Fishing Reports

The fishing reports page has been a favorite for a while now, and we try to keep it updated regularly. For the most part, it’s a blog of Nathaniel Linville and the fishing he does with guides that he’s lucky enough to fish with though occasionally we’ll post a guest report from one of our friends on a trip they took. Good days, bad days, success and failure, they’re all here. Photos accompany the report when they’re available, but if you want straight photos the best place to look is the photo gallery.

Tarpon fishing last night

April 28, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing last night

After work last night, I had an opportunity to tarpon fish with Captains Aaron Snell and Lenny Leonard, in what will most likely be their last opportunity to do some friends fishing before the onslaught of work in May. The wind was blowing more than we had anticipated, and the fish weren’t showing on the…

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Tarpon fishing (again….I know…)

April 27, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing (again….I know…)

The wind has subsided, and the tarpon have moved into the first stages of their pass by the lower Keys. There are still some fish out back, yet all the fish are beginning to be tough customers. It seems that when the wind dies and the clouds go away, the tarpon are that much more…

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More tarpon, less wind

April 24, 2011 Comments Off on More tarpon, less wind

The wind continues to blow, though it is tapering down. It looks like Monday and Tuesday (and hopefully later in the week also) will get even better. I want to remind everyone that there are some large fish around, like this one caught by Adam Corsi fishing with Captain Aaron Snell. According to Aaron, Adam’s…

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Windy Windy/tarpon/bonefish

April 23, 2011 Comments Off on Windy Windy/tarpon/bonefish

The wind keeps blowing, and it looks like the fishing is starting to feel the effects. That said, the fishing is still happening and tarpon are beginning to run the ocean–great news for all of us waiting for our first shots at the inevitable hordes of fish that roll by us every year. The wind…

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Tarpon fishing in the wind

April 22, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing in the wind

The tarpon fishing is phenomenal, and there is wind. Between making the fish difficult to see and complicating the cast, the 12-15 knots of wind we are experiencing can mean the difference between hooking a few fish and watching them swim under (or behind) your leader, never seeing the fly. That said, the fish are…

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Tarpon fishing with Howard and Jacob, Wilson Allen grand slam

April 20, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing with Howard and Jacob, Wilson Allen grand slam

The fishing yesterday was great. I was invited to fish alongside Howard “stone-cold tarpon killer” Davis with Captain Jacob Shemper, and we certainly did get it done. The fishing wasn’t transcendental, though we did manage to hook some fish. Early on, I hooked a fish behind the boat on a sight cast that became a…

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Shark video/tarpon update

April 18, 2011 Comments Off on Shark video/tarpon update

First (and right and just) things first, it would be irresponsible for me not to share this link to a video that James Linville sent me. Most importantly: When can I go do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=WK2LpUoqX6A&vq=medium Second, as much as I wish that every day on the water would be amazing, I must confess that tarpon…

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Billy Pate Passing

April 18, 2011 Comments Off on Billy Pate Passing

The Angling Company would like to pass our great respect on to Billy Pate, who passed away this morning. Billy was a sportsman, a businessman, and an angler, and as such did more to promote the sport of fly fising in salt water than anyone could hope to. His videos, delivered in his trademark Carolina…

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Tarpon, bonefish

April 16, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon, bonefish

While the tarpon fishing remains incredible, and as such is attracting most of the attention of our guides and anglers, the bonefish have been arriving in ever-greater numbers. Of course, there are a million tarpon-shaped reasons to be out there, but bonefish can offer a different experience that while “smaller” is no less thrilling. Good…

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more tarpon fishing

April 14, 2011 Comments Off on more tarpon fishing

Yes, it’s good. Last night we fished with Captain Aaron Snell–Jim and Vicky Linville, Fitz Coker, and Dotty Ballantyne. While we didn’t see a large number of fish, we still managed to hook three large fish and bring two to the boat for a leader-in-the-tip release. Jim had a very large fish eat his fly…

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Tarpon fishing update

April 13, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing update

Monday night, Vicky and I had a pretty incredible few hours of tarpon fishing at night with Captain Lenny Leonard. We found a few fish early, and the bite turned on as the lights went out. We hooked about 20 fish and, as is often typical of fish at night, they proved to be difficult…

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Tarpon fishing schedule for the next week

April 11, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing schedule for the next week

Tonight I’m fishing with my mother, Vicky Linville, with Captain Lenny Leonard. We hope to find some evening/nighttime fish in the channels and get Ma Linville a fish. Tomorrow I meet Captain Paul Dixon at the shop at 7, and we have a day set aside to do some work on the 3 kg (6…

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more tarpon

April 10, 2011 Comments Off on more tarpon

The tarpon fishing remains phenomenal, with a great many large fish in the back country. For the moment, at least, the fish seem to be uneducated and easy to feed. Here’s to getting out there! NCL/TAC

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Tarpon/commitment

April 9, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon/commitment

The tarpon fishing turned on this afternoon. I had the opportunity to speak with a few captains in the last hour or so, and all said the same thing: that the tarpon fishing was tough (relatively) in the morning, and that the bite turned on later. And this gives me an opportunity to point out…

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Bonefish and tarpon (permit too!)

April 7, 2011 Comments Off on Bonefish and tarpon (permit too!)

At the risk of sounding redundant, there are and have been a lot of tarpon around. So many, in fact, that people are forgetting about the great bonefish fishing (I would say “bonefishing”, but I am unconvinced of the grammatical propriety (existence?) of this word. Incidentally, if you have any thoughts on this I would…

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Stan Bogdan

April 4, 2011 Comments Off on Stan Bogdan

On 27 March, 2011, Stanley Edward Bogdan passed away in Nashua, New Hampshire. His company, S. E. Bogdan Custom Built, is responsible for making salmon and trout reels of startling ingenuity, style, and function. The Angling Company would like to extend our condolences to his family, and express our joy for a life well lived.…

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Tarpon fishing

April 3, 2011 Comments Off on Tarpon fishing

The tarpon fishing is still approaching incredible; by most accounts, however, it is already there. I had the opportunity to speak with a number of captains over the last few days, and they all seem to say the same thing: it’s good out there! The bonefish are around (here’s some evidence): but it’s the tarpon…

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3 kg tippet tarpon fishing

April 1, 2011 Comments Off on 3 kg tippet tarpon fishing

Today I fished with Captain Doug Kilpatrick for the 3 kg (6lb) tippet tarpon record, which at the moment stands at 82 pounds 4 ounces. The fishing was difficult and we had only around 6 or 8 shots in the course of the day, producing a total of 2 bites. The first fish ate the…

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tarpon on the flats

March 30, 2011 Comments Off on tarpon on the flats

It’s officially great tarpon fishing in the lower Keys. There are many fish in the backcountry, and reports are beginning to materialize of fish swimming in schools on the ocean as well. For fishing in March, this is truly amazing! As for size, the fish in the back are on average smaller than typical, with…

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Sunny intervals

March 29, 2011 Comments Off on Sunny intervals

So, without much of a report to give (other than the fact that the weather is warm and the fishing is phenomenal) I was looking for any piece of angling news on the web for inspiration to help with the task of my daily fishing report. As is usually the case, my unbridled inter-web surfing…

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