Custom Dorado 23 rigged with all of the latest fishing. 10ft Power pole blade, Minn Kota 112 iPilot trolling motor, Yeti 105 cooler, Simrad Nss12 evo2 with chirp and side scan transducers. My charter boat is clean, top of the line and a devastating tool to catch a variety of gamefish from the backwater to the reefs.
Naples Tarpon Leadered
Spring time fishing in Naples, Florida is as good as it gets. In early March we begin to target snook in the backcountry and passes. Snook fishing is a staple in our area, as the water warms the fish become increasingly cooperative. Pitching live pilchards near cover is the best way to catch not only good numbers of snook but also large snook. The snook Season runs from March to April and September- November. Snook must be 28-33 inches and one slot sized snook may be kept per angler.
Tarpon begin to show in Naples in April. Good number of Tarpon can be found off the beaches and around the passes. Tarpon are the most exciting game fish in our area, many time putting on quite an aerial display. The average size fish in the Naples area is 75-125 pounds. We target tarpon using medium spinning gear and primarily live bait. Sanibel, Ft. Myers beach and Captiva are also productive areas we may fish at times. The tarpon run ends late October, with the season generally capped off by a great bite.
May also sparks a great mangrove snapper bite on many of the nearshore reefs and wrecks. Mangrove snapper are a great eating and hard fighting fish. Snapper take a variety of baits but, a live shrimp is hard to beat. Snapper require the use of light leader and smaller hooks as they can be finicky at times. Chum may also be used but we must take care not to over feed the fish.
All in all spring and early summer is a great time for a fishing charter in Naples, Florida. I like to start my charters early to help beat the heat and get plenty of fishing in without the worry of afternoon thunderstorms interrupting our day.
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I fish for tarpon here in Naples, Florida with two great clients this week. We found great action both days with the tarpon fired up and, feeding on mullet. We caught one fish the first morning with a couple other bites mixed in. The second day we found even more fish and hooked a double within the first 5 minutes. The guys fought and landed both fish the one above took and hour to subdue. The action is great book your fishing charter today.
What a day of tarpon action. Earlier this day I guided a group to 10 tarpon hook-ups. I dropped them off and met a great client of mine and his son. We got back on the fish immediately. Chris hooked and landed his first ever Tarpon 5 minutes later. We hooked another 11 fish that afternoon setting a personal best record of 21 hook-ups for the day.
Where do I start. I got a late afternoon phone call from Sandra. Sandra said she wanted to catch a Big tarpon but had only fished one day in her life. As we began fishing together I could tell Sandra was a very determined person. The first morning we fished we went 0/4, so she wanted to fish the morning. The next morning we went 0/2 so we fished that night and went 1/4 she finally landed her first tarpon after hooking 9 fish! At this point she was hooked. We fished 2 more times with incredible success hooking 19 fish and landing 7. Sandra hooked 29 fish in 5 days and went from an absolute rookie to a true Tarpon angler.
