Capt. Rick Stanczyk had a wonderful day in the islamorada backcountry fishing along with several other guides as well! He fished Roger Barry and his son James from the U.K. Roger fished with his father Richard Stanczyk almost 20 years ago for tarpon down here and loved fishing with him because Richard was always sharing his knowledge of fishing with him! Well today was a treat for them, we caught and released two tarpon up to 60 lbs on the spinning rods which was a lot of fun! Roger also caught this giant 400 lb goliath grouper off a bottom bait which was an unusual catch and quite amazing! James also caught a large bottom dweller that was almost 250 lbs all by himself. We also caught a small blacktip. Great day on this Florida Fishing Charter!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

Great fish!  Especially that Goliath Grouper.

If you ask me the tarpon are a lot more fun to catch than the goliath grouper. To each their own.

Man I miss the keys fishing. I was born in Dade County, and fished all of the keys, and Flamingo. We moved to Tampa in 79, and I have been fishing there, and out west until I moved back home in 95. You guys are lucky on the east coast. But, we do have some great fishing as well here on the west coast. Nice fish, i am envious!