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South Florida's Fisheries
Biscayne Bayto Key LargoCapt. Bob LeMay checked in with this report recently: The night time baby tarpon fishing continues to be my best bet. We're managing to beat the heat and the afternoon storms while fishing close to home. Tarpon up to about 30lbs are still quite active in the urban portion of the Bay. On Sunday night my angler stuck 6 on flies, all at close quarters. The fish did most of the releasing but not without some spectacular acrobatics. We only saw one other boat tarpon fishing the entire evening. Summer fishing is like that most nights. Now that the mini-season for lobster is almost here I expect the tarpon to get kind of lonely most nights... Thank heavens tarpon don't hand out where the bugs do! |
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Islamorada to FlamingoCapt. Barry Hoffman's fishing report for the Upper Keys and Florida Bay flats and backcountry. July 17th, 2002 |
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Lower Keys, Key West & the MarquesasAndy Brackett of Hooker Charters(1-877-435-2873) wrote: This report brings us up to the present since the end of June. There are still fair numbers of tarpon around on the Oceanside and in the backcountry. We have a couple fly caught tarpon to report. Also, we are seeing good numbers of permit in the last two weeks, especially on the Gulf side. On 29 June, Jay Nannini, from New York, hooked and landed a big backcountry tarpon that weighed in at 130 lbs. The big fish was caught on 20 lb spin, and despite the fact that it had recently been bitten by a shark, the fight lasted well over an hour. The photos were fantastic. Young Corey Layne, from Texas, landed a spunky 50 lb tarpon on 20 lb spin and lost another one that was a little bigger. Jon Wilson, from New York, logged a fly-caught tarpon weighing 55 lbs and jumped another. All that excitement occurred before 8 am. In fact, the first tarpon was hooked on the first cast of the day when he perfectly presented the fly ahead of a rolling tarpon! Paul Scott, From Texas, Caught a 65 lb tarpon on fly, and then we were chased back to the dock by thunderstorms at 9am. Not a bad 3-hour trip! The weather is beginning to take on the typical summer routine. The tarpon have been rolling until about 9am, then they are tougher to find. Permit have been “floating” (they bob on the surface with dorsals and tails protruding). They will eat readily when doing this but you must be very cautious and delicate when presenting a crab fly or live crab. Although we have not targeted bonefish, they usually “tail” while feeding during the early morning hours and are easy to see when we have light winds. You’ve got to love this time of year for fishing, but we are usually back at the dock by noon to escape the warm afternoons. This report covers the last two weeks and brings us current through 25 June. Paul Frinsko, from Maine, had and incredible day during his recent four day trip. On Saturday, 22 June, Paul landed and released a Super Grand Slam, which consists of a tarpon, bonefish, permit, and mutton snapper, all in the same day. All fish were caught on the flats on light spin or conventional gear. The 90 lb tarpon was caught on 15 lb conventional gear, the 6.5 lb bonefish on 10 lb test spin, the 12 lb permit on 20 lb spin, and the mutton snapper on 10 spin gear. What an extraordinary catch! This is truly a catch of a lifetime. Paul also landed a 40 lb tarpon on conventional gear earlier in the week. |
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