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    Default First fish

    Caught my first tarpon finally yesterday! A friend and I had the day open and the weather finally cooperated. Fish ate live menhaden, was over 100lbs prob less than 150. Put on a pretty good show from the time he crashed the bait all the way til we got him boatside for release. Only two ppl on board so we unfortunately dont have a whole lot of great pics or video (video shows where I am and I am not posting it) between scrambling around. At one point in the beginning the fish ran up starboard side before we had cut free from the anchor and started under the bow. I was able to scramble up my narrow gunnel (walk around) and turn him but he started right at the anchor line. I thought that was going to be it and I was about to lean over bow rail to try to follow the fish under the anchor line to keep clear and at the last second he mustve seen the anchor line and just skied all the way out of the water over it. Was pretty crazy!! Leadered and brought to boat 6-8 times before he finally tired down some to allow for a nice release. ~45min fight, was leadered first time in prob 15 min, but only fishing 60lb leader so I couldn’t really hang on if he wasnt having it. Biggest “inshore” fish of my life, we will remember this one for a long time!




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    Very nice!

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    like it! congrats
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    Congrats!
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    Should've used a boga grip. (So u could stuffed it)

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    I know where that is!

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    That's awesome! I bet that was a fun fight!

    We got on some smaller tarpon in the Keys this summer and it was a really cool and unexpected experience. We were fishing for mangrove snapper at night and could hear the tarpon rolling all around us...so we changed baits and ended up catching about 5 of them on light tackle.

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    That put a smile on my face...thanks.
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    Dats a big mullet
    cut\'em

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    Good job.

    How about some details on the line, rod, and reel.

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    Congrats bud. I may never have the patience to wade through all the sharks to catch one here.
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    COOL

    That is something I want to land on MY BOAT one day

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    Nice! We saw a few yesterday but couldn't make it happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sportin' Woodies View Post
    Should've used a boga grip. (So u could stuffed it)
    In the video that I cant post you can see me lipping with boga and taking his big ass over the gunnel to flop around on my deck for a bit .




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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    Good job.

    How about some details on the line, rod, and reel.

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    Thanks everyone! Has been a bucket list fish for years for me.

    Caught it on a brand new setup. 8500penn spinfisherV w 470yds 65lb braid. Penn carnage 2 rod. Cajun thunder and 7’ of 60lb flouro to 8-0 owner circle. Will prob move up to 80lb flouro.

    Performed great for the job at hand.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Foie Gras View Post
    Congrats bud. I may never have the patience to wade through all the sharks to catch one here.
    Just bring a bunch of hooks. Aint nothing but tying some knots . Try to get them to cut you off as soon as possible and dont even waste time/energy w them.


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    Are tarpon good eating?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Bart View Post
    Are tarpon good eating?
    I have always been told no, and know it is not targeted as a fish you eat. I however, have never tried it or had the opportunity to so I couldn’t tell you first hand. General consensus is no I believe based on smell, and number of bones mostly.


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    I can tell you no. Not at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trash2 View Post
    I can tell you no. Not at all.



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