Boca Grande Lighthouse

I the Gulf of Mexico, about halfway between the Florida coastal cities of Sarasota and Fort Myers, is a small island named Gasparilla, one of that state's better kept secrets. A segment of the world's wealthy, however, know it well as it is where they come, year in and year out, to enjoy winter in the sun. In spring, when the "social season" ends, another group of visitors arrives. These are a more rowdy bunch, albeit still of means, who come to try their luck in waters known as "the world's best tarpon fishing" and to enter the annual tarpon tournament.