Tarpon, where to and when??

[Dave Sikorski]

Don't know if I'll make it anywhere special with the fly rod in 2007 or not, but a guy can dream can't he?

When and where can a guy go for tarpon on the fly. I mean 10 shots a day.

The Keys, Yucatan MX, Belize, Florida gulf coast, Texas gulfcoast, South Western Carribean...etc... When and Where else????

Someone tell a story of where you've been and why it should be on my list.

Bonefish, permit, and snook are just fine, but I want a bunch of tarpon on a 3 or 4 day trip. Where should I go???

Thanks!!

-D

[Foul Hooked]

Dave,

I can't cast the long rod, but I'll take my spinning gear if you find the right locale, I'm in.

[Double D]

I've always done well under the bridges in the Keys in April/May. But I'm a bait fisherman, what the hell do I know?

[Dave Sikorski]

Rob-

Let's pick a date, pack some thermz and head south. How shallow can the regulator go? My boat would be perfect but it's brown....brown=hot as hell in Florida.

-D

[Buddy H]

Dave
My wife and I were in Islamorda last May 7th thru 17th went out with Capt Dan Brown ,we went 4 for 19 on monster tarpon, wife boated 2 150 and130 I boated 2 130 100 if you need his # let me know. Ours were caught on crabs.

[saltshaker30]

Dave I take people to fisn them at night in Miami.

We do well there are many nights we get 10 shots or better.

[JDLM]

I guide in Key West and we have some great tarpon fishing here usually beginning sometime in April thru July.It is not uncommon to get 10 shots a day,however you must practise throwing a 11 or 12 weight with a rather bulky fly at least 50 or 60 feet.It doesn't sound like a big thing,but I haul alot of folks who spend a lot of money that jump on the bow of my skiff and can hardly get the fly line out of the rod tip.The first time you attempt to load a nine foot 12 weight rod shouldn't be when there are 6 100 + pound fish in 3 feet of gin clear water comming straight at you.

[Foul Hooked]

I'm in! I don't know about taking the new Kencraft down and tearing up the new zookies on the back on all the skinny water. She draws quite a bit for a 23 footer. Anyway, we'll chat and figure this out. It's one of those fish on my list that I need to scratch off

Rob-

Let's pick a date, pack some thermz and head south. How shallow can the regulator go? My boat would be perfect but it's brown....brown=hot as hell in Florida.

-D

[Logan9581]

We get them here in Ft. Myers (just south of Boca Grande). They start running here about fathers day. We site fish the schools along the beach. I don't waste my time in the pass with the 500 other boats and you can't fly fish there anyway.

[Dave Sikorski]

Oh crap...i thought it was a regulator...Polish....

Thanks for the ideas guys the wheels are turning.

I had a good amount of practice casting a 12wt. in belize last fall. Most of it blind casting at night so I don't know how pretty it was, but a tarpon and two permit fell for it. Broke off the tarpon...he was a haus.

Let's see some pics and stories here guys. No one can resist the lure of the KING!

-D