Wednesday, 4/23/14, Captiva Fishing Report: The tarpon have arrived ~ Sanibel, Captiva & North Captiva, #Captiva

Posted by Charlie & Tim Landon

On today’s Captiva fishing charters, Captains Joey and Josh took out charters.

Captain Josh took his charter to the Sanibel oyster bar. There his charter caught five huge redfish and one monster sea trout.

Captain Joey took his charter and decided to try tarpon fishing. And we are pleased to say that the tarpon have arrived! Captain Joey’s charter jumped two nice tarpon and hooked into a third. Things were going as usual for a tarpon fight until it seemed like that the tarpon magically gained about 200 pounds.

It turns out that a nine foot, 300 pound bull shark had completely engulfed the tarpon and was now on the end of Captain Joey’s charter’s line. After a 30 minute fight, they managed to get the big boy to the boat. And as always, after this video was made Captain Joey cut the line letting this giant go home no worse for wear.

So the tarpon have finally arrived and these first two or three weeks will be the best tarpon fishing of the year, so book a charter now, and let Captain Joey or Josh that you want to go tarpon fishing so that they know to bring the right gear.

For more photos from this trip and/or fishing reports from our other Captains’ boats from other marinas, please go to our sister Sanibel, Fort Myers and Florida Fishing Report sites.

Please try our pilot SanibelCaptivaNews.com site or Sanibel & Captiva Events Calendar to see what else is happening on the islands!

Book a Sanibel & Captiva fishing charter or North Captiva fishing or Cayo Costa Islands shelling charter, and we’ll have a lot of fun!

Please call 239-472-8658 to book a charter.

We’re located at Castaways Marina, Santiva, Sanibel Island, just before the Blind Pass bridge to Captiva Island.

Whether you’re a longtime customer who has fished with us for many years or a first-time customer, expert fisherman or just a family with young children out to catch fish and have fun, you are going to enjoy being out in the boat with Hank and me!  We greatly appreciate your friendship and business!!!

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Fair winds and following seas,

Captain Joey Burnsed ~ call 239-472-8658 or email captjoefred@gmail to book a Sanibel & Captiva Islands, Boca Grande or Fort Myers fishing guide trip or shelling charter.