Naples Fishing Guide: Tarpon, Snook, and Redfish Tactics for May Success

Tell me what’s better than watching the sun come up and tarpon rolling all around you?  It’s been that way the past few days due to these light east winds and hot south Florida weather.  If you asking what is the best bait for tarpon fishing in our area , I would hands down say a small to medium sized pass crab .  My second is a live mullet or thread fin herring .  For my leader ,  I like to use a 60lb 6ft piece of fluorocarbon leader to a 6/0 circle hook . It’s a simple rig but it works!  The backcountry and inshore fishing around the Naples and Marco island areas have been full of action .

Snook , sea trout , and redfish have been chewing good on the mornings hard incoming tides . One of my favorite ways to get these fish into a crazy feeding mode is to Chum heavy . All this means it to take bat (chum bat) fulls of pilchards and sling them close to the shorelines you are fishing .   Watch for fish to explode on the fleeing baits and just cast close to where you saw the blow up and hold on.  Also this chumming will draw out fish, that were deeper in the mangroves to come out and join the party.   It’s a great way to get the action fired up !!! Looking forward to more great fishing in May .  Give me a call if your looking to get on the hunt for some of these great south Florida gamefish . 


Capt. Tim Daugherty
www.fishthesalt.com
(239) 280-8138