Fishing Reports by Capt. Mike Locklear

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Homosassa Florida Tarpon Report The remnants of T.S. Allison kept me and most other tarpon fly fishers off the water today. With gust to nearly 30 mph, no attempt was made to launch. After the South Carolina guys left, I spent Memorial Day Week more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Hayes and Tuard Connect Large Tarpon on Fly Rod For the most part, hooking tarpon on the fly rod has been tough for Team Pro-Line. Capt. Mike Locklear has been working hard to put his clients on schools of silver kings off the flats of Homosassa, more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Finally the gulf temperature reached 80 degrees. A little southeast to southwest winds help the tarpon to show up in there usual spots. Capt. Ted Johnston guided Greg Hager of Inverness to 3 tarpon between 80-120 pounds in 2 hours fishing. The n more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Excitement Spreads Like Wildfire The recent landing of the 202 pound tarpon by Jim Holland(could be jr. or III) of Oregon is still buzzing among the tarpon fleet. Sources say that Jim was very humble about the possible record on 20 pound fl more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Special Report: Capt. Steve Kilpatrick Guides Angler to 202 Pound Giant Tarpon on Fly Rod Today, Capt. Steve Kilipatrick of Chiefland Florida guided a Father-Son Team to a possible world record on 20 pound class tippet using a flyrod. The Ta more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Some of you who follow my reports know that there has been a lack of said reports. Again, I apologize, but writing has been a low priority recently. If you are a guide you understand that pecking on the keyboard is the last thing you want to do a more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fly Fishing For Tarpon - Homosassa Style Ten more days and the month of May will be upon us. If that statement holds true, by the time your read this our gulf water temperature will be between 78 to 84 degrees. It is in this range that we start more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing in Homosassa has improved but has been a roller coaster in bites vs. no bites. Redfish are here but kind of sluggish. Trout are biting as the recent high tides have put them in close to shore. Water temp was around 63 degrees. 10 more deg more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - IFA Redfish Tour Report- Hammered in Titusville The cold front that swept through the first week of March had lasting effects from cooler water temps to high winds that hampered my abilities to catch fish or even go out fishing. Some days are m more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tournament report of the Inshore Fishing Association This report is mainly about my participation in the Ranger/Mercury Pro Redfish Tour. First, I wanted to bring you up to date on my other activities. Last month, I was invited to the Tampa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa