Fishing Reports by Capt. Mike Locklear

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Florida Fly Fishing For Tarpon Good/Not 2003 On a clear and sunny day on St. George Sound, Mark Lawson stood ready with his fly rod in hand. Andy Smith was centered between Mark and me, waiting for a turn to cast at a cruising tarpon. We were on more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon On The Fly A long and large fast moving object appeared on the shallow edge of the shoal. The black back seemed to glow as it swam towards us on the white sand underneath it. Timing is everything in fly fishing for tarpon. My angler wa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Ladyfish Makes Doc Blue July 15- The pre-dusk sky was painted many hues of red and orange. It was clearing and some blue sky could be seen. Looking to the west along Florida’s Big Bend, many clouds are between the viewer and the sun. The red sk more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Poon Fishing Down July 15- After July 4, this Homosassa fishing guide went north literally. Most of the coastal tarpon migrated north to the Big Bend area of Florida. Each year for the last six, I traditionally travel the 200 miles by road towi more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Yale Professor, 74 Lands Big Tarpon on the Fly Rod Michael Coe, a former Yale professor, caught his second largest tarpon ever off the coast of Homosassa with Capt. Mike Locklear on board his Hells Bay 18 foot Marquesas flats boat. We had plent more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Coe Lands a Large Homosassa Tarpon For Mike Coe, a 74 year old Yale Professor, things could not be better. Well almost ļ Coe successfully caught his first redfish on the fly rod. Catching redfish on the fly has not proved to be an easy task o more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Return After Rains Today, Mike Coe and I saw quite a few strings of tarpon heading north. That usually means that we will be getting fresh tarpon schools every day coming up the coast for a couple more weeks. It is the expert’s opinion t more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - More Homosassa Tarpon News The last week of May is usually the best week to try tarpon. Not always true though as we found the schools of the big silver king to be elusive. West winds did not help. Rhett and Cole Clarkson, Michael Schmitt, D more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Hot weather Brings in Tarpon No doubt there were some really big tarpon here in May as a world record was verified by the International Game Fish Association. Tom Evans guided by Capt. Al Dopiark landed a 190.5 pound tarpon in 30 minutes using a more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Return to Homosassa Jos Arets of Holland is one of many who come to Citrus County each year to ply the waters of the Nature Coast for giant tarpon. About half the crowds are hard core fly fishers who return each year to Homosassa to have a more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa