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7/16/13 Mid July Backcountry Fishing Report for Islamorada

 | By Seamus on 7/16/2013 10:46:18 AM | Views (225)

Well we've had rain off and on plus a little wind but that is not necessarily a bad thing for july islamorada fishing in the backcountry.  It helps keep the heat down and life in the water.  I myself was on vacation for a few days though just got back to fishing yesterday.  I've included a few other good shots from our tarpon fishing before my vacation.  Yesterday we didn't have much luck we looked for tarpon and had plenty of fresh live mullet, though we had north/northeast winds early on which they didnt seem to like.  We did catch plenty of blacktip sharks, a big bull shark, some goliath groupers, a few (legal) gag groupers, and even a big 35 lb king mackerel!  We also caught a few snappers for dinner plus some small trout and ladyfish.  Today I fished a half day and we had to spend time dodging major rain storms, but caught snappers for dinner and jumped 1 tarpon on a live crab and possibly had one other tarpon bite we missed.  Capt. Bill Bassett over the weekend reported a good tarpon bite and caught 2 of 6 one morning.  Capt. Ben Ekblom also had some tarpon action as well as some nice mangrove snappers, a large cuda, and they found this huge python swimming around while they were catching bait.  They caught him in a cast net!

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

 

 

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Catch Information

Species:
Blacktip Shark
Blacktip Shark

Bull Shark
Bull Shark

Gag Grouper
Gag Grouper

Goliath Grouper
Goliath Grouper

Gray Snapper
Gray Snapper

King Mackerel
King Mackerel

Ladyfish
Ladyfish

Tarpon
Tarpon

This Fishing Report was submitted on 7/16/2013 10:46:18 AM by Seamus and last updated on 7/18/2013 10:46:18 AM.


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79851 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL US


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