Fishing Reports by Capt. Mike Locklear

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Yale Professor, 74 Lands Big Tarpon on the Fly Rod Michael Coe, a former Yale professor, caught his second largest tarpon ever off the coast of Homosassa with Capt. Mike Locklear on board his Hells Bay 18 foot Marquesas flats boat. We had plent more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Coe Lands a Large Homosassa Tarpon For Mike Coe, a 74 year old Yale Professor, things could not be better. Well almost ļ Coe successfully caught his first redfish on the fly rod. Catching redfish on the fly has not proved to be an easy task o more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Return After Rains Today, Mike Coe and I saw quite a few strings of tarpon heading north. That usually means that we will be getting fresh tarpon schools every day coming up the coast for a couple more weeks. It is the expert’s opinion t more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - More Homosassa Tarpon News The last week of May is usually the best week to try tarpon. Not always true though as we found the schools of the big silver king to be elusive. West winds did not help. Rhett and Cole Clarkson, Michael Schmitt, D more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Hot weather Brings in Tarpon No doubt there were some really big tarpon here in May as a world record was verified by the International Game Fish Association. Tom Evans guided by Capt. Al Dopiark landed a 190.5 pound tarpon in 30 minutes using a more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Return to Homosassa Jos Arets of Holland is one of many who come to Citrus County each year to ply the waters of the Nature Coast for giant tarpon. About half the crowds are hard core fly fishers who return each year to Homosassa to have a more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Grand Parents Provide Lifetime Memories Some fishing trips are memorable experiences that last a life time. Matthew Jewell’s grand mother, Nancy, provided the trip for her husband and the kids. Along for the fishing trip were Matthew’s parents B more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Wind Has Bearing on Catching Some days are really good to fish and others are best described as better than working in the office. The last two weeks two cold fronts moved through and set back the water temperature and stunned the fish. Days right more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The Last Hour is Magic The last couple of weeks preceding the cold front were very good fishing on Florida’s west coast off the village of Homosassa. Two weeks ago, southwest winds pushed in the gulf waters around the mangrove islands. This more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing has been pretty good so far this month in Homosassa. I have a lot of catching up to do since my last report of March 4. My main computer is broke and my e-mail is still down as I write this report from my back-up unit. Fishing has been fan more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa