Flats – Skinny water fishing, the Keys has the best flats fishing in the United States. In this environment we find our Tarpon, Permit and Bone Fish. The Tarpon fishing is typically best spring to early summer, Permit in the Spring (although they will start showing up on the wrecks in February) and the Bone Fish in the summer. We usually live bait the Tarpon with crabs and Pin Fish, the Permit are taken on crabs and the Bone Fish on live shrimp. All three of these species can be caught on fly. In the winter the productivity of the flats drops off, but we can catch Barracuda on light tackle on the flats for some screaming drag fights!!!