http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/captains-corner-fishing-for-tarpon-at-night/2326677
Seeing a 150-pound, head-shaking, chrome-plated, twisting hunk of “steel” coming out of the water is awesome. Few moments are more spectacular than nighttime tarpon fishing by the light of the moon. On full moon nights, tarpon sometimes seemingly go out of their way to track down an offering. But even on full moon nights, tarpon seldom flow nonstop and eat all night. Dialing in the most productive hours is key. While I’ve night-fished the moon on rock piles in the bay with success, the beach is my favorite. Stake out a stretch on the beach where you’ve observed rolling fish in the daylight, very often just outside the swim buoys. I like to anchor horizontal to the beach. I fish six rods. Throwing half my rods to the inside and the other half out allows more coverage. I load them with fresh dead shad and chum with chunks of the same. The hour and a half on both sides of a tide change can be most productive.
Jay Mastry charters Jaybird out of St. Petersburg. Call (727) 321-2142.
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