Bonefish & Tarpon Trust News

Red Mangroves Growing in ENP For a great glimpse into the past, the National Park Service recently released a collection of vintage photographs highlighting life and history in Everglades National Park.  

As a flats guide in Placencia, Belize, once told me: “Guys can tell you roughly how many tarpon and bonefish they’ve caught on fly rod, but they remember exactly how many permit they’ve caught – where, when, every last detail.” The permit has achieved this vaunted status because of its natural wariness when in shallow […]

Over on the Deneki Outdoors blog, there are 3 great tips for catching more bonefish.  The ultimate tip is listen to your guide at all times since he’ll have seen more bonefish landed than you can imagine.  Check out the others.

The River is Full of Want.  By Louis Cahill Missing Tails.  Bjorn Stromsness ponders the elusive tailing bonefish. The Sweep Set.  Phil Monahan explains how and why you should set downstream.

Congratulations to Paul Hampton of Estero, Florida, the winner of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s September gear giveaway and a selection of Fly Boxes from Cliff Outdoors.  All new members joining at the $50 level are also entered to win an end of year drawing for a trip for two to Ascension Bay Bonefish Club. Don’t […]

With rainfall at a record pace in some places, water managers are struggling to lower water levels in Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.  South Florida has been saturated by what is shaping up as the wettest of wet seasons. Water managers are struggling to deal with high-water concerns across a region left brimming by Tropical […]

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity as part of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s 2012 Membership drive – your chance to win the first Orvis Helios 2, nine-foot, 8-weight fly rod to come off the production line. This is your chance to win this one-of-a-kind special edition rod before they are available to the […]

American sportsmen view conservation as important as gun rights and favor protection of public lands over fossil fuel production, according to a national survey released last week. The poll was conducted by Chesapeake Beach Consulting for the National Wildlife Federation. It surveyed 800 registered voters who hunted and/or fished. “Hunters and anglers tend to be […]

Scientists and anglers have long realized the impact that changes to Everglades water flows have had on fisheries within the Everglades, FloridaBay, and in other areas that receive water from the Everglades. Most also know that the ongoing work to restore the Everglades should help to improve the health of habitats and fisheries. A new project […]

BTT staff and volunteers on location recently near Boca Grande, Florida at the site of a juvenile tarpon habitat restoraiton project.  After netting juvenile tarpon, those large enough to have a small micro-chip surgically implanted will be tracked by radio antennae to determine their movement and use of the area, both prior to and after restoration.  Staff and […]