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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

A tarpon at last

Finally got a tarpon! We had noticed that right at sundown, at a spot on the south swim beach, the tarpon were feeding on minnows. Yesterday I caught some live bait (mostly grunts, 2-4 inches long) on a sabiki rig. (What's that? Click here and/or Google.) So today at sunset I was ready. The tarpon showed up right on time. The first 3 or 4 baits I caught snapper. Good to eat, but not what I wanted. Finally got a strike from a tarpon AND hooked it AND landed it. Since tarpon have a hard mouth and jump a lot, most strikes don't result in a catch. I was lucky, I admit it. It was about 30 inches long - a baby, but still a tarpon. Sorry, no picture, it was almost dark and, well, I was busy!

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