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Fishing Media => Fishing Pictures => Monster Fish Pics => Topic started by: The Polish Pirate on Jul 01, 2013, 03:05 PM
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Hooked 6 and landed 3 this day ... life-long dream to catch one of these. He was too big to hold up on my own. Fish was just over 7' long.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi809.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz12%2Fjackiebushman%2Ftarpon.jpg&hash=274908b8edca501bc9e962db0354e843) (http://s809.photobucket.com/user/jackiebushman/media/tarpon.jpg.html)
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nice looking fish. i might have to go after one of those someday ;)
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Did you keep a scale?
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Yes .. used pliers to pull one off of each .. scales are insanely big !
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that's a beauty tarpon do you have a weight on it
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180 - 190lbs or so .. After about 45 mins .. I wanted to just cut the line and end my pain. The only way to describe it is to take 100 lb braid on a musky rod, hook it to the back of a crotch rocket motorcycle and tell the kid to gun while you have the drag cranked right down to the point you can't hardly pull any line out. After 5-6 150+ yd runs like that, you just want the pain to go away !! But it was incredible and I'm very fortunate that the day I was out, the fishing was on.
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Beautiful fish....my inlaws live in Port Charlotte...and we always do a ton of fishing when we are doen there (I live in Indiana)...I have caught a ton of Snook, Reds, and just about everything that Charlotte Harbor has to offer...Except...a Tarpon. But catching of of those beautiful fish is definitely on my bucket list.
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Hey I know that spot! I fished there in the winter with my dad!! Nice Fish btw
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That's awesome.... Congratulations to you.... :thumbup_smilie: :clapping: :thumbup_smilie: :clapping:
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Awesome fish! Great workout too.
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Nice one