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167# First Place Tarpon
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:12 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:12 am
Tarpon Fishing Video of the 88th Annual Tarpon Rodeo. First Place 167# Tarpon Caught by Dustin Price out of the Black Widow
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Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:28 am to mudflat714
Cool vid. But, Imreally wanted to see it hoisted! 
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:29 am to mudflat714
nice video
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:40 am to mudflat714
What an awesome fish. It's always cool to see someone who knows what they are doing handle a fish but it still manages to bash the gaff against the gelcoat of that pretty boat.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:46 am to mudflat714
When it started out,
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island...
Thousands of fisherman come...
For one thing...
I was honestly hoping that it would be something other than tarpon. Would be a funny video for the fark guys.
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island...
Thousands of fisherman come...
For one thing...
I was honestly hoping that it would be something other than tarpon. Would be a funny video for the fark guys.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 8:58 am to mudflat714
Nice fish...probably 50+ years old. Curious what they do with the dead tarpon after taking all the pictures? Hopefully some of the money raised goes to conservation.
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 8:59 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 9:05 am to gamatt53
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Curious what they do with the dead tarpon after taking all the pictures?
They use to go to the Baton Rouge food bank but this year the fish go to Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans courtesy of CCA volunteers. Not sure about the Tarpon specifically but if I had to guess they end up as crab bait.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 9:15 am to Barf
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Not sure about the Tarpon specifically but if I had to guess they end up as crab bait.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 9:17 am to bluemoons
Tarpon go to the biologist for study or the fiberglass mount guys come get them for new molds.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:15 am to mudflat714
Very nice!
What camera were you using?
What camera were you using?
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:32 am to Scooba
quote:
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island...
Thousands of fisherman come...
For one thing...
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:40 am to mudflat714
Anyone care to give me a brief rundown on how to catch em? I will probably never try just curious.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:46 am to mudflat714
My buddy from A&M and his team got third. Looked like a hell of a time.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 10:55 am to Trillbill979
I saw their boat... 'The Butt Pirates'
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 10:56 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 11:30 am to Mr. Hangover
The tarpon rodeo is an embarrassment. Times have changed, quit killing fish for wanton waste and getting a trophy for doing so.
In my younger days I won a few TR trophies. I have since burned them to show my kids what's right and wrong when it comes to fishing.
In my younger days I won a few TR trophies. I have since burned them to show my kids what's right and wrong when it comes to fishing.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 11:37 am to Sparkplug#1
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The tarpon rodeo is an embarrassment. Times have changed, quit killing fish for wanton waste and getting a trophy for doing so.
Dude, you need to get off the high horse. Nothing is wasted. Most fish go to food banks. As far as tarpon, they are just big shiners. They do not have a shortage of them and only a hand full are brought in.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 11:37 am to Sparkplug#1
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I have since burned them to show my kids what's right and wrong when it comes to fishing.
I dunno if I'd go that far, but I agree that it's pretty stupid to kill such a cool fish that you can't eat. I also don't think the TR puts a big dent in the poon population haha. That said, Tarpon have such a remarkable migration and Louisiana knows so little about what they do while they're here. I wish they'd do something to study them instead of killing them.
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 11:39 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 11:47 am to fishfighter
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Dude, you need to get off the high horse. Nothing is wasted. Most fish go to food banks. As far as tarpon, they are just big shiners. They do not have a shortage of them and only a hand full are brought in.
No high horse here, buddy. I'm embarrassed if anything.
Spade fish, jack c's, tarpon...none go to food banks. Cut those out except for tarpon and make those catch and release only for the rodeo.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 11:48 am to bluemoons
I thought that I've read Louisiana's tarpon population remains here year round. 
Posted on 8/3/16 at 12:03 pm to bluemoons
All I know is that Louisiana has a bad reputation for killing a lot of tarpon among the tarpon guides in the Keys. They handle them with kid gloves there and I usually get at lease one comment of "You're from Louisiana? Ya'll love to kill tarpon over there."
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