Scouting for Beach Tarpon at Flagler Beach 8-3-13

It’s time for the tarpon to be here in the surf off Flagler Beach feeding on pogies. Actually, they have been here in small numbers for a little while. I even got a first hand report last week from a friend that caught a baby 27″ tarpon that was busting bait in the breakers. He actually caught the little tarpon casting from the beach.

For the second Saturday in a row I loaded up the yaks and beaded to flagler beach to look for some Tarpon. Last saturday morning there was a decent amount of pogies flipping here and there but they were scattered to thin to really fish effectively. Water clarity was great however and that is very important for the fish to actually find your bait. I probably saw 10 tarpon strikes all morning but never got a bit. By 10:30 AM the pogies had all but disappeared from sight.

This saturday my brother joined me but there were so few pogies we did not even launch the boats.
We saw no striking fish action at all.

The west winds have started and it is time the things to be kicking off here. The morning rains we have been getting are unusual for this time of year and should be letting up also.

A couple of members of the OKFC club have landed a couple tarpon off Playalinda and Cocoa beaches.

Larry S.