The Tarpon Quest It is generally regarded that Samuel H. Jones was the first to ever catch the silver giant tarpon using only a fishing rod and reel way back in March 1884. This claim was published in the 1945 volume of the Salt Water Fishing penned by sportsman and well-portfolioed author Van Campen Heilner.…
The Mullet Run Since mullet is one of the favorites of tarpons, it is equally important to know when to catch these smaller fishes for baiting the silver kings. The best time to fish for mullet is the whole summer season, northwards during springtime, and southwards in the fall. This simply means you can have…
So far, it has been a soggy few months down in the Florida Everglades. That can be a good thing because sometimes it moves fish around in some backcountry areas. I recently had a few trips where I fished in Whitewater Bay, out of Flamingo, and we have had some pretty good days casting at…
Everglades Tarpon Tips If you have all the time in the world to catch these mighty jumpers off the waters of the Everglades, then you may have to rent a houseboat for a more relaxed and more enjoyable tarpon fishing. This is particularly useful if you are a bunch of folks looking for a really…
Light Tackle Tackling a tarpon or any other large prized game fish is all a matter of who breaks first. You may be in for the fight of your life, signaling hours in the horizon trying to wrestle with this giant. Sooner or later, one of you will have to give in. Usually, it’s the…
Tarpon Fishing Tips from the Experts Tarpon fishing can be a really challenging endeavor even for the seasoned pros. Tarpons are not your ordinary game fish as they do tend to give you a fight of a lifetime. They will test your endurance and your physical strength. You may need to have a Herculean effort…
Tarpon fishing in the everglades this season has been as good as get it gets. There has been a lot of fish around and on most days pretty active. The weather in the Everglades has so much to do with how the fishing will be for that particular day. Tarpon do not like a north…
It is hot and almost every afternoon we have our daily thunderstorms popping up. I say it all the time, but it is extremely important to get on the water as early as possible. The fishing is as good as it gets first thing in the morning. If it happens to be a little overcast…
The fishing still remains to be strong in the Everglades. The baby tarpon have really showed up pretty thick in the Everglades as of the last few days. The big tarpon have took oof with the full moon we had this past weekend, but they should return as we head into the fall months. This…
The tides have been pretty good this week for some tarpon fishing on the Gulf side of the Everglades. There has been plenty of fish around in our “second tarpon season.” Alot of fish in the 40-80lb range and the best part about it is they are very active. This time of the year they…