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Florida Keys Tarpon Fishing Report
- By Capt. Jake Jordan
- Published 03/17/2005
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Greetings from the Florida Keys:
March 15, 2005: Curt Trout (AlaskaTroutfitters in Coopers Landing, Alaska) and his son Cameron are here in Marathon for some early season Fly Fishing for Tarpon. Last year at this time Curt landed a beautiful 130 pound Silver King on fly, this year Cameron chose a Tarpon trip for his high school graduation present from his dad. Today was calm with no sun and high white clouds causing lots of glare on the water. We did see about two dozen laid up POONS however they where hard to see in the glare and very spooky due to the glassy calm surface. Cameron made several good casts but the fish where too spooky although we had several follows, none ate the fly. We have all week and Cam will catch one soon!
March, 16, 2005: Today was sunny with south to southwest wind from 20 to 25 knots and muddy waters on many flats. We waited until 10:00AM to go fishing and the water was real rough and muddy in most areas. I took Curt and Cameron into a large cove that
was protected from the wind where we poled around for 5 hours looking for Tarpon. I found 5 laid up fish during that time and we wound up with some good shots. Finally on his last cast of the day Cameron made a perfect cast to an 80 pound Tarpon which turned and sucked in the fly. Cameron had too much slack in the line and when he finally came tight the Tarpon came out of the water and spit the hook. Tomorrow we will land a big Tarpon on Fly!
When I got home I had received a call on my answering machine regarding a cancellation. I now have the following dates available for Tarpon fly fishing, the first person to contact me can reserve these dates. March 23, 24, 25, April, 6, 7, 8, and April 24, and 25. The April dates should be prime Tarpon tides. Contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Regards:
Jake
Captain Jake Jordan
Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures
PO Box, 500937
Marathon FL. 33050
305-743-0501 Home/Office
305-872-6060 Cell Phone
www.jakejordan.com
March 15, 2005: Curt Trout (AlaskaTroutfitters in Coopers Landing, Alaska) and his son Cameron are here in Marathon for some early season Fly Fishing for Tarpon. Last year at this time Curt landed a beautiful 130 pound Silver King on fly, this year Cameron chose a Tarpon trip for his high school graduation present from his dad. Today was calm with no sun and high white clouds causing lots of glare on the water. We did see about two dozen laid up POONS however they where hard to see in the glare and very spooky due to the glassy calm surface. Cameron made several good casts but the fish where too spooky although we had several follows, none ate the fly. We have all week and Cam will catch one soon!
March, 16, 2005: Today was sunny with south to southwest wind from 20 to 25 knots and muddy waters on many flats. We waited until 10:00AM to go fishing and the water was real rough and muddy in most areas. I took Curt and Cameron into a large cove that
When I got home I had received a call on my answering machine regarding a cancellation. I now have the following dates available for Tarpon fly fishing, the first person to contact me can reserve these dates. March 23, 24, 25, April, 6, 7, 8, and April 24, and 25. The April dates should be prime Tarpon tides. Contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Regards:
Jake
Captain Jake Jordan
Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures
PO Box, 500937
Marathon FL. 33050
305-743-0501 Home/Office
305-872-6060 Cell Phone
www.jakejordan.com
