One of the cheapest and no-hassle activities while driving through the keys - we had a blast at Robbie's feeding the tarpons (and inadvertently the birds). We saw a variety of large birds (giant birds, practically dinosaurs!), and the tarpons were gigantic and very plentiful! You can buy a bucket of fish from the shop and you go out and try to feed the tarpons. Sometimes they'll jump out and catch the fish. It worked best when you made eye-contact with the fish - i kid you not!
The tarpons are wild, they aren't in an enclosure. There is a place that is cornered off so that the birds won't steal the fish when you throw them in.. You can use the net to shoe the birds away, and then you can get the tarpons to jump out for the fish.
We stopped by while driving down to Key west, we were planning on spending only like ten minutes there, but ended up staying an hour. It was fun just sitting in the shade and having a smoothie and watching the other people feed the tarpons. I wish we had more time in the keys, their charter tours looked like a lot of fun. Will definitely give one a try if we ever go back!















