{"id":2157,"date":"2012-04-12T17:49:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T17:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2025-06-08T01:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:54:22","slug":"sunday-april-12-2012-starting-to-see-tarpon-off-sanibel-captiva-sanibel-captiva-fishing-charters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, April 12, 2012 ~ Starting to see Tarpon off Sanibel &amp; Captiva!  Sanibel &amp; Captiva fishing charters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2158\" style=\"width: 1029px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2158\" title=\"Huge tarpon we caught last year on Sanibel &amp; Captiva charters\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1029\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176.webp 1029w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176-768x352.webp 768w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176-1024x470.webp 1024w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176-690x317.webp 690w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-20-11-Joey-Jimmy-Tarpon.jpg1-e1334252674176-980x450.webp 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge tarpon we caught last year on Sanibel &amp; Captiva charters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\">Off the waters of Sanibel &amp; Captiva, we are starting to see tarpon moving in!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\">This is a picture of a tarpon we caught last year that we believe to be state record size!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\">However, since on Sanibel &amp; Captiva charters we&#8217;re against killing tarpon, we decided to let him and the record go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\">He was about 7 feet long and we think he weighted around 250 lbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\">So next month, remember to book a Boca Grade charter so you can catch your own giant!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;color: #262626\">Let\u2019s go Sanibel &amp; Captiva fishing \u2013 or shelling! It is also Boca Grande Pass tarpon fishing time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;color: #262626\">Fair winds and following seas,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;color: #262626\">Captain Joey Burnsed ~ call 239-472-8658 or email\u00a0captjoefred@gmail to book a Sanibel &amp; Captiva or Boca Grande fishing or shelling charter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;font-family: Georgia;color: #262626\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off the waters of Sanibel &amp; Captiva, we are starting to see tarpon moving in! This is a picture of a tarpon we caught last year that we believe to be state record size! However, since on Sanibel &amp; Captiva charters we&#8217;re against killing tarpon, we decided to let him and the record go. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20350,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions\/20350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}