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• n  large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

• Pyramids and coral reefs beckon, but the chief attraction of this angler's paradise is stalking the wily tarpon with fly rod and reel.
• The facts are that tarpon fishing is good at both places; and the facts further are that the President did not give tarpon fishing at Port Isabel a trial.
• In a split second a huge tarpon vaulted out of the inky sea, "his eyes glaring like the headlights of an automobile and his body shining like an electric sign.

• Tarpon atlanticus

News & Articles

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• New Rules For Tarpon Fishing In Florida
  After listening to more than a hundred emotional opinions, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this week voted to move forward with a controversial proposal to modify the type of gear used to catch tarpon in the state, also making tarpon a catch and release fish for the first time ever.
  June 15, 2013 - CBS Miami
• FWC adds more protection for bonefish, tarpon
  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, at its Wednesday meeting in Lakeland, approved a proposal to make tarpon and bonefish catch-and-release-only fisheries.
  June 15, 2013 - Florida Keys Keynoter
• Help a tarpon this weekend, help the fishery
  Scientists from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science will be in our area this weekend, June 14 to 16. They will be looking for qualifying adult tarpon caught in and around Boca Grande Pass and Charlotte Harbor by recreational anglers and attaching tracking tags on them.
  June 14, 2013 - The Boca Beacon