Kayak Tarpon Topwater
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Kayak Tarpon Topwater
Yup! Finally did it. I'd guess it went about 60 lbs and I had it on for about 15 minutes. Chug Bug with 20lb leader . It jumped at least 10 times and I lost it 5 minutes into trying to slowly paddle back to shore & get a pic off my friends cell phone. So, no pic. Oh well. I did get concerned about the possibility of the fish landing in the kayak because it kept coming back underneath, circling and jumping with the first bit of pressure. I had 5-6 more near misses from Tarpon chasing topwater and one 30 second hookup on another. Bait everywhere.
Otherwise I caught a bunch of other stuff but so what.
Oh yeah, got checked by FMP for the first time in my kayak.
Adding this: replaying it over and over I'm realizing that the whole thing was like slow motion. I expected violence and mayhem when I imagined catching a Tarpon from my kayak but it was more like a great big fish slowly summoning up the energy to get up in the air for big lazy fall back into the water.
Otherwise I caught a bunch of other stuff but so what.
Oh yeah, got checked by FMP for the first time in my kayak.
Adding this: replaying it over and over I'm realizing that the whole thing was like slow motion. I expected violence and mayhem when I imagined catching a Tarpon from my kayak but it was more like a great big fish slowly summoning up the energy to get up in the air for big lazy fall back into the water.
Last edited by Littoral on September 2nd, 2007, 9:21 pm, edited 2 times in total.
TallyFish wrote:Nice job with the Tarpon. I fished Alligator Harbor yesterday in my yak from first light tiill noon and didn't see any Tarpon. What a difference a day makes. Way to go!
Did you see a lot of bait? Stands to reason that's why I saw them today -though I didn't plan to fish for them. I've seen them a lot this summer but I've never seen them chasing bait (or lures!) as aggresively as they were today.
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I got stopped by "the man" yesterday and he was telling us about you. Not specifically, but "a feller in a kayak caught a 60lb tarpon." We must have been fishing in your area. I got a hold of something that ran line off of the spool like nobody's business, turned around, so I had to frantically take up slack, turned again, began to run line, and then broke off. I could only imagine what it was. No jumps so...