Key West ?

[Capt Richie]

Brian sounds like your going to have a great trip...The reds we caught were 42 to 48lbs ,cobia in the low 50lb & kings in the low to mid 40lb..We boated a good 80 fish that day.......I love it their..........I have my next trip booked & fishing three days..I dont know if we can top the last trip........

The Tarpon should be under the seven mile bridge..Live mullet is the bait..Bring a 30-50 rod & a 4/0 type of reel & hang on..
I use an avet 4/0 works just great..
Good luck & catch em up..........

[JerseyBrian]

Is their a bait and tackle shop that sells live mullet? I'll have my Accurate 665 2spd I can throw at the 'poons

Sounds like you were bailing in some monsters on your last trip!

[hatidua]

Originally Posted by The Business

Any good tackle shops down there that I can at least blow some on myself?

Cudjoe Sales, at about mile marker 21. Same parking lot as E-Fish (East side of the road).

[Capt Richie]

Yes right next to the Marathon lady same side of US1 next street..There ia also the Tackle box down US1 .. Cudjoe key is a 20min drive one way.. Good fishing there...Most of the Capts catch there own & have big bait pens..If you cant get mullet,live crabs work too.

you can also get some bunker blocks & dry chum & fish for yellowtail & other snappers with 1/6 to 1/8 oz jig heads & live shrimp..Cut the head off the shrimp & put the hook of the jig head through the shrimp with the lead head were the shripm should be..Jut keep letting out line & let it sink ..

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by Capt Richie

Yes right next to the Marathon lady same side of US1 next street..There ia also the Tackle box down US1 .. Cudjoe key is a 20min drive one way.. Good fishing there...Most of the Capts catch there own & have big bait pens..If you cant get mullet,live crabs work too.

you can also get some bunker blocks & dry chum & fish for yellowtail & other snappers with 1/6 to 1/8 oz jig heads & live shrimp..Cut the head off the shrimp & put the hook of the jig head through the shrimp with the lead head were the shripm should be..Jut keep letting out line & let it sink ..

Great thanks for the info again Capt. Richie. We'll be using Live Shrimp for most of the backcountry/inshore stuff. We did exceptionally well on live shrimp and jigheads this past January down in a Mangrove right off Islamorada catching our limit of Mangrove Snappers easily in an hour or two... only this time we're gonna keep a few for the table

[hatidua]

A live crab would probably actually be a better bait for tarpon than a live mullet if you're sight casting to them but it's not Spring anymore. While there are a few resident tarpon around, the migration is done past (be there in April/May for the full onslaught).

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by hatidua

A live crab would probably actually be a better bait for tarpon than a live mullet if you're sight casting to them but it's not Spring anymore. While there are a few resident tarpon around, the migration is done past (be there in April/May for the full onslaught).

Brian will be happy if anything takes his live shrimp or live crab

[Outhouse]

Key West is one of my fav places and I am not Gay. Checkout Key Limey if you need a charter. Tony Murphy is a relocated Brit and runs a top notch service. He won the ESPN shark tourney out of KW for the last two years. After you fish, take your catch to the Turtle Krawl and they will do wonders for it. By the way, get it blackened. WOW

[hatidua]

Originally Posted by Outhouse

and I am not Gay.

Just don't say you have a "wide stance", Sen. Larry Craig got in trouble with that combo...