For the love of tarpon
Capt. Rick Stanczyk is a born and bred native of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. His family owns and operates the world famous Bud n’ Mary’s Fishing Marina located right in the heart of Islamorada, the sportfishing capital of the world. Rick’s love of tarpon fishing started when he was a young boy fishing with his father, Capt. Richard Stanczyk Sr. They would spend many evenings fishing the local channels for fish up to 200 lbs, many of which weighed twice as much as a young Rick Stanczyk! Fast forward to 2008 and Rick started his own guiding business and tarpon quickly became the focal point of his fishing charters. There may not be a game fish that is more sought after than tarpon. They are hard to catch, get incredibly large, fight very hard, are super acrobatic, and here in the Florida Keys can be caught almost all year long. There are not many guides who put as much time in focused on tarpon as Rick does. He fishes for them all year long, with exception to the handful of weeks where it is freezing cold and just not happening (though they do occasionally get lucky and still catch a few then too!) With Rick’s fishing style you can be complete novice to the sport. He will teach you how to do everything yourself and encourages you to do so, but with his live and dead bait fishing style you don’t have to be an expert caster to catch a tarpon. Please like and follow my page for my daily updated fishing reports, and you can also read my more detailed reports on my website http://www.islamoradatarpon.com