Tom
and Elene joined me at 3 am to catch the outgoing tide with the hopes of some
good Tarpon action. Tarpon at night on the outgoing tide had been pretty consistent
recently. Unfortunately for Tom and Elene the Tarpon were pretty much a no
show. We only had one Tarpon bite, Tom had it on for a few jumps before the hooked
pulled. It was the sharks that were the most active. Elene landed the first
shark, a small one about 35 lbs. Tom hooked one that about spooled him before
it bit through the mono leader. The other shark he hooked proved to be quite a
handful. After a good 50 minute fight we got a look at the fish, it was a BIG
Blacktip shark but was hooked in the pectoral fin, making it extremely tough to
land. This explains why the fish was fighting so hard, Tom stuck with it though
and did a fantastic job fighting the fish to boat side. Elene’s second fish was
a really nice 36 inch Snook, not a Tarpon but a very nice fish none the less. A
few more smaller Snook and a decent size Jack rounded out the trip. My hat goes
off to this husband and wife fishing team for coming out so early in the
morning. Hopefully next time the guest of honor will show !
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