Fly/Light Tackle Fishing For Tarpon
February through July Tarpon can be found in varies places through out South Florida. During the winter and early spring months, when the weather cooperates. Tarpon can be found in great numbers in Flamingo and Everglades National Park. These fish are generally very eager to please the fly of light tackle angler. These Tarpon can range from juvenile fish of 20 to 40 pounds, to the giants that dreams are made of well over 100 pounds.
From the end of April through the summer is the prime time to fish South Florida’s annual Tarpon migration. It is then that thousands of tarpon are pouring through the gin clear waters of Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys. This is the ultimate knee-knocking sight-fishing experience. Imagine standing at the ready on the bow of a flats skiff as a school of 20 four to six foot fish slowly lumber towards you. You make the cast, presenting your fly well ahead of the school. As the fish draw near your fly you begin your retrieve. You break a tarpon out of the school, he follows your fly for what seems like a lifetime. With a giant flash of silver he engulfs your fly, you strike what feels like a runaway train. Chaos ensues.
