Never could get a picture of him, but I spent an hour today being towed around by a really big tarpon. Had him on in my flats boat. Finally I cut him loose. He pulled me all over the bay.

fltsfshr

 

Sure, sure Flts. And how big was this fish that got away?

 

I'm guessing around a hundred and twenty or thirty pounds.

Morris You don't keep tarpon, you release them and if you have them on light tackle, they'll fight until they die. It's considered a catch if you touch the leader with your finger before you break them off. This one was a catch. we used to take a fish scale but now they don't want us doing that either.


fltsfshr

 

Just kidding with you.
Down on Cayman Islands I remember standing on the end of a pier with Tarpons swimming around waiting for food to be tossed to them. They looked 4+ feet long, if my memory is right.

 

I'm reminded of The Old Man and the Sea. Although that was a sailfish (Marlin)if I recall correctly.

Kudos on releasing the fish while it was still able to survive. Catch and release is the sportsmanlike thing to do with certain species.

 

Fishing is relatively poor up my way this year. I need to go out deep to get some of those tropical species.