Fishing Reports by Capt. Mike Locklear

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Clarkson Beats Homosassa Tarpon On Fly Rod As you know there is a time for everything. Fly fishing for tarpon on the Homosassa flats has been the best these past few weeks and continues to be that way possibly until mid-July since the daisy chain more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Sport of Kings-Tarpon On The Fly- Homosassa Style Oh how beautiful the clear gulf water flats were on June 1. The sky was blue and nearly cloudless. The warm gulf breezes and salt air was thick with humidity and haze, but not overbearing. A lit more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fly Fishing For Tarpon Is Tough Seems like all my clients can do lately is hook the tarpon on the fly to have it get away before it jumps. “Circle Hook” Bill Crimes had three eaters and got one to tighten up on the fly-line. (I am not a fan of ci more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Lady Angler Battles Huge Tarpon Every now and then I get a report from an angler who had a really great experience with a tarpon. Victoria Justice got a taste of tarpon fever. According to her boy friend, William Campbell, this tarpon could have b more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Homosassa Fishing is Really Cool Open spaces and the vast body of the gulf are good for the soul and feels good to the skin especially with the lower humidity. May is a good month and many types of fish become hungry for our offerings. The main s more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - This past week fishing continued to improve as water temperatures jumped up several degrees thanks to warm southwest winds and sunny days. The southwest winds also help drive in bait fish that the predator fish follow. This favorable pattern held more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Cobia Highligts Homosassa Fishing Finally, better weather and fishing. This past week weather patterns were favorable to warm up the Homosassa Bay and west coast. Temperatures are now in the low 70’s which are better than the 60 something we had more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Homosassa Fishing Hampered By Windy Weather Homosassa flats fishing has been a challenge because of the high winds and numerous fronts. I could not get out yesterday as rains and winds to 60 miles per hour kept me in. It just was not doable. A more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Adventures With Mike Locklear and Henry Morris-Part 4 of 5. Day 3 of 4 at Lake Comedero in Old Mexico Part 4- Mexico Bass Fishing-Day 3 The third morning Henry had woke up as excited as I had ever seen him. He sort of glowed. What I mean is more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Smith Party Scores Big in Homosassa Gordon Smith of the Homosassa/Atlanta Fishing Club had a great trip with both his fly rod and conventional tackle. Spanish mackerel and grouper kept him busy all morning with his fly rod using a Clouser Minnow. more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa