posted by admin on Mar 23
Key West Tarpon Fishing
Key West tarpon fishing gets going in March, and stays strong right through August. That’s almost six months of hot tarpon action, for you big game fishing enthusiasts out there! Morning, day or night, Key West tarpon fishing trips go out from all around the island, throwing anchor south, west, north and east of Key West proper. Usually done in flats boats, tarpon fishing can also be done from a huge Key West offshore fishing boat as well. In fact, you’ll see, anchored up just outside of Key West Harbor, offshore boats at night with tarpon clients.
Tarpon run between the Gulf of Mexico and out to the reef, passing through the channels around Key West. Tarpon boats anchor up in the mouths of channels, hoping to hook a tarpon as he swims through while feeding. Tarpon are so big and strong, sometimes they can spin your entire reel out, to the end of your line. Your guide has to be ready to start up the boat and drive toward the tarpon as you reel in, so you don’t get stripped out. To make this sequence easier and faster, your Key West tarpon fishing guide sets up a quick-release anchor. What’s this?
A quick-release anchor allows your guide to anchor the boat securely while also allowing him the ability to free the boat from said anchor, with no fuss and no delay. There’s no fiddling with a stuck anchor and no standing there pulling up rope while the tarpon spools out your line. Your guide simply unclips the line from a large orange ball and away you all go after that big catch you’ve got on the line.
Meanwhile, back at the anchor, while you’re busy reeling in your monster, the orange ball holds the “real” anchor line at the surface so you can find it after you’ve caught and released your tarpon.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:59 am
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