June Fishing in Islamorada

The tarpon bite is still going strong.  There have been lots of huge tarpon rolling all around the boat the last few evenings and when the dinner bell goes off - hang on.  I had a young lady on the boat who landed her first tarpon and it was a whopping 140 pounder.  Not bad for a first timer. 

 

The trout and snapper have been great action and also great tablefair.  We've been catching some nice snook and redfish in the back.  Artificial baits are producing well for those who are good casters and the live bait has been producing around the deep holes. 

 

For those who want to catch JAWS.  The shark action is hot and heavy.  Bulls and Lemon Sharks up to 300 pounds and lots of them.  Hang on! and don't dangle your feet in the water!

 

Headed out again today on a 3pm-10pm trip.  Looks a little windy today - but we will make it work!  Tight lines.

 

  

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

June Fishin in Islamorada

Ok, here we go - summer weather is here.  It's warm and the fish are feeding.  The evening tarpon bite was great on Thursday - we caught two nice 110-120 pound fish and lost one other.  One thing about that evening tarpon fishing - you don't get cooked by the sun, it's a beautiful sunset trip - and we catch tarpon almost every evening! 

 

Friday we caught some nice mangrove snapper to start - then we located a nice school of trout and hammered them for an hour or so.  Got some good fish for the dinner.  Then we hit the flats for some redfish and snook action.  We boated four nice snook and one 10 pound redfish all on artificial.  From there we hit some deeper holes with live bait for 3 more redfish, 4 nice sheepshead and a load of mangrove snapper.  Summer weather is here and the fishin is goooood!!!

 

Tomorrow we fish 3pm-10pm.  Afternoon fishing for trout, reds, snook and snapper - then transition into the evening tarpon - life doesn't get any better than this!!

 

Keep those lines tight!  See ya soon.

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com

Fishing May/June in Islamorada

I haven't kept up with this blog lately because I've been fishing pretty much every day.  So, here is a recap of what has been going on - and what is yet to come.

 

The later part of May we had some good evening tarpon fishing.  Some of the evening trips that took place around the full moon were a little slow.  The fish are still averaging 100-150 pounds of pure fury.  Lighting fast runs, screaming drags, fantastic jumps with the tarpon crashing into the water like a small car dropping from the sky and the look of amazement on everyone viewing the site.  This is something every angler should experience at least once in their lives.  We will have plenty of great tarpon action through June and into early July.

 

The backcountry continues to get better as summer arrives.  The trout bite is still great with all the rod bending you want.  Mangrove snapper is pretty much the same - all you want to catch and some nice 2-3 pounders showing up.  The redfish have been excellent.  Several trips I had in the later part of May where we targeted reds - we were catching 10 to 12 nice redfish a day up to 10 pounds.  We were having a problem with some huge 200-300 pound sharks eating the redfish before we could get them to the boat.  When the sharks show up like that - we either set up the shark rod and battle those big bruisers or we pack up and move to another spot.  No sense in feeding those sharks all our nice redfish!  On some of the really light wind days we have been getting some nice tripletail out in the Gulf area and a few cobia as well.  

 

There is plenty of great fishing action here in June and July.  Come on down and enjoy the fun!

 

 

Thanks,
Captain Steve Murray
Phone:  305 - 393 - 1641
Email:  stevemurray126@att.net
Website:  www.tarponheadquarters.com