Tarpon Charters In St Pete
Tarpon charters in St Pete let you stalk the world’s greatest game fish. Tarpon fishing is like wild game hunting on land. Patience is required. And, you have to know where to hunt. Your guide and captain, Sean Tanner, has fished these waters for 27 years. He grew up on these waters, and knows exactly where to go to get you “in the hunt”. He’s also a two-time tarpon tournament champion. You bring strength and endurance; he’ll bring you to the fish and do whatever he can to help you land one.
Ask about the experience Tarpon charters in St Pete offers, and the difference it makes
Call 727-447-8386 or 727- 510-5226 for a no-obligation conversation
Tampa Bay is a top Tarpon spot in Florida. The season can begin in March, and run through November. Summer is peak fishing, because Tarpon are here in huge numbers. They’re here to eat, during their spring migration south to spawn, or as they return north. Guests on Tarpon charters in St Pete catch them day or night, depending on the tides and moon phases.
This is why you want an experienced local guide
- During the big tides of the full and new moons, there is one way to cast for Tarpon. In the slower, quarter moon tides, it’s different. Plus, tarpon are always on the move. Our guide not only knows where to go, but also what to do to get them to bite, and how to adjust for the changes in Tarpon behavior.
- Tarpon charters in St Pete take you to the bridges, grass edges, deep flats, holes and mud flats where your prey swims. Summer tarpon can be found in many inshore spots. Upper Tampa Bay has a beauty of a bridge – the Courtney Campbell Causeway – with shallows and pilings full of the small marine life Tarpon feast on.
- Tarpon are night owls. They are attracted to lights. Prowling at night is among the most popular of the tarpon charters in St Pete. Where to? To where the fish are!
A boat designed for inshore fishing
You’ll be aboard a Hewes Bayfisher 18, which is large enough to accommodate up to four people, with room to bring home a big tarpon. The boat is designed especially for light tackle inshore fishing. Flat-bottomed, uniquely hulled and sleek, this is the ultimate way to get you to the pods and “get one in the boat”.
Your guide and captain is fully licensed by the United States Coast Guard and Tarpon charters in St Pete are insured.
Which jumps higher, the fish, or your heart rate?
Tarpon tend to take your bait close to the boat. You can see them, and suddenly they see what you’re up to. So they jump. They come up out of the water, high enough to look you in the eye. They seem to leap frog away from the boat as if walking on water. Make that running on water. Your line will scream out of the reel. From there, it’s the classic battle that puts the sport in fishing.
Tarpon charters in St Pete can be booked for 4 hour, 6 hour and full 8 hour trips.
When you book your trip, let’s talk about whether there is an opening during a “hill tide”. In May, June and July the new and full moons ramp up higher tides during the day. The outgoing tide flushes out a buffet of the food Tarpon can’t resist, especially pass crabs. Tarpon charters in St Pete take you into waters where hundreds of tarpon lie just below the surface, gorging on crabs as they ride the tide.
Ask about day and night Tarpon charters in St Pete
Call 727-447-8386 or 727- 510-5226 to go where the Tarpon go