Tarpon At A Glance
Tarpon are without question kings of Florida’s inshore waters, even though the largest are actually queens. They are the most silvery of fishes; in direct sunlight, the dollar-sized scales flash like a hundred plate glass mirrors. Given that, and their kingly size, the “silver king” nickname is a natural. [READ IT]

Tarpon Time
There was a school of tarpon rolling at 10 o’clock. And one at noon. And one at 3 p.m. Wherever we looked, it was tarpon time; silvery backs backs were popping out of the soft green swells of the Gulf everywhere.  [READ IT]

Kings of the Caloosahatchee
The Caloosahatchee River is as storied as any in the annals of tarpon fishing. In fact, the river’s mouth was the site credited with one of the great turning points in angling history—the place where the first tarpon was taken on rod and reel, in 1885. [READ IT]