![]() He was amazed, of course, of the size, power and jumping ability of 100-pound class tarpon. He's a well-known angler who lives to catch freshwater heavyweights like muskies and pike, lake trout and salmon. One of my oldest fishing buddies from the Midwest was stunned after an incredible day of tarpon action when we caught 13 fish in a tackle-busting day we'll never forget. As a light-tackle gamefish, few others compare, and they can be caught on everything from modest spinning and plug tackle, flies, and live and dead baits with heavier gear. In truth, few fish are as powerful, leap as high, are as dogged to fight on rod and reel than tarpon. A dozen fish in a morning has not been unusual.Īnd this action should only improve over the next few weeks as mullet mass for their migration south, and tarpon by the thousands pull out of sounds and rivers to begin their tidewater trek south as weather and water cools into autumn. Marys River and to the south near Nassau Sound. ![]() He has jumped up to 20 fish per day working waters off the St. Jim Johnson also has been into tarpon in a big way this summer. That angler's goal is to hook 300 tarpon this summer, and no one who hears about his dream is laughing because of the stellar success he's already had this year.įernandina Beach Capt. Augustine angler has "jumped" - or hooked - 160 tarpon already this summer is a stunning revelation about how good area fishing can be for arguably the greatest light-tackle gamefish on the planet.
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