tarpon on !!!!!!
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- skitterwalk
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tarpon on !!!!!!
well my day started at 6:00AM like usual and hitin the water before sunrise. i also saw bakerties with TT after them poons again. while i was chaseing reds in the shallows.
although after one red i decided to join them in the hunt. although i did jump two tarpon in the morning i didn;t think i would hook up with one but like crunch says be patient and u will get em so i kept that in the back of my head and just kept fishin. once i hit the submerged drop off/point. i see a tarpon role ang gulp some air at which point i layed that skitt around 15 feet in front of him and watched it in anticipation.click...clack...click...clack...WOOSH ZZZZZZZZ. "TT, ROB i got a tarpon!!!"i yelled. 8O i could tell they were a bit confused but once that monster leaped out off the water rob came right over and i couldnt help but yell the yells of happiness.
oh yea baby :!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue4pT3W2VY[/video]
when the thing pulls me over to TT. he gives me some friendly advice. U know man u are goin to be fighting that thing for another hour or two! i just say aahh i can take him but little did i know ,when he says an hour or two. HE MEANT IT! i was towed around a mile or two with a few close encounters tigh docks bouys and channel markers but all i had to do was turn sideways and PULL him to the side. now that sounds easy but i had him on my red rod set up with 40 lb fluro and 10 lb braid. it was a task to say the least. i could see the skitt in the upper jaw so i didnt think i had any abrasion on the leader only i had about a foot of it (i was red fishing when i pedaled out so that is all i was ready for)but two hours later and a heck of a sleigh ride. he came up along side and broke me off but i got a blurry pic before he did.
although after one red i decided to join them in the hunt. although i did jump two tarpon in the morning i didn;t think i would hook up with one but like crunch says be patient and u will get em so i kept that in the back of my head and just kept fishin. once i hit the submerged drop off/point. i see a tarpon role ang gulp some air at which point i layed that skitt around 15 feet in front of him and watched it in anticipation.click...clack...click...clack...WOOSH ZZZZZZZZ. "TT, ROB i got a tarpon!!!"i yelled. 8O i could tell they were a bit confused but once that monster leaped out off the water rob came right over and i couldnt help but yell the yells of happiness.
oh yea baby :!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue4pT3W2VY[/video]
when the thing pulls me over to TT. he gives me some friendly advice. U know man u are goin to be fighting that thing for another hour or two! i just say aahh i can take him but little did i know ,when he says an hour or two. HE MEANT IT! i was towed around a mile or two with a few close encounters tigh docks bouys and channel markers but all i had to do was turn sideways and PULL him to the side. now that sounds easy but i had him on my red rod set up with 40 lb fluro and 10 lb braid. it was a task to say the least. i could see the skitt in the upper jaw so i didnt think i had any abrasion on the leader only i had about a foot of it (i was red fishing when i pedaled out so that is all i was ready for)but two hours later and a heck of a sleigh ride. he came up along side and broke me off but i got a blurry pic before he did.
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WOWHOOO is Right! Way to get'r done!
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
Thats one way to spend your morning.
Don't look like a bad one either.
Don't look like a bad one either.
Yesterday it was taboo today it is normal what the heck will they be doing tomorrow?
Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
All I can say young man is that you are one terrific fisherman and a good story teller.
Thanks, I've enjoyed them all!
Keep 'um coming!
Thanks, I've enjoyed them all!
Keep 'um coming!
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- red_yakker
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
Very Nice Dude.
The tarpon always seem to shun my lures.
Fighting a poon from my kayak has been my goal for years; I have yet to hook up from the kayak.
The tarpon always seem to shun my lures.
Fighting a poon from my kayak has been my goal for years; I have yet to hook up from the kayak.
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
You caught that poon in my book, skitterwalk!
To fish, or not to fish, . . . those are the answers.
Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
Now that there is some fishin"
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
I'm with Harmsway. You hauled it up, brought him relatively close to the kayak, and had a good enough look at him to identify it and size it. Not like you want to keep and eat it, so absolutely good as a catch in my eyes.Harmsway wrote:You caught that poon in my book, skitterwalk!
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
When you get good like me you'll be able to steer that baby right back to the put-in.
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- skitterwalk
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
say what u want. that thing will take u where ever it wants to in a kayakHarmsway wrote:When you get good like me you'll be able to steer that baby right back to the put-in.
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Re: tarpon on !!!!!!
Very, very nice! I am still waiting to hook up with a poon. I have had a couple of rolls in the past, but still waiting for a take.
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