Aug 19 yak fishing report - Alligator harbor
Posted: August 19th, 2006, 4:56 pm
I was treated to the sight of a monster tarpon jumping completely out of the water for no apparent reason first thing this morning. He probably heard I was coming. It was truly magnificent. I was only able to net a couple mullet but one found a 26 1/2 red which is nice and cold about now. The circumstance of catching the fish was a bit strange though. I manged to tangle all three rods just as I found myself in the middle of a very large school of reds. I was in 7 or 8 feet of water and suddenly they were surrounding the boat feeding on something close to the surface. After a good dose of panic, I was able to chunk a mullet out to the feeding fish. They were all very large fish. Unfortunately, they disappeared as quickly as they surrounded me and I was not able to find them again (a bit choppy). The cats were out in force unfortunately which made using dead bait impossible.
I think Ron and I will go back (very early) next Saturday if anybody would like to join us.
I think Ron and I will go back (very early) next Saturday if anybody would like to join us.