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The last 2 weeks have been really windy and rainy from either big systems or a really wet Tropical Storm. The couple weeks prior the bite was pretty good with a decent Mullet run and plenty of Pilchards.The Snook and Tarpon bite was fun while it las

Captiva Fishing Big Goliath Grouper! Sanibel Fishing & Captiva Fishing Monday July 4 2016:  4th Of July Fishing big 300LB+ goliath grouper and Hank snook in the passes redfish on the oyster bars; tarpon rolling in the bay and on the be

We had Capt Rich at the helm and Joe with me on deck and 21 eager anglers for this picture perfect weather filled trip. From the 1st stop to the last the bite stayed consistent and adventurous. We caught many xl Mangrove Snappers throughout the

This past week I fished from Port of the Islands Flamingo to Key Largo and live bait is the key. There are Mullet schools everywhere and fish re chasing them. The weather continues to be an either with rain or wind. If you don’t go you wont ca

On Friday Dec. 6 I pre-fished Flamingo to see what tides were going to be like the next day for the Day on the Bay Tournament. I am fishing with Paul and his son PJ Paul. It didn’t take long and we were on some Tarpon that wouldn’t play

June is here and we are getting into the summer time mode here in Islamorada. The last week or so we've had very calm wind which has been nice and led to some good conditions for many things. We had a little bit of rain on and off for a couple d

I I only fished Flamingo the last week although it was busy in the parking lot never we had a crowd problem. I covered lots of water from Flamingo north to Ponce Deleon Bay on a few days and found fish in most areas. This was a good week of fishing

Happy new year everyone! The weather is gorgeous and the fish are biting here in Islamorada Florida this january. With the warm weather there has been a little bit of everything going on really. Today Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. John Johansen had

This past week fishing was on the tough side. The winds played a big part early in the week but we always seem to make it work. I 010322 I fished with John and Norm today we started out on some Snook. We fished some mudding Sting Rays which had a fe

January is winding down to a close finally and we are still in the midst of the cold weather cycle. Over the weekend temperatures will be dropping again not so severly as last time but will be getting down to 60 or so. Today and yesterday things rea

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This past 10 days have been action packed down in Everglades National Park days of 30 Redfish and 40 Snook have been common. Timing the tide which has been extremely high and low around the full moon was important. On the high tides they were way ba

Happy Easter to everyone! It's been a busy week here while deep sea fishing in Islamorada and I'm finally getting a chance to update everyone on what's been biting here in the Florida Keys. We are in the midst of spring now and the varie

  ----- Original Message ----- From: steve To: Crocsetal.tarpon@blogger.com Sent: Saturday December 20 2014 2:31 PM Subject: Winter Fishing in Islamorada When most of our Country thinks of winter they think about cold and snow.  Here

February is rolling on and so seems to be the winter time weather! We've had a couple late cold fronts already keep things fairly chilly here not freezing cold but the water has stayed in the high 60 range. This has kept the traditional winter t

Flamingo Its seems like we got a early start to winter its the 8th day of November and we are cooled down. The fishing remains summer like so far with lots of baby Tarpon. The Snook bite is also very good in Fl. Bay the Gulf of Mexico coastline and

Jim and Mark Russell were out on a fishing charter here in Naples with us this week and caught king mackerel up to 40 pounds two Goliath Grouper over 200 pounds an eight foot long bull shark and a six foot Blacktip Shark. After catching all these fis

The Last week of the year was not typical with several days of more than 3 inches of rain. If the rain wasn’t enough we had winds of 25 mph for almost 2 weeks. This being said I did 3 trips an all of them successful but stressful. I did a coup

Ephraim Sobol and his son with a nice catch and release Goliath grouper

We are getting into July here and fishing in the backcountry has been pretty good overall. The calm summer time weather usually leads to very pretty water which means happy fish most of the time. At the start of the month we still had some flat clam