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re: Record 208 LB Tarpon caught at the Tarpon
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:03 am to stewie
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:03 am to stewie
I don't understand why anyone would care. No one eats them in the US. No one is depending on them for anything. They are not endangered. They die all the time. Something will eventually eat the carcass.
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Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:05 am to stewie
quote:I've seen several caught on fly - die right after being released... too long of a fight..and ... I personally had one chomped by a shark on fly... next time I broke it off as soon as i saw the sharks....(on fly)... .. people in central america eat em.....
I’m sorry but as someone that hunts those things on the fly, seeing that beautiful tarpon hanging there pisses me off to some extent.
That fish will eventually be dumped back in the ocean and left to rot. A compete waste of a huge breeding female. All for selfish purposes of putting ones name in a record book.
A complete waste
and in the gulf the scavengers have to eat too....
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:08 am to choupiquesushi
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tarpon that size had bred many times....
You are right and look, I’m not trying to be on a high horse. I do recognize the strain and possible death a fly rod fight can take on a tarpon. Not completely innocent here but there are ways to fight and release a fish that allow it to be more capable of fending for itself afterwards.
With tarpon numbers declining, it’s hard to see one of the breeding females in her prime go out this way...but nothing illegal about it and it was their choice to do so. Just saddens me to some point.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:13 am to stewie
quote:Why do you think this is happening? And I mean in areas without significant consumption.
With tarpon numbers declining
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:21 am to DownSouthDave
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. I thinknsomeonesaid it was a rodeo record, I'm not sure if that's true or not.
It is
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:23 am to bayouvette
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thats cause big mike aint doing shite too sweat!!
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:26 am to AlxTgr
Loss of nursery habitat is primary ... along the LA coast and the Everglades.
Also dwindling food supplies, bait fish populations are starting to fall off.
Also extreme fishing pressure in other places (looking at you Florida).
There is very little pressure on the fish off of LA and that’s a great thing because it’s considered a primary breeding ground.
Also dwindling food supplies, bait fish populations are starting to fall off.
Also extreme fishing pressure in other places (looking at you Florida).
There is very little pressure on the fish off of LA and that’s a great thing because it’s considered a primary breeding ground.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:27 am to stewie
quote:Yeah, I see a lot of fishing shows from there targeting tarpon.
Also extreme fishing pressure in other places (looking at you Florida).
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:33 am to bayouvette
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thats cause big mike aint doing shite too sweat!!
I know I’d be sweating holding up my camera phone on a boat in the middle of July
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:34 am to Mark Makers
That's how you hoist. Stand in front of the fish. 
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:37 am to AlxTgr
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No one eats them in the US.
Why not?
I actually don't know shite about them.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:48 am to stewie
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You are right and look, I’m not trying to be on a high horse. I do recognize the strain and possible death a fly rod fight can take on a tarpon. Not completely innocent here but there are ways to fight and release a fish that allow it to be more capable of fending for itself afterwards.
This is an annual debate every year with the rodeo. Thank you for at least acknowledging that fighting a fish on light tackle caries an inherent risk of mortality to the fish. The florida crowd usually fights that point tooth and nail.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:50 am to X123F45
quote:
Why not?
They're terrible. Super boney and the meat stinks.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 9:55 am to stewie
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That fish will eventually be dumped back in the ocean and left to rot. A compete waste of a huge breeding female. All for selfish purposes of putting ones name in a record book.
A complete waste.
It's a tournament, they can't just take a photo, release it, and hang the photo at the docks. chill out
Posted on 7/27/18 at 11:21 am to stewie
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Sad thing is, a fish of that size most likely migrated here to breed.
Literally killing the ones ready and able to breed
while you are correct in principal, its hard to say the fish is a waste when they are tournament fishing. I'd be more incensed if they were just dick shaking on a regular weekend trip.
Would it be better to release it? Sure, but there are more out there. And I've seen more tarpon eaten in Boca Grande pass by sharks that I think are a bigger disservice than this one kept for a rodeo.
Nothing wrong with your perspective, but I don't think its as bad as some of the waste that occurs.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 12:12 pm to jembeurt
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Big Mike on the right with two shirts not sweating a bead
That is actually Lil Mike, he just happens to be BIG!!!
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