As boats, tackle and fishing priorities have evolved over the years, “tarpon fishing” has come to mean many things—and that’s certainly true in Southwest Florida. Anglers might be out in a center console off Sanibel Island, watching for rolling fish in the green waters of the Gulf, ready to cast a live herring or crab, or set up chunk baits. Others may be well up the Caloosahatchee or Peace rivers, trolling plugs or bait-fishing with saltwater catfish, a local tarpon specialty. Young anglers on foot or bikes might be fly fishing a local canal or pond, trying to hook “baby tarpon.”
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