Fishing conditions in the Key West area this week have been very favorable in both deep and shallow water. I’ve spent most of the past week on the flats fishing for tarpon.

This time of year I mainly have fly fisherman in my boat. I’ve had the pleasure of fishing with a father and son team the past couple of days and we’ve certainly had some fun. Tarpon fishing with live bait is probably easier in some respects but more difficult in that the presentation is so much different than with a fly.

At the end of their first day of fishing we had jumped a few tarpon and landed one for each of them. In addition there have been plenty of bonefish throughout the backcountry off Sugarloaf Key.