A Total Backwater Adventure

Tarpon fishing in Boca Grande pass, is one of the most sought after trips a southwest Florida guide has to offer. A typical 80 day cycle is fished. Thousands of tarpon congregate into one area, Boca Grande Pass. This is what makes it the home of the PTTS (professional tarpon tournament series) Imagine yourself, in the pass among fifty or one hundred other boats. When the captain tells you "Drop em”. You drop the jig to the bottom, and give the reel one crank up just like the Capt. said. When all of a sudden, you feel that thump at the end of the rod you have been waiting for. You start reeling as fast as you can; the words "crank don't yank" pass through your head. And then the captain yells "he's coming up". You bow to the king just as you were instructed to the second the fish is about to show himself. And out of the water comes 150lb, six foot long silver king that has just launched himself 8ft out of the water. Gills flared wide open, thrashing his head in attempts to throw the circle hook. The fish lands a foot away from another boat, but is still hooked up. The excitement builds, as you’re getting your fish through the field of  boats, that’s when you know what you are going to be dancing with for the next 30 minutes or so. You bring the fish boat side to get a photo; you’re tired and out of  breath from the battle. But in words you can't describe the accomplishment you have just made to yourself, and as an angler. This feeling that can't be described, is the reason many anglers come back year after year, too fish the same body of water, with the same captain every year. And has been done the same way since the early 1900's. 

   Capt. Medina has grown up here in southwest Florida, year after year chasing the feeling that was just described. The whole time learning what to look for on the bottom machines, How to rig rods, what rubber bodies to use. This knowledge and experience gets passed to you on every trip. For 20 plus years he has fished the tarpon that roam southwest Florida. Fishing in the upper harbor and on the beaches, live bait or artificial. He knows the in and outs of what makes tarpon eat, and what will make you a better tarpon angler. All arrangements from lodging to pick up can be made with us. We hope to have you become a repeat customer like so many have, when they got the fever.  Tight Lines Capt. Andrew Medina