It is but there has been lots posted on the board over the years. This time of year the tarpon are all along the coast. I’ve done most of my tarpon fishing off the Port Aransas south jetty but the jetties and passes all along the coast as well as near offshore have tarpon.
Is when Rain Minnows begin their offshore migration - late August thru October, if rain minnows are there the tarpon will be around jetty ends gulping big mouthfulls, July /Aug is a lot more hit and miss and burning lots of gas 2-7 miles out.
I've caught hundreds of Texas Tarpon over the years, from Boca Chica to Pass Cavallo - can't speak for points north of there, in your time frame you are likely to find good pods surfing the jetty ends, 50-150# fish, POC ,PA, Mansfield or Port Isabel. The 200# fish we have landed were always late fish - October
and even later in Port Isabel - its weather and water flow driven as well
If you hit the rain minnow migration at nite , you will see many big fish actively busting, less so during the day.
If you spend a week on the water in the right place you will get your fish on -
Is when Rain Minnows begin their offshore migration - late August thru October, if rain minnows are there the tarpon will be around jetty ends gulping big mouthfulls, July /Aug is a lot more hit and miss and burning lots of gas 2-7 miles out.
If you hit the rain minnow migration at nite , you will see many big fish actively busting, less so during the day.
If you spend a week on the water in the right place you will get your fish on -
Is the best time to hammer em, late afternoon at dusk with incoming tide an hour from high tide stand, the rain minnows will be around thick off the jetty ends on surf sides, its also one of the best big spec fishing times of the year, we light up the ends of the jetty off the boat and fill coolers with big trout --
I saw some tarpon rolling at the end of the packers channel jetty this past weekend. I didn't try and catch any ( I had too light of tackle on me) but they were for sure there, and bait was everywhere!
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