“Ever since I jumped my 1st Tarpon in a Canal in Gulf Harbors in 1983, I have been Hooked. No other Fish have captured my attention, the way the Silver King has."
David W. Jamison
Owner/Founder
Tarpon Dreams™
Fishing, travel, field research, digital marketing & destination storytelling finally found a shared home inside Tarpon Dreams™
Florida Based Angler
Founder, Tarpon Dreams™
"The Tarpon of Boca" Show
Digital Marketing Veteran
Founded Anglers Addiction
Field Research / Destination Expert
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Founder / Publisher
Tarpon Dreams™ Worldwide
Tampa Bay, Florida | +1-813-665-0012
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· Angler, field researcher and destination strategist
· Digital marketing and web development background
· Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf Coast focus
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David Jamison, Florida | Meet the Founder of Tarpon Dreams
AnglersAddiction.com ( Sold )
Early Concept for Preferred Guides Networks & Tampa Bay Fishing Mapping Service
2000-2001
TurboChum.com ( Sold )
Tampa Bay Bait / Sardine Chum.
Marketing at Frank Seargeants Outdoors Expos & Similar. Developed Large Network of Distributors in Florida & Southeast.
2002-2007
"Tarpon of Boca" - Outdoor TV
Tarpon of Boca was an adventure sports television series hosted by Steve Pennaz that originally aired across two seasons starting in 2008. The show focuses on the intense sport-fishing culture of Boca Grande Pass on Florida's west coast, widely known as the "Tarpon Capital of the World" during the spring migration. Fished with Capt. James Goodwin of https://gofloridafishing.com/
2005-06
Founded MMT Media Florida - DMA
Digital Marketing Agency Focused on HIGH Value, Conversion Focused Industries. Over 700 Projects completed between 2010 & 2025 (Retired) https://davidjamison.com/
2010-25
The Gallery does not contain all "Catches" (unfortunately), which could clearly be considered total B.S.
But that is what FISH TALES are Made Of! 
Big Girl Jumps in the Boat.
Boca Grande Florida, Early 2000s
BIG Boy, Slimy Male Tarpon!
Egmont Key Florida, Early 2000s
Nice Juvenile Tarpon
Laguna Torrecilla PR, 2025
Smackin' Em w. Capt. Carlos!
Loiza PR, 2026
Tarpon - Disco Days? 1990s
Boca Grande Florida
More Long Tim Ago Tarpon...
Tampa Bay Florida
Boated 12 Tarpon in a Day.
AMI Florida, Passage Key + Beach
Put my Bro on a Big Girls, 120lbs
Passage Key, New Moon 2013
Exploration First. Seeing Stuff, Being Curious and Using Simple Tools before I start!
Long before Tarpon Dreams™ existed, I was documenting fishing trips, mapping productive areas and building a personal intelligence system around the places I fished.
The photographs captured the fish. The real fishing journal captured everything that helped explain why the fish were there.
I began using early digital mapping tools, including Keyhole and later Google Earth, to record productive shorelines, flats, channels, bridges, docks, potholes and deeper transition zones.
These were not simply pins marking where a fish had been caught. I documented how fish entered an area, where they held during changing conditions and which routes they appeared to follow as water levels, current and bait movement changed.
Each trip added another layer of information.
I tracked tides, current direction, wind, water depth, bait concentrations, structure, seasonal patterns and the results of the day. Just as important, I recorded what did not work.
Over time, isolated observations began forming recognizable patterns. A dark pothole on a shallow flat could become a resting or safety zone. A narrow channel could serve as a travel corridor. A subtle depth change could become the edge tarpon, snook or baitfish used as the tide moved.
Years of time on the water taught me how to study satellite imagery before arriving at a new location.
I learned to identify likely ambush points, current funnels, deeper depressions, shoreline edges and routes connecting shallow feeding areas with deeper water. The map did not replace fishing experience. It helped me apply that experience faster and begin each trip with a more informed plan.
That preparation became especially valuable when exploring unfamiliar fisheries. Instead of arriving completely cold, I could identify the areas most likely to deserve time, observation and a closer look from the boat.
That early Google Earth fishing journal was the beginning of what is now developing into the Tarpon Dreams™ Destination Intelligence Layer.
The system is expanding beyond personal fishing notes to include destination research, seasonal fishing patterns, guide access, lodging, travel logistics, local experiences, field observations and firsthand documentation.
Observe carefully. Record what matters. Look for patterns. Return with better questions. Share what can help the next angler plan a better trip.
Tarpon Dreams™ is not being built from generic travel copy or a collection of fish photographs. It is being built from decades of fishing experience, mapping, field research and a natural habit of turning time on the water into useful intelligence.
I was almost obsessive about using Satelittel Imagery to map Flats, Channels, Mangroves and really understanding how fish would use an area for staging on the flood tides and then making assumptions on how they might follow the underwater topography as the water would push out of an area.
Relating alot of what I learned from some of the Best Guides on the West Coast of Florida. I became an Armchair Marine Biologist. And being curious by nature and a nature lover made it an addiction of mine.
