West of St Marks 5/24

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West of St Marks 5/24

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I fished a new area on Saturday in hopes on jumping a tarpon or two. The reds and trout cooperated early in the day but no tarpon.
Around 12:30 the action picked up with 4-6 tarpon aggresively chasing bait in a cut that spilled into a shallow flat. I threw topwater working it fast and a 70#-80# fish jumped my large plug 10 yards from my boat. It was a hell of a site to see a plug blow up that close. I had him for 15 or so second and it spit the plug. This is the second fish in the last 2 weeks that this has happened. I will be back at it tomorrow, its just a matter of time before hook-ups become catches.

A couple pics of the day.
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Sharpen those hooks brother :roll: Also let him turn before you set the hook then set it hard and often. Keep after it I have no doubt you'll bring one to the boat :thumbup:
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Tarpon-2 Me-0
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Sweet. Looking forward to seeing the pic when you get one to the boat.
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Sweet :thumbup:
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Keep at em and keep the hooked honed!
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I likes chasin poon, too!!! :-D
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You'll get one, just keep pluggin
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least you know where to find 'em :thumbup:
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Keep at it. You'll score.
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Keep trying 'em.
Thanks for the report.
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Thanks for the words of wisdom fellas :thumbup: :beer:
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:thumbup:
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Nice fishes :thumbup: :thumbup:
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