If you’ve never caught a wild, acrobatic, wide-eyed juvenile tarpon out of the mangroves then you are truly missing out on one of the greatest fish of fly fishing. Why is a juvenile tarpon fun to catch on a fly? Since tarpon has, almost, nonexistent teeth they will literally inhale their prey whole. Fishing large grasshoppers to juvenile tarpon in Mexico’s mangroves should be on the list of must-do endeavors in fly fishing. While tarpon is still young they will mainly prey on anything from insects to small fish and even small crabs and shrimp. During this time when where tarpon are emerging into their adolescence, they’ll be eating a variety of different foods. The time it takes for them to reach maturity and size to start finding food in the deeper waters is usually between 6 months to as much as two years.ĭuring this time frame they’ll be mostly patrolling back lagoons, creeks, flats, and anywhere that offers some protection such as mangroves. They’re the children, the ‘small’ fry that hang out in the nurseries not quite big enough to take on the dangers of the open ocean. As if somehow catching a small (and when we say small, we’re still talking in the five to 20-pound range), juvenile tarpon is just not fun enough to warrant a trip.
When it comes to tarpon fishing most anglers have in their mind the large trophy-sized migratory tarpon. These fish are often underrated and under-appreciated fish.
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