Summer Tarpon Fishing

Hot Summer Bite

Summer Tarpon Fishing is continuing with good numbers of fish to be caught, early in the morning is best. Live threadfins under a float drifted through the area will produce. Avoid running through the area with the big motor, use the trolling motor or upwind drift approach. If you use the big motor wait until you are well away from your fishing area and idle a big circle to come back into position.

Red fishing is good with scattered fish under the bushes at high tides. I prefer artificial jerk baits skipped way back in the cuts of the overhangs slow retrieve with twitching action. For live bait shrimp is best free lined and tail hooked. Look for these fish to start schooling up as August approaches.

Snook fishing is still good near the beaches and passes. White bait is best and is still available around the harbor. Some of these fish are still spawning so the season will remain closed until Mid August, and the fish should have at that time started there migration pattern back to the flats and back country. This is being experienced now with some of the fish that have spawned out.

We usually mix the trips up this time of year and target tarpon early morning snook and redfish later in the day. So the chances of a Charlotte harbor slam are pretty good, and if you happen to get a trout than you have the coveted Grand Slam.

Good Things Come To Those With Bait

Capt Andy Boyette
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Tarpon Fishing Heating Up

Tarpon Fishing has been on now for about the past 3 weeks in the Boca Grande area. Although the weather has been less than cooperative to say the least. I have fished further up Charlotte Harbor over the past few weeks than at any time in my career. With several days spent about 15 miles up river. The technique has been to locate free jumping tarpon and set up long drifts in the area. Typically finding the bait pods and birds and putting that together with a free jumper would result in a couple of bites per day. Believe me when I tell you it takes a lot of mental fortitude to fish all day for 1 or 2 bites. There has been a big school of tarpon numbering about 5000 that have been moving in and out of the pass. A combination of factors including bull sharks, gin clear water, low water temps and untypical weather, have contributed to these tarpon not holding long in the Boca Grande Pass. However like magic these fish will get in there and stay and that could happen any day including tomorrow.

I have a couple of openings left in May and a Couple left in June so if you want to go tarpon fishing call me, and I will give you the short list of available dates.

Snook fishing this spring from Fort Myers, Pine Island, and into Charlotte Harbor was off the charts. This was the best fishing I have seen in at least 7 years. I had several days that felt like I was in a time warp and fishing back in the 80's. There was one day particularly where I spent a good 2 hours with a couple of clients who stayed doubled up on snook. We caught 12 fish over 10 pounds and another 20 or so inside the slot, with not one undersized fish. The best thing about that day was fishing a spot I had never fished in my life because of all the boats in the area and the late start I got with my clients. Moral to the story sometimes you should take the blinders off and take a look around instead of just running straight to your favorite fishing spot. These snook where obviously migrating to the passes and we chanced up on them in a pothole on an island.

Look for me to be tarpon fishing only for the next 3-4 months, and for everyone who is interested tarpon fishing continues well into the summer months when the tarpon move back into the harbor and feed until the first hint of winter. Some of the best tarpon fishing of the year is July-September

Capt Andy Boyette
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Tarpon Fishing Video 2008

This year's tarpon tournament fishing season was better than ever with the formation of Team TarponCharters.com. An unusual cast of characters consisting of Capt Andy along with 2 Doctors and the owner of a landscape maintenance company.
New this year was Dr Grant McDougall who owns is own pratice in Gainesville as a Physiologist, and Ralph Enzor owner of MRT Of Southwest Florida, a prominent lawn and landscape maintenance company operating out of Port Charlotte. Rounding out the team is 3-season team veteran Dr. Dan Moenning, owner and Doctor At Harborside Dental Associates of Punta Gorda.
This new team hit the PTTS with a storm weighing tarpon in 3 of the 6 tournaments for a total weight of 453 pounds. Topping out that weight was a monster 187 pound tarpon caught with just 5 minutes left in the 5th and final tournament of the series. Team TarponCharters.com also leadered numerous fish for points in every tournament for the Yamaha Team Of The Year Points Race , and finished 4th overall. With less than the points for one leader release separating the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers; the two tournaments where TarponCharters.com was bumped out of the points award and only achieved 6th place finishes, kept them out of 2nd place and possibly 1st in overall points.
Capt Andy Boyette
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Another Great Tarpon Fishing Season

Tarpon Fishing has continued to be good in Boca Grande. However the pattern has been different than years past. The tarpon have staged in slightly different areas and established different lanes of movement. This pattern has caused confusion among some anglers who are targeting theses tarpon and setting up previous patterns or target sites. The tarpon seem to have moved from high traffic areas to less likely areas so if you are willing to search for tarpon rather than boats success has been greater. Most of the tarpon caught on morning trips have been in the 130-180 range with some 200 lb tarpon in the mix. Afternoon Boca Grande tarpon trips have seen tarpon in the 90-130 range with some larger fish mixed in.
The bait population in the Boca Grande area is the largest I have seen and tarpon should hold for quite some time. The July month will be a better than normal based on the pattern I see and should continue well in to the late fall tarpon run. Boca Grande will continue to hold true to the label of Tarpon Capitol Of the World and fish should be caught in good numbers for the coming months. Capt Andy Boyette

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Tarpon Fishing is in full swing with large numbers of tarpon available across the entire Boca Grande area. Charlotte Harbor is playing host to several nice schools, as is Pine Island Sound. The little passes Captiva, Redfish, and Gasprillia are also holding some good fish. The crabs have flushed on some tides and fishing in the late afternoon with crabs has been good early. The crowds in Boca Grande Pass are growing to usual numbers and exceeded 200 last Saturday. Tarpon fishing will continue to be good through June and well into July. After a quick trip offshore to spawn tarpon fishing should pickup for the fall late season and last through September. Last year we experienced large numbers of tarpon in Boca Grande in December. My May and June schedule is almost full with only a few dates left in June. I have plenty of room in July and August, some of the years best fishing for tarpon can occur during these months, and the crowds are gone as well.Please contact me at my toll free number or visit my sites to book a fishing charter.
Capt Andy Boyette
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