Home Port: Ten Thousand Islands
Capt. Jake Mercer
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- Snook
- Redfish
- Tarpon
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Tarpon
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Recent Tarpon Reports
Mike's First Fly Rod Grand Slam in Pumpkin Bay
Mike and I were out today on a solo trip, working some technical fly fishing in the back country. We saw saltwater crocodiles and watched drug planes circling overhead looking…
- Tarpon
- Snook
- Ten Thousand Islands
Six Tarpon Hookups Off Sanibel
I was with Ian and Bryan. We were scoring the beaches from Wiggins Pass up to San Carlos Pass and up along the beaches of Sanibel looking for tarpon. We…
- Tarpon
- Pine Island
Ripping and Burning at the Marco Island Lighthouse
Bryan and Michael went out. We went to the lighthouse, about a 50-minute run at Marco Island. We were in 120 feet of water. Water temperature was 84 degrees. Breeze…
- Tarpon
- Grouper
- Marco Island
Hundred-Mile Offshore Slam
We were out fishing a hundred miles offshore with Mike and Bryan. We slaughtered everything. We got snapper, we got tilefish, we got blue marlin, we got tuna, we got…
- Tarpon
- Snook
- Naples
First tarpon of the season
Spotted the first push of tarpon rolling through the backcountry this week. Landed one on fly around 80 pounds before it threw the hook at the boat.
- Tarpon
- Everglades
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