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Angler on a small skiff fighting a leaping silver tarpon at sunset with rod bent double and water spray frozen mid-air
Outdoor Sports

Boca Grande Pass — Tarpon Fishing Capital of the World, May Through July

Every spring, hundreds of 100 to 200-pound tarpon stack into a single 40-foot-deep inlet between two barrier islands on Florida's Gulf coast to spawn. May through July, the pass turns into the densest tarpon fishery on the planet. Charter boats line up nose-to-stern. Every hookup is catch-and-release.
Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) underwater showing the silvery body and unmistakable lateral black stripe running from gill to tail
Outdoor Sports

Jupiter Inlet Snook Spawn — Florida's Most Hunted Fish, the Catch-and-Release Reality, and How to Read the Tides

Late May through September, snook stack at Jupiter Inlet on the outgoing tide, ambushing mullet flushed from the Loxahatchee River. They are Florida's most charismatic inshore sport fish — and during summer spawn the entire fishery is catch-and-release only. Here is how to read the tides and fish it right.