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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: Peach]
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06/12/19 03:17 PM
06/12/19 03:17 PM
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Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
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Chilton County
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I'll be down this weekend and might have to catch up with you.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: Peach]
#2828655
06/12/19 09:28 PM
06/12/19 09:28 PM
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Posts: 3,870
SE Bama
Bull64
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: toothdoc]
#2828737
06/12/19 11:10 PM
06/12/19 11:10 PM
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Posts: 2,640
Florida
Peach
OP
10 point
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10 point
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Florida
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Are people catching them from boats too? I saw one boat fighting a tarpon this morning.
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: mman]
#2828967
06/13/19 11:08 AM
06/13/19 11:08 AM
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Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
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Boaz,AL
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I've never caught a tarpon, but I've always imagined it would be like catching a giant skip jack. Ive hooked into 2 at the gulf state pier...probly 100lbs apiece...was like hookin into a honda pioneer..they jumped ALOT
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: Peach]
#2829154
06/13/19 04:57 PM
06/13/19 04:57 PM
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Posts: 15,647
Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Montgomery
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
#2829351
06/13/19 09:09 PM
06/13/19 09:09 PM
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Posts: 2,640
Florida
Peach
OP
10 point
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10 point
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Florida
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
Dr. B Use swimbaits, spoons, and live bait. I caught another one this morning. Probably 10 hooked up at the same time but I was the only one that kept mine hooked.
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: Peach]
#2829397
06/13/19 10:13 PM
06/13/19 10:13 PM
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Posts: 7,523
Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
Dr. B Use swimbaits, spoons, and live bait. I caught another one this morning. Probably 10 hooked up at the same time but I was the only one that kept mine hooked. Peach i met a feller once who says he eats tarpon...ive always been told they wer trash fish other than fun to catch...he was probly a little off, im not sure. He had 2 circle hooks for earrings..you ever heard of anybody eatin a tarpon?
Last edited by CarbonClimber1; 06/13/19 10:13 PM.
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: CarbonClimber1]
#2829520
06/14/19 08:09 AM
06/14/19 08:09 AM
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Posts: 2,640
Florida
Peach
OP
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Florida
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
Dr. B Use swimbaits, spoons, and live bait. I caught another one this morning. Probably 10 hooked up at the same time but I was the only one that kept mine hooked. Peach i met a feller once who says he eats tarpon...ive always been told they wer trash fish other than fun to catch...he was probly a little off, im not sure. He had 2 circle hooks for earrings..you ever heard of anybody eatin a tarpon? In the late 70's I tried to do a skin mount on a tarpon. The meat was very red, oily, and stringy looking. I wouldn't touch it!!lol
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: CarbonClimber1]
#2829577
06/14/19 09:27 AM
06/14/19 09:27 AM
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Posts: 9,862
Mobile, AL
alhawk
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 9,862
Mobile, AL
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
Dr. B Use swimbaits, spoons, and live bait. I caught another one this morning. Probably 10 hooked up at the same time but I was the only one that kept mine hooked. Peach i met a feller once who says he eats tarpon...ive always been told they wer trash fish other than fun to catch...he was probly a little off, im not sure. He had 2 circle hooks for earrings..you ever heard of anybody eatin a tarpon? Had to have been from Louisiana. Coonasses will eat things most people from third world countries would throw away 
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: alhawk]
#2829585
06/14/19 09:37 AM
06/14/19 09:37 AM
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Posts: 9,519
Trussville
toothdoc
14 point
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14 point
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Trussville
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What bait do you use? Artificial?
Dr. B Use swimbaits, spoons, and live bait. I caught another one this morning. Probably 10 hooked up at the same time but I was the only one that kept mine hooked. Peach i met a feller once who says he eats tarpon...ive always been told they wer trash fish other than fun to catch...he was probly a little off, im not sure. He had 2 circle hooks for earrings..you ever heard of anybody eatin a tarpon? Had to have been from Louisiana. Coonasses will eat things most people from third world countries would throw away I watched some coonasses skin a Gar and it actually looked pretty good.
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: mman]
#2829598
06/14/19 09:55 AM
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Posts: 9,160
B'ham
Goatkiller
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14 point
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Posts: 9,160
B'ham
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I've never caught a tarpon, but I've always imagined it would be like catching a giant skip jack. Exactly what it is like.
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Re: Tarpon at Okaloosa Island Pier
[Re: Goatkiller]
#2829927
06/14/19 07:00 PM
06/14/19 07:00 PM
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Posts: 1,931
Jackson Co.
JBL
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Posts: 1,931
Jackson Co.
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I've never caught a tarpon, but I've always imagined it would be like catching a giant skip jack. Exactly what it is like. I dont guess they call them Tennessee Tarpon for nothing. When I was 12 my parents dropped me and my best friend off at a pier in pcb (if I remember correct). I was using just a regular old Abu ambassador and ugly stick and hung into a tarpon. The locals said it looked to be about a 90lber. I kept it on for about 20 seconds before he bent the hook and got away, but not before he jumped a couple times back to back. As a kid that was quite an experience.
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