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   Capt. Bryon Chamberlin's Fishing Report for Tampa Bay & Area Waters

Greg Peterson puts the final touches on this tarpon next to the skiff.

Friend Capt. Nick Angelo with a nice tarpon just before landing.

Chuck Farneth  lands a tarpon on his first day.

Chuck Farneth goes 1 for 3 on his second day. Landing the one pictured.

Ricardo Ramirez gets a great jump out of his tarpon.

Tom Layne with his first tarpon on fly. He hooked the fish on his 3rd shot of the day. Got the leader in the tip top twice before the leader broke next to the skiff.

June 17, 2010

This is going to be a short report. All I have been fishing for in the past month has been tarpon. They should be around in good numbers till early July. After which, the big schools of fish will break up and they will spread out over the gulf coast.

Some days we have been getting several bites a day, and on others, the tarpon run from the flies that we drop in front of them. Fishing around the full and new moons will get you tons of shots, but you'll need them to find the one fish that wants a snack before heading offshore to spawn. Fishing around the quarter moons typically will get you less shots, but you may get more bites since the fish are in between spawning runs.

Watch for more and more northbound fish over the next few weeks. These fish are finished with the spawn and are heading to their summer feeding grounds. These fish have only one thing on their brain....food. Drop a fly in front of one of these fish and get ready for the reel to scream.

That's it for now! Good Luck on your next fishing trip. Practice your casting, because you never know when you’ll get that shot at the fish of a lifetime.

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