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Light Tackle Fishing in Key West November 24th, 2008 The Florida Keys, that magical part of the USA that’s nearer to Cuba than the US mainland has water on all sides and there's fish everywhere. Several of the Keys have a huge reputation for top class sport but for many years now Key West has held

Key West Tarpon Fishing November 17th, 2008 The tarpon is one of the world’s favourite sporting fish. Stunningly beautiful and known as the Silver King, their aerobatic leaps make them a favourite of fishermen worldwide.

The tarpon is one of the world’s favourite sporting fish. Stunningly beautiful and known as the Silver King, their aerobatic antics make them a favourite of anglers worldwide. From March to July thousands of tarpon pass through the harbour in Key West en route to the spawning grounds and fishermen are attracted into town for the chance to pit their wits against them.

The Florida Keys stretch some 100 miles out into the ocean and have oceans all around them and there’s fish everywhere. Keys such as Islamorada have built an enviable reputation for top class sport but Key West wins the prize as the top spot simply for the huge selection of species swimming around the island.

Light Tackle Fishing November 6th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed The Florida Keys stretch some 100 miles out into the ocean and have oceans all around them and fish galore. Several of the Keys have built an enviable reputation for world-class sport but for many years now Key West has held the

Tarpon fishing is usually great near Key West.  We anchor up there at night and jump a few all spring.  But early September, I guess they are mostly gone, or it was because the tide was coming in.  We jumped one tarpon and everything else we caught was nurse sharks.  Or maybe the same nurse shark over and over.

Hearing the drag scream as line is stripped from a reel by a trophy fish is a recurring daydream for most any fisherman.  The Florida Keys can provide that rush of adrenaline in two very different and unique surroundings.  Choose between flats fishing in the shallows and back country of Florida Bay

Growing up in South Florida in the 80s, my friends and I had a certain romanticized idea of what Key West should be, one that never quite met reality when we took the trip down US 1 and hit the bridge from Boca Chica. But it did exist at one time, and that Key West is captured perfectly in Tarpon, the fantastic documentary made by UYA Films in 1973.