Boca Grande to Ft Myers tarpon fishing

Capt. Scott Hughes
May 10, 2008
Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report

The past three weeks have been mostly spent hunting tarpon. It has been an excellent season so far. We have not had a day yet this month that we have not put at least two tarpon in the air. I am running two trips a day most of the time and we're averaging around 2-4 tarpon per trip which is just shy of the 3-5 that i average most of the season. We also landed our first 200 pounder of the season on May 4th. The big fish hit a freelined thread herring on the east side of Charlotte Harbor in about 10ft of water.

At the moment, there are good numbers of tarpon in just about all the normal spots ranging from Marco Island, Sanibel, Pine Island and Charlotte Harbor. I have been doing most of my tarpon fishing in and around Boca Grande Pass and upper Charlotte Harbor. I've also been spending some time in the Pine island Sound area. About the only place that i've not been able to target tarpon in the beaches. We had alot of south and north winds the past three weeks and that has kept conditions not suitable for sight fishing.

The tarpon fishing is just going to get better thoughout the month. I'm not totally booked up this month so if you want to go out and hook some tarpon give me a call.

Good luck,

Capt. Scott Hughes
Blackwater Charters
941-575-2389 hm
941-628-4247 cell

www.blackwatercharters.com

Target Species:

tarpon

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