Tarpon Fishing Boca Grande Florida

[Gerry Zagorski]

Just got back from a 4 day fishing trip in the Boca Grande area. It was me, brother Joe, my good buddy Mike from JJ Bittings and his newphew Mike from RI.

If you are not familiar with the Boca Grande area, it's 25 miles or so North of Fort Myers in SW Florida. The Boca Grande Pass is where Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico meet and is known as the Tarpon Capital of the world with good reason. Every year right around this time the Tarpon stop over during their northern migration before they spawn. THOUSANDS of tarpon can be seen rolling and splashing around in the Pass... A site to be seen for sure.

We had an inshore back bay Charter on Monday and Mike jumped a nice 125 pound Tarpon. On Wednesday evening we had a more traditional Boca Grande Pass charter. Me and Joe each jumped ones that were 140 - 150 pounds and Mike had one that was about 80 ish.

On the days we didn't charter we fished for all sorts of stuff like Seatrout, Spanish Macs, Grouper with some Rays amd Blacktip Sharks mixed in.

Here is a video of brother Joe fighting his 140 pounder in Boca Grande Pass.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hu8vkqubiurx31/2013-05-22%2019.37.18.mp4