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Originally Posted by Scratch59
Good god... thank man! Great info even though it puts my hopes of finding fish in March a little further out of reach.
Maybe I can find a guide who will show me one of those holdover holes so I get my tarpon checked off my list. My girl's family used to own a little boat rental place in Punta Gorda so maybe they will have some connections to a guide willing to help me out.
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There are lots of chances to catch fish in March in the Charlotte Harbor area ... so long as you have the right guide ... here is a section from the website of Capt. Mike Rehr from Sanibel, "www.captflyrod.com" ... he has taught me a lot about tarpon fishing, so always good to give him a ring.
"January/February: the earliest I’ve had a fly fisherman hook up on a tarpon was January 16th. My best winter day was February 14th a couple of years ago. A fly rodder jumped 9 tarpon with not one fish under 100 pounds, all laid-up fish. January and February are “iffy” months because the water temperature in the inside bays has to be over 73 degrees in order for the tarpon to show up. It’s not something you can book in advance and count on. It’s “situation fishing” dependent on the water temperature. If you’re here on Sanibel and Captiva at that time and the water temperature is right, we can go after them.
March to mid-April: the water is generally warming up to over 73 degrees. We begin seeing more laid-up resident tarpon in our crystal clear water. While we can count on seeing more tarpon the last week of March to the middle of April the fishing is weather dependent."
You can catch tarpon in Florida year round, but during the winter months, it's a bit more challenging but they are around ...if you can find the baby tarpon, they are a lot of fun as well. But again, the opportunities are there ... just hope you get four to five days of warm weather ... sunny, low winds and temps in the mid to upper 70s, it should turn them on.
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