeze which was nice, permit were schooled up thick around the boat.  Immediatly we hooked up, they were eating shrimp the best.  We tried throwing crabs but they only wanted shrimp, and even caught some on bare jigs.   Lee hooked and caught a nice 40 lb tarpon we caught on a pinfish, we saw some rolling and pitched it to him and he exploded on the bait right away!  We also got the goliaths going, and caught about 6 of those, including one that was likely 350 lbs.  We had to manuever carefully around the boat to finally get that one in!  Had one cobia swim up, he was not interested in eating much though.  All in all we caught about 15 permit, it was a fabulous day.  The boys were wore out so we left early and were back at the dock a little after 1 PM!  This next week the tides are ideal out there, if the wind stays fairly calm, give Bud n' Mary's a call!  Also good tides for night tarpon fishing in islamorada!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

 

8/2/12 August Backcountry and offshore fishing report islamorada

Islamorada fishing in August has been great thus far!  Kalex had some great dolphin fishing today with a rackfull of fish up to 35 lbs.  Many of the mahi have been in a little closer the last few days, though every day is different.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had some fun fishign with the family. Trish Biondoletti caught two nice islamorada bonefish this morning. We fished early and caught the last of the incoming tide. We only had a handful of shots and caught three fish. Yesterday brought the same number of casts and hook ups but lost all those fish to lines breaking. A change of line and we were back in business. None fishing remains steady and should remain that way for awhile. Good red fishing this afternoon. Lots of fish up on the flats in big schools. Ryan Biondoletti and Nicole Starr managed to catch a half dozen fish in a couple hours. Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a morning half the other day and an evening tonight and had reported good fishing.  Lots of trout, mangrove snappers, and ladyfish in the gulf, and a big 175 lb goliath grouper.  This evening they tried the local muds and not much going on, so the caught snappers around the islands.  They tarpon fishing for an hour before dark and caught a nice 80 lb fish.  Lots of activity around sunset around the local channels.  Tarpon fishing in August can be a good bet if you hit it right!

7/28/12 Fishing the gulf of mexico

Capt. Rick Stanczyk had Bob Davidson and crew out for a day of fishing the gulf of mexico on 7/28/12.  We started off some of the banks that line the edge of everglades national park and the gulf.  The bite was hot with a mix of big ladyfish, sea trout, mangrove snappers, and jack crevelle.  We loaded up on fish for dinner, as well as more for bait for larger specimen.  We then headed to try to find some goliaths we had some action with the prior day, however another boat was fishing it, so we headed back west into the open gulf.  We had one of wrecks to our selves and the fish were there!  We had the last of the incoming tide.  Big schools of permit in every direction, great permit fishing in islamorada.  We caught about 8 total on shrimp and even bare jigs!  We tried pitching the one crab we had to some of the larger ones, though they did not appear interested.  After the tide started to fall we anchored up, and chunked up some ladyfish and caught 6 big goliath groupers up to 200 lbs!  Bob also got a nice 75 lb bull shark.  We also managed one cobia to the boat, and had one other small 4 pack follow a goliath up and disappear.  Great action and love to see it this time of year!

Capt. Bill Bassett also fished in the backcountry today and reported good action.  They caught plenty of trout and ladyfish in the bays.  They found lots of tarpon around some islands and had a couple in the air!  They also poled around a bit later and caught several redfish, after that they headed in a little earlier to beat the heat!