For many coastal anglers, it’s the only season that matters. You can’t eat a tarpon, and many anglers who have been locked into long battles with silver kings might regret it the next day. However, for a cadre of serious anglers, tarpon are the only fish worth chasing. Tarpon, which can grow to more than 8 feet long and 200 pounds, are one of the few true big-game species that can be caught inshore. As in right off the beach — or right off a residential dock, a bridge or a pier. Tarpon readily enter shallow water. Some monsters are routinely caught around the Florida Keys as well as off Homosassa at depths of 4 feet or...
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