Fort Myers Florida Fishing Report-02-27-2016

by | Feb 27, 2016

Fishing ReportIt is a real exciting time of year. Spring is finally here. In a couple days, March 1st, I make my biannual migration south to Chokoloskee and the 10,000 Islands. I look forward every year to chasing tarpon around the vast backcountry of the Everglades.

I will be back home to the Fort Myers/Boca Grande/Charlotte Harbor early April just in time for the best snook fishing of the year and the beginning of our tarpon season here.

In the Boca Grande/Charlotte Harbor area with the cooler than normal weather pattern we have this spring I expect the tarpon fishing to get consistent sometime mid-late April.  Our peak season runs May-August. If tarpon are what you are after these 4 months are the best time to be here.

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Keep the line tight and bow when they jump!

Capt. Mark Bennett

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