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the official Tarpon catching, getting it off your bucket list thread.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:44 pm
I have had catching a tarpon on my bucket list a long time. I tried in earnest in '05 a couple of times. The Thursday before Katrina, I was catching some world class Gafftop under the L&N bridge.....no tarpon though. the water was already up. knocked off my all around light going under 11.
I caught a baby one in the Biloxi marsh years ago. I thought I was on them in Pontchartrain a few years back, but when I got the the commotion, it was big arse gars.
Tarpon Tom used to post a lot about them. But is not as active now I don't think.
Anyway lets find them and catch them. I know you can catch them in west bay in the late summer. I want to catch them in Pontchartrain or Grand Isle or Timbalier. If I have to, I will trailer down in August but I sure would like to catch them closer.
Anybody on the OB an expert and willing to share?
Thanks
I caught a baby one in the Biloxi marsh years ago. I thought I was on them in Pontchartrain a few years back, but when I got the the commotion, it was big arse gars.
Tarpon Tom used to post a lot about them. But is not as active now I don't think.
Anyway lets find them and catch them. I know you can catch them in west bay in the late summer. I want to catch them in Pontchartrain or Grand Isle or Timbalier. If I have to, I will trailer down in August but I sure would like to catch them closer.
Anybody on the OB an expert and willing to share?
Thanks
This post was edited on 4/24/13 at 12:49 pm
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Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:46 pm to ReelFun
I'm a youngin, the only way I've heard of doing it is in South Pass.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:47 pm to ReelFun
I've fished Punta Gorda Fl. for 8-10 yeas now and caught tarpon every time. Fish run 100# and up. Its a great trip and well worth the money. If its truly a bucket list thing you need to go try it. I'll give you my guides name- hes the best guide I've ever seen.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:48 pm to ReelFun
I caught one out of port Everglades in south Florida. It was by accident though, on a ballyhoo. That bastard did horse me around for like half an hour though.
South pass is where to catch em down here.
South pass is where to catch em down here.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:49 pm to ReelFun
quote:
The Thursday before Katrina
Lake was full of dead ones right after storm. And I'm talking 100lb+ fish.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:12 pm to ReelFun
I don't know if you caught the latest episode of River Monsters this past Sunday, but he was going after big Tarpon in Central America with a fly rod and a kayak.
It looks like it would be incredible to try.
River Monsters Tarpon Episode
It looks like it would be incredible to try.
River Monsters Tarpon Episode
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:15 pm to ReelFun
spent a 16 hour day trolling out of south pass one summer. it was 100+ degrees, dead calm, and we hooked 4, caught 2. Never want to do it again. Left Venice in the dark, returned after dark.
A buddy of mine in the LKFC hooked one in LNG on trout tackle. Got some video before it broke off. I could do that, but not interested in targeting them unless it was in the Keys.
A buddy of mine in the LKFC hooked one in LNG on trout tackle. Got some video before it broke off. I could do that, but not interested in targeting them unless it was in the Keys.
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:20 pm to ReelFun
I can't help you in LA. I did see them just out of casting distance one time in Matagorda. I hooked into a jack cravelle and got excited until I realized my error in judgement.
I had to go to Puerto Rico for this one.
I had to go to Puerto Rico for this one.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 11:32 am to ReelFun
Only one I ever hooked was at the rocks while fishing the outside of SW pass. Hooked on bottom and it ran hard straight at the rocks. I thought it was a shark until it jumped completely out of the water. Easily 100+ and everyone in the boat saw it, then my line went slack.
Went to Canaveral 2 summers ago and they were all around the boat, but would not bite anything.
Went to Canaveral 2 summers ago and they were all around the boat, but would not bite anything.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 11:47 am to ReelFun
I recommend Boca Grande Pass in West Florida. May and June are prime time and there are hundreds if not thousands of them piled up there (and at least that many fishermen too). I've hooked a few and they are a blast...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:18 pm to ReelFun
At age 8 I watched my Dad fight a 160lb tarpon for 2+ hours in the Galveston area. He got put in the paper for it - circa '92-'93. It was 6' long.
He was sore for a week after that. All i remember is the adults kept telling my brother/I to get out of the way.
To answer your question, i have no desire to be hooked up on one of those.
He was sore for a week after that. All i remember is the adults kept telling my brother/I to get out of the way.
To answer your question, i have no desire to be hooked up on one of those.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:59 pm to ReelFun
First and only one I ever caught ended up getting me on the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo board. Very fun fish to fight when they come out of the water and everything, but the fishing is so boring when you aren't seeing the fish roll. Trolling coon-pops aimlessly at 1-2 knots for 8 hours isn't the funnest thing in the world. It's very tough fishing out of Louisiana also. Big fish, but they are hard to hook.
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