Tarpon fishing charters deliver a spectacular opportunity to tangle with one of our most ferocious fighters that offer the ultimate shallow water big game fishing challenge. During the Key Largo tarpon spring migration period the “Silver Kings” have historically averaged from 80 to over 150 pounds. These amazing fish can be found rolling and feeding on smaller fish in backcountry finger channels and are often in shallow grassy basins or scouring edges of bars and flats in 4 to 6 feet of water. Tarpon are well known for delivering explosive strikes and acrobatic jumps once they feel the line get tight on their jaw. Our local Tarpon seem to prefer water temps in the mid 70’s for the water channels and usually need 78-79 degrees for the regional flats that surround our fishing grounds. The large tarpon are here in good to excellent numbers from March through July. We have small tarpon 8-20 pounds here year-round and they move away during cold fronts in the winter months.
Please contact Captain Rich to book your next tarpon fishing charter in the Florida Keys.