The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust report that where tarpon spawn is still a mystery. Although they have a good indication that many tarpon spawn offshore in the Gulf of Mexico near the full and new moons in spring and summer, an exact location has yet to be determined. The search continues...

To read the full report on the latest research trip please click here...

I remember a travel book by a chap called Tim Cahill, who came up with some wonderful titles - I think this one was called 'Jaguars Ripped My Flesh'! He wrote about a place in Guatemala (called Peten, I think), where the lunker tarpon migrated into freshwater lagoons a long way from the sea each year. I think he theorised that they came there to spawn...but might/probably will be wrong.

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From a Guatemala tourist website:

...Fishing is a continual activity on the Rio Dulce with up to 50 pound robalo (snook) and mojarra (a freshwater perch) that some say is the best tasting fish in the world. There are also river bass, catfish and other species. During the dry season, tarpon come up the river to spawn...

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There is a piece in the latest Newsletter from Crocodile Bay lodge in Costa Rica about scientists having found a breeding population on the Pacific side. Interesting stuff.......