Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

Where

• Gasparilla Sound

  grass flat · public structure · mid

  8.1

  Harbor grass inside the pass. Reds and snook. Do not invent a hole — this is the sound.

  • — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Snook, Tarpon.
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• Boca Grande Pass

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  7.2

  The pass. NOAA 8725577 is the clock. Spring tarpon stack here. Current is the whole fishery — not a wade, not a skinny skiff.

  • — pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon, Snook, Redfish.
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• Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side

  sand dropoff · public structure · mid

  7.2

  State park shoreline south of the pass. Beach and bar. Park rules, not a private cut.

  • — sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Snook, Redfish, Tarpon.
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• FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha

  grass flat · saved map · skinny

  6.8

  Iconic sound flats: reds, snook, tarpon lanes. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
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