While pass fishing for tarpon is on fire, you don’t want to be this guy plowing through the tarpon fleet in Boca Grande. 🛥️ Every year around mid-April through July, tarpon migrate up the coasts of Florida. As they do so they form large schools in and around the deepwater passes and inlets in preparation for their spawn. Boca Grande, the mouth of Charlotte Harbor in Southwest Florida, is perhaps the best-known “pass” fishery, but there are others, notably Egmont Key (Tampa Bay) and West Pass (A

This is a tarpon and it’s one of the largest sport fish in the Tampa Bay Area! They are a really fun fish to catch! #bait #tampabay #tarponfishing #fishing | Groupermvp

Fish rely on wetlands like mangroves and marshes as nursery habitat in order to grow into healthy adults. If nursery habitat isn’t thriving, the next generation can’t! #WorldWetlandsDay Help BTT restore habitat for fish and wildlife Rookery Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Donate today and your gift will be matched 1:1 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation! Visit btt.org/rookerybay Video: “Juvenile Tarpon Conservation” - @SilverKingsTV #BringingSciencetotheFight #BonefishTarponTrust #Wetlands

Through its Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Initiative, BTT is identifying and restoring essential nursery habitat in Florida to ensure healthy tarpon populations for the future. Earlier this year, BTT completed the assessment of six sites along the Gulf Coast, selecting four for restoration planning, all of which support Boca Grande’s world-renowned tarpon fishery. These new projects build on BTT’s earlier work at Coral Creek and on the organization’s ongoing efforts at Rookery Bay, where BTT is leadin