Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures

April 27th, 2009

Florida Keys Tarpon Report
April 20, & 21, 2009

Greetings from Tarpon World:

Robert Plant from Vero Beach Florida brought 3 of his friends to the keys in search of a Tarpon fishing adventure. All four of these anglers are experienced conventional fishermen so the other captain and I would fish with bait and plugs with this party.

We would use live crabs, live pinfish, and plugs in the same area where we were fly fishing during the last 4 nights.

Two of the anglers fished with me aboard "Fly Reel" while the other two anglers fished with Captain Dave Wiley. The wind died and we has flat calm seas which turned off the feeding Tarpon. David and his anglers jumped quite a few fish many of which were lost due to bridge pilings, while my two anglers managed to jump 4 poon's but could not keep the hook in them.

Night time jumping Tarpon

Tonight the group of anglers switched boats and then we headed out into 15-20 knot north west winds with choppy seas. My anglers hooked lots of Tarpon however the fish were in the shadow under a bridge which made it very difficult do land them. We did manage to Captain Dave's anglers jumped a lot of fish, and wound up catching a really large Tarpon (150+). All in all every one of these anglers caught a big Tarpon and had a great time.

As I write this report the wind has swung to the east north east (good wind) and I will be fly fishing tonight with Mark Silverman from Alaska. Tomorrow night I plan to take my friend Pat Ford out to get some GOOD photos of night time jumping Tarpon. Stay tuned fro more Tarpon fly fishing reports, call me if you want a fishing adventure of a lifetime.

Regards:
Jake