Naples & Marco Island Fly Fishing

Baby Tarpon, Snook on the Beaches June 08

June has been filled with rain and afternoon thunderstorms,  the fishing has still proved to be be very good.  The Snook angler is  in heaven because they have moved to the beaches and fishing has been great.  Sight-fishing for these fish is awesome and anglers can expect to see large schools of Snook cruising up and down the beach.  A stealthy approach and leading these fish five or so feet like Bonefish, also allows anglers to fool these weary fish.  The vast majority of the Snook found on the beaches range between 18-24″ with the occasional monster, like the one pictured below.  The Snook in the backcountry have been active and red fish in select areas have been tailing, making the fishing in all areas very good.

The Tarpon fishing has picked up as well and anglers have had great results in the Back Country.  We have been seeing alott of Tarpon in various sizes all mixed in with each other.  Some groups of fish have Tarpon as small as Ten pounds and as large as eighty pounds.  We have been using 8 weight rods on the small fish and 9 and 10 weight rods on the larger fish.

The rains increasingly have made the water dirty so it will be interesting to see if these weather patterns persist.  Sight fishing has been tougher due to the sweet water flowing in to the gulf from the mainland.  The fishing remains good so well see what July has to offer.