If you asked 10 tarpon anglers what’s the best size and type of hook to use to tame the silver king, you’re sure to get lots of different advice. For hooks, the FWC recommends non-offset circle hooks although many still swear by and use J-hooks. Treble hooks are simply too dangerous for ...
With tarpon the talk of the town, the only question is where will you look for yours? Obviously Boca Grande Pass comes to mind first, where fish and fishermen are stacked up. Other fish have taken to daily coastal excursions sometimes miles off shore, other times a stone’s throw from the ...
Being an opportunity feeder or scavenger, tarpon can be taken on a large variety of dead and live baits. For Keys anglers, mullet seems to be the live fish bait of choice but here locally, ladyfish get more hook time. Hand-sized threadfins and pinfish free lined or under floats are always a ...
For years I dreamed about tarpon, had read every outdoor book about tarpon, every magazine article and watched every video that I could get my hands on and at this point was more than ready to do battle. I was consumed by it, simply dying to catch one. I saved my money and the next year my ...
For the last decade, no matter my day's schedule or appointments, you’ll find me starting the day outside very early making a dozen or more casts in the predawn twilight, sometimes in bathrobe and Clogs, from the seawall. Over the many years this early ritual has resulted in some serious ...
It’s getting hot, as is the spring fishing, so if you’re a multi-species inshore angler, the hardest thing is to decide what to go after. Right now tarpon and snook are the biggest draw but trout and redfishing are also surprisingly good. We’ll have tarpon and snook at the beaches, and ...
The weekend looks fishy with area high tides around 3 in the afternoon and lots of water for wily redfish to take advantage of their way back and under the sticks, mangrove hidey holes. Lure them out by their noses with cut bait or impress your buddy by demonstrating your sidearm lure skipping ...
Ramps and restaurants a little less crowded, tarpon and snook coming on strong and even some much needed rain to freshen things up for hopefully a great weekend, in and offshore. With Saturday’s negative low tide bottoming out just after sunrise to a slow moving high of only 1.2 feet around ...
Humidity and snook go together like a plate full of muskrat salad and cornbread. I’ll gladly take the snook and salad but thoughts of yet another steam bath summer make me feel sticky already. Twenty-two years here, and still waiting for my blood to “thin out” so I can finally “get used ...
With a warm winter and warm water, the tarpon are definitely on the way north with some already here mixing with our resident fish. Now is definitely the time to get your boat and gear in order for the type of tarpon fishing you enjoy be it dead baiting on the bottom with catfish, shad, ...
