It has been a LONG time since an update, so here goes! The beach fishing ended a couple weeks ago, and now the Tarpon fishing on the Tamiami Canals has started up to fill the void. A trip a couple days ago with repeat customer John Goodheart produced a little Tarpon, and a very hard missed grab. Today I had out California angler Craig Fanning, who has done very little fishing in Florida. I was pleased that despite the very cold weather this morning, he was able to stick his first Tarpon (pictured) while fly fishing with one of my rabbit strip patterns. On both trips we saw fish in the 30-50lb class...I can't wait till somebody hooks one of those guys! Fishing will continue to improve and should last through most or all of April.

Fish Species: Tarpon
Bait Used: flies
Tackle Used: Redington
Method Used: fly fishing
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Water Temperature:
Wind Direction: North
Wind Speed: 20
Craig Fanning with a Tarpon this morning taken on one of my rabbit strip flies fished on a Redington CPX 9 weight rod
Craig Fanning with a Tarpon this morning taken on one of my rabbit strip flies fished on a Redington CPX 9 weight rod


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About The Author: Captain Paul Wolter

Company: Paul Wolter fishing

Area Reporting: South Florida

Bio: Growing up and living most of my life in California's San Francisco Bay Area, I took to fishing at a young age. I started off fishing at local piers and lakes around age 10, eventually branching out into other venues and getting more and more serious about the sport as time went on. I took up flyfishing while in middle school, thus beginning a new passion. Moving to Florida in 2002 opened up a whole new world of angling to me, which I strived to learn and understand as quickly as possible. I have a lot of experience in a vast array of fishing techniques; from dropshotting for Bass in 40 feet of water, to flyfishing mountain streams, to Snook on the fly....all of which helps me to be a stronger, more accomplished angler no matter what species I am after. I pride myself in being very patient and creative on the water, and have always enjoyed sharing my knowledge and insight with others!

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