Kayak Tarpon Topwater
Posted: September 2nd, 2007, 2:08 pm
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.
. 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.