I was always ADDING New Field Data to my Journals.
The funny thing was that I was really the last person to keep a journal of anything. But this was different.
I tracked everything about each outing. And it was amazing how I learned the most on the least productive days. I have always been a pattern person. So these repetitions were building a solid layer of fishing intelligence that would help each future outing be more productive than the last. Last Count I am at OVER 100 over 100lbs.
I am Officially Done with the BIGUNS! Juvies is the Juice.
This was more than a Catchy Phrase. The more I fished an area. Especially after getting a Tower for the Bay Boat, I found myself correlating all of the Sat. Imagery with what I was actually seeing on the water. I think the 1st year of having a Tower in the Boat had me Fishing less than ever and spending "HIGH TIME" understanding the areas I had been fishing for years. It was like, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I could See for the First Time. An Epiphany of Sorts.
But after adopting this NEW Method of Research, Documentation and Understanding... And "GETTING READY" it was TIME to FISH! And FISH I DID!
I cannot even tell you how much time I spent on the water. Between the Job I had in the early days being super flexible and taking clients fishing, and then starting an Agency... I was on the Water, Fishing... Let me rephrase that.. CATCHING Very Often! I mean a lot! Lots of REPS!
Coming Soon...
The Atlantic & Carribean Field Guide
15 Years as the Owner of MMT Media FL
Over 700 Projects Completed.
Facebook, Instagram, Google & YT Ads.
Sales Funnel Performance Coach since 2018
My #1 Focus with Online Presence Building.
Brand Building since 2005
The "Secret Sauce" for us and our Partners.
1 Piece of Content, 10 Channels, 20 Repurps.
Without an Audience, the Rest is Pointless.
The Real Power. The Web "Force Multiplier".
FISH: We Find and Fish with Great Guides. We Refer You to them.
TRAVEL: We Find and Stay at Great Places. We Refer You to those Property Owners.
EXPLORE: We Explore the Areas we Travel to, Find the Best Places. Share with You.
WEAR IT: We Fish. We Wear OUR Identity. We Use Our Own Gear! We Share with You.
Tarpon & Fisheries
Juvenile Tarpon:The 1st Critical Chapter in a Remarkable Journey A 10-pound tarpon is not simply a smaller version of a 100-pound tarpon experience…Juvenile tarpon live in a world of mangrove edges, backwater ponds, creeks, canals and lagoons.Understanding those places explains a great deal about the species itself.It also explains why some apparently unimpressive water can […]
TRAVEL, Tarpon Fishing
How to Choose a Tarpon Fishing Lodge.8 Critical, Must Ask Questions! A good tarpon fishing lodge can remove almost every piece of friction from a fishing trip.A bad fit can package the wrong fishery, wrong guides, wrong travel logistics and wrong experience into one expensive week.The lodge is not the destination.It is the operating system […]
Tarpon Fishing, Tarpon & Fisheries, TRAVEL
How to Choose a Tarpon Fishing Guide A good tarpon fishing guide does much more than drive the boat toward fish…Much More!He reads water, bait, tides, weather…And the angler standing on the deck.He knows when to move, when to wait, when to change tactics…and when the smartest decision is to stop forcing a plan that […]
Tarpon Fishing, TRAVEL
When Is the Best Time to Fish for Tarpon?The Big 3Season, Tides & Timing Here is the answer nobody selling fishing trips should be afraid to say:The best time to go fishing is when you have time to go fishing.That does not mean timing is irrelevant.Far from it.Tarpon migrations matter. Water temperature matters. Tides matter. […]
Tarpon & Fisheries
How to Choose the Best Tarpon Fishing Destination Ask 9 tarpon anglers for the “best” destination and you may get 9 answers. We have 9 Tarpon Destinations, with multiple Guides and Lodges in each Location… And it is Still a Tough Question.That is because the question is incomplete.BEST FOR WHAT?A first tarpon? A giant? Fly […]
Tarpon & Fisheries, Destinations, FISH, Tarpon Fishing
How to Plan a Tarpon Fishing Trip The easiest way to plan the wrong tarpon trip is to start with a famous destination and assume everything else will work itself out.Start with the experience instead.Do you want your first tarpon? A legitimate shot at a giant? High-volume juvenile action? Technical sight fishing? A fishing lodge […]
Tarpon & Fisheries, Destinations, Fishing, TRAVEL
Atlantic and Caribbean tarpon fishing. Tarpon do not care about borders.They move through oceans, bays, passes, lagoons, rivers, mangroves and coastlines that humans divide into states, countries and islands. Follow the fish long enough and the map begins to look less like a collection of destinations and more like one enormous connected trail.That is the idea behind […]
Tarpon & Fisheries, Destinations, Fishing, TRAVEL
WHAT ISTARPON DREAMS?A tarpon rolls.Maybe it is fifty feet from the boat. Maybe it is three hundred yards across a lagoon you have never fished before. Maybe you are not even on the water yet.You are looking at a map, watching a video, reading a fishing report, or talking to somebody who tells you about a place […]
