Ending up Tarpon Season…..

2011 tarpon season is over for me and all I can say is that it was a great season. The fish showed up early due to a warm spring and in return things started to dry up early with a few fish still trickling through. There was a lot of cool things that happened this summer,  a lot of exploration with tons of success! These things make for a ton of excitement for 2012 poon season. Really looking forward to the upcoming fall/winter red fishing. If this season is half as good as the last it will be awesome.

Poons!!!

Its on fire!!

NW Florida Poon fishing!!

Migration seems to be almost in full swing. Seeing really good numbers of fish and putting a bunch in the air….

Back in Louisiana after a Great Tarpon Season!

After a great tarpon season on the west coast of Florida and in the Panhandle it is great to be back in New Orleans and back out on the marsh. A few weeks ago Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries opened almost all state waters to recreational and sport fishing and commercial fishing zones are slowly starting to re open. This is great news for all the fishing guides because with no hesitations now we can start filling up our calendars with trips for the upcoming fall/winter redfish season. I have been out on the marsh for the past 4 days and have gone 20-25 miles out where I do all my winter time red fishing and I have to say the marsh is as beautiful as ever and there is NO OIL to be seen. The people who are out there everyday cleaning up our shorelines have done an incredible job and we appreciate their hard work. Baring any huge storm that blows what is left of the oil that is out there into the marsh, things should be great. There are tons of fish out there along with all the pogies, shrimp and crabs that they feed on. The marsh is as alive as it has ever been and the fishing will be incredible this upcoming fall. I hope that for all that were effected by this disaster we can move on and look forward to a positive future and watch the gulf coast thrive like it always has. Tight Lines!

Its on Fire in the Panhandle!

The fishing has been on fire the past three days. Weather has stabilized and the poons are thick. We jumped 8 yesterday and 4 today and getting plenty of shots is not the problem. Back at it again tomorrow.

Early July Panhandle Report

We have had a few bad weather days here in the panhandle as of late but that hasn’t stopped us from jumping fish. The migration is in full swing and the tarpon are poring through our area as we speak. When the weather cooperates we have been putting up some serious numbers. Tight Lines!

Migration is in Full Swing

The migration is in full swing here in the Panhandle. We are seeing a few hundred tarpon a day and have been jumping a bunch of fish the past 6 days. Here are a few photos. Tight Lines!

Panhandle Tarpon Report 6/11/2010

We had another good day of tarpon fishing in the panhandle today. We are seeing more fish every day and getting some nice shots and really cool eats. We landed two today in the 70-80 lb. range and had a few other eats. We are getting our shots in about 2-3 ft. of water which makes it really neat. They are eating a little bunny strip fly with spun dear hair that I tie for here and when they see it they are crushing it. Tight Lines!

Panhandle Report 6/2010

Fish are starting to come through pretty good. We are getting more shots every day. Jumped one and had a few other eaters yesterday. Today we jumped two in the 90-100 lb range and had two other eats that we should have stuck. Looking forward to tomorrow. Tight Lines.

Panhandle Report

We had to deal with a little bit of weather out on the water today but that didn’t stop us from fishing. When the skies cleared we had a little window of sun and we took advantage of it. We had a few shots before we hooked and landed a stud poon in the 120-140 lb range. Fought the fish for 35 minutes and finally got our hands on her after she took us out to see about a mile and a half from where we hooked her. Seeing more fish every day.