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. Here's Cal, a spearo buddy, on his first time tarpon fishing. He was psyched to catch a nurse shark because he wanted to eat it. But captain Ben wasn't into it so it was no go. Cal did manage to lift the nurse shark out of the water, before it flipped out and wrenched itself out of his hands and into the water. This is really a whole different take on Key West flats fishing.
Tarpon Fishing in Key West
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. Here's Cal, a spearo buddy, on his first time tarpon fishing. He was psyched to catch a nurse shark because he wanted to eat it. But captain Ben wasn't into it so it was no go. Cal did manage to lift the nurse shark out of the water, before it flipped out and wrenched itself out of his hands and into the water. This is really a whole different take on Key West flats fishing.
