trophyhuntr

pointer you know where to catch tarpon and how?

Carpmaster

boca grande with blue crabs, or if you get the crabs i hear it is better to try for big permit out on the wrecks. I never have caught one but buddies do regularly i never get down there the right time of year.

trophyhuntr

been there u aint getting me in that group of idiots

slugman

drum , followed by tuna & striper

BarnesX.308

I've been to Boca Grande too and it is a real circus down there. There's also a ton of tarpon fishing done around the bridges of the Fla. Keys (esp. the 7-mile bridge) but never 100 boats in the same channel. Slugman - you like catching drum over tuna? Explain. Is it that they are cheaper and easier to target or do you like the fight better?

slugman

fight is just as strong , just not as long. Hey that rhymed ....best key for fishing is Islamorada , period.

Carpmaster

I also hear boca grande it a ratrace and an annoyance, if i had the choice i would find some water alone and fish for others everything is fun from what i have seen!!!

BarnesX.308

We fished in Charlote Harbor for trout and reds and outside the Boca Grande pass for jacks and stuff. Wasn't worth getting rammed to try for a tarpon. Plenty if other "eating" fish around that area. Snook are also a lot of fun and can be hard to fool. I've fished Marathon and the Lower Keys but never Islamorada. Maybe I'll have to put it on my to-do list. If I had my choice, though, I would keep going to the Abaco out islands of the NE Bahamas. Lots of fish, gin-clear water and great reefs all over the place. Plus - very laid back.

elkhunter2

Albacore, Yellowfin tuna, Bluefin tuna,

trophyhuntr

strongest pulling is Mr. Rubber Lips, the PERMIT