Bonefish & Tarpon Trust News

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust UK representative Paul Sharman was at the recent Sportfish Spring show in Reading near London flying the flag for BTT and handing out journals and membership details in his quest to boost UK and European membership of BTT. “I was surprised by just how few UK fly fishers know the BTT […]

Renowned Sanibel Island mystery writer Randy Wayne White has joined a growing grassroots group of anglers who say the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series, which will begin this weekend, is unsporting and putting too much stress on the tarpon fishery. White, who owns the trademark for the Doc Ford Rum Bar & Grille in which he […]

Dr. Jon Shenker of the Florida Institute of Technology is set to begin a two part study of juvenile tarpon in the Indian River Lagoon of Florida’s East coast. A research grant awareded by Bonefish & Tarpon Trust will help fund the project. In previous research efforts, Dr. Shenker and his students identified and determined the habitat […]

The proverb “know your quarry” applies to fly-fishing for tarpon as much as it does to hunting. The more you know, the better your odds are of finding them and coercing them to bite a hook bound with feathers, fibers and animal hair. Scientist Michael Larkin explores what makes tarpon tick.

Fishermen are optimists, there’s just no other way to describe us. Every new day that we step onto a boat or wade off a shoreline, there is a new sense of hope that it will be a great day of fishing. Fishermen also tend to be adventurous, whether exploring new water or just excited with […]

Raul Navarette, one of the top flats guides in Belize, passed away unexpectedly on May 4th. Raul was a much sought after guide at the Belize River Lodge; the only FFF certified casting instructor in Belize and, to our knowledge, the only Belizean ever to have fished in the famous Jackson Hole One Fly Tournament. […]

True Flies LLC a BTT partner and supporter of the Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Restoration Program has donated co-branded BTT/True Flies logo shirts with proceeds from the sale of all shirts to benefit the Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Restoration Program near Boca Grande, Florida. The shirts are available through the BTT online store in two styles, the long sleeve Bokeelia Woven […]

“See those fish?” Arthur asked, pointing to a school of about 50 silvery shadows in the water. “Those are bonefish.” Like many mountain-bound trout-rodders, for years I’ve dreamed about catching a bonefish on a fly rod. For months prior to the trip, I scoured fly-fishing magazines, phoned fly shops and Googled Web sites, “boning” up […]

For the third straight year, March Merkin Permit fishing tournament proceeds have been donated to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and directed to Project Permit. 2012 proceeds were in excess of $17,000. In 2010, the all catch and release March Merkin tournament served as the kickoff for Project Permit, a research study aimed at answering basic […]

More than 70 volunteers gathered at Highland Oaks Park recently to dig holes into the muddy banks of the pond and creek for 400-plus plants. The park is one of the few remaining natural habitats within a highly urbanized area near Aventura. Separate from the Oleta-connected pond and winding creek are two other sources of water: […]