Charters run in May, June, & July.

                 

     
                          



Without a doubt the tarpon is king of the inshore world. They are true giants with weights approaching 200 pounds common. There are two ways of fishing for these giants:

1. Vertical jigging the deep pass of Boca Grande

2. Throwing live bait and artificials on the pristine beaches of southwest Florida. 

Picture yourself drifting through Boca Grande pass watching hundreds of Tarpon rolling on the surface. The captain tells you they are crowded beneath you.  He says "drop them".  You lower your bait to the bottom and feel a "thump".  Just as you start to crank you observe your line disappearing off the reel at a rapid pace.  You move quickly to the front of the boat and the captain announces "he’s coming up!"   There he is,  150 pounds of fish, six feet long, ten feet in the air, and only ten yards from the boat. For the next 30 minutes you do battle with this leviathan and when you finally have him at boat side for your photo, you realize you have five more hours to left to fish. 

Again, you are sitting 20 yards away from the most beautiful beaches in the world and the sun has not even broken the horizon.  The captain tells you to get ready. You can see them rolling on the surface 100 yards away and closing.  As their chrome sides, glistening from what little light there is turn over, you think to yourself " make a good cast".  The crab flies perfectly through the air and lands right in the path of the oncoming Tarpon.  There must be 30 or 40 of them. Then you see a flash, at the same time you feel it. The captain yells "set on him!"  

Before you even have a chance to think, the fish is air born.  You make it through the first jump. "Bow!" yells the captain as to your utter amazement the fish is in the air again.  Twice more he explodes through the surface of the water, twisting and writhing before you can get your emotions in check. You can feel the enormous power of the Tarpon pulling the boat were he wants to go. You are in confident and in complete control when he is ready to fly once again.  You see the line rising just as he breaks the surface.  You bow and... he is gone. This is tarpon fishing!