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Title: Tarpon - Boca Grande
Post by: The Polish Pirate on Jul 01, 2013, 03:05 PM
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.

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/jackiebushman/tarpon.jpg) (http://s809.photobucket.com/user/jackiebushman/media/tarpon.jpg.html)
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Post by: H.T. on Jul 01, 2013, 03:06 PM
nice looking fish. i might have to go after one of those someday ;)
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Post by: stripernut on Jul 01, 2013, 03:29 PM
Did you keep a scale?
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Post by: The Polish Pirate on Jul 01, 2013, 04:05 PM
Yes .. used pliers to pull one off of each .. scales are insanely big !
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Post by: mr tip up on Jul 01, 2013, 04:17 PM
that's a beauty tarpon   do you have a weight on it
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Post by: The Polish Pirate on Jul 01, 2013, 05:16 PM
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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Post by: bwana72 on Sep 16, 2013, 12:08 AM
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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Post by: Simplecarppieguy on Sep 16, 2013, 05:31 AM
Hey I know that spot! I fished there in the winter with my dad!! Nice Fish btw
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 16, 2013, 07:12 AM
That's awesome....    Congratulations to you....   :thumbup_smilie: :clapping: :thumbup_smilie: :clapping:
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Post by: pike46 on Sep 23, 2013, 07:19 PM
Awesome fish! Great workout too.
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Post by: rakerdave on Jun 20, 2014, 08:22 PM
Nice one