# 4/3/11 Great islamorada tarpon fishing with Greg Olsen and family! **URL:** \ **Category:** Saltwater Fishing General\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/4-3-11-great-islamorada-tarpon-fishing-with-greg-olsen-and-family/184972 "2011-04-04T00:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![syxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@syxx](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/syxx)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/4-3-11-great-islamorada-tarpon-fishing-with-greg-olsen-and-family/184972/1 "2011-04-04T00:15:19Z")
Capt. Rick Stanczyk had the pleasure of fishing former catcher of the Atlanta Braves, Greg Olsen and family Robbie & Racheal, today on 4/3/11. It was a beautiful day started out fairly calm with a light breeze and flat water. We ran in the backcountry and fished a bay area catching a mix of ladyfish, trout, snapper, and a few small sharks. We anchored up for a bit and netted some ballyhoo for some bigger ladies and snappers as well. The kids had a blast doing this and so did Greg! We saved some stuff for bait and moved off in search of larger fish, as Racheal really wanted to see a big shark and Robbie was dying to catch a tarpon! We anchored up at one of my favorite spots, and almost instantly Greg hooked a huge tarpon! Unfortunately he jumped him off with a little too ambitious hook set, but got a good jump out of him anyhow! We then caught two unknown ‘sea monsters’ that drug us around a little bit, Robbie fought one entirely on his own that we leadered and released. We caught a few sharks there, some blacktips and one nurse. Had one other tarpon bite we missed that almost jumped in the boat, then Robbie hooked one himself - a big 120 lb tarpon! We fought him for about 30 minutes and had him hooked perfect with the circle hook, got a good picture of him, and released him! The east wind picked up a bit, but tarpon were busting everywhere on the in tide which was great to see after a nasty front came through a few days earlier! Great day on this [Florida Fishing Charter](http://www.budnmarys.com) for the Olsen family with Capt. Rick Stanczyk! Capt. Rick Stanczyk 305-747-6903 [rick@seethefloridakeys.net](mailto:rick@seethefloridakeys.net) > **[Bud n' Mary's Islamorada Fishing Marina](https://www.budnmarys.com/)** > > Bud N' Mary's is a world famous fishing marina located in the heart of the beautiful Florida Keys - Islamorada, FL. Call us today at 305-664-2461