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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: Peach]
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06/14/18 06:31 PM
06/14/18 06:31 PM
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Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Guntersville
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Tarpon? Leggy young thang? Man. That’s a hard call.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: tfd1224]
#2506885
06/14/18 06:41 PM
06/14/18 06:41 PM
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alabama
BhamFred
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alabama
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Nice. I caught a 150 on my grandfathers boat and he hit the button on his gps when we hooked it. When we landed it, i had fought that fish for 2.5 miles but that was on 20 lb mono. wife and I caught a 175 in the St Lucie River on 14# line, got it to the boat 7 miles from where we hooked up 5 hours later. Wife and I took times fight that non jumping sonofagun. I love a jumping tarpon but a non jumper will kill ya.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: BhamFred]
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06/14/18 06:50 PM
06/14/18 06:50 PM
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Florida
Peach
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Nice. I caught a 150 on my grandfathers boat and he hit the button on his gps when we hooked it. When we landed it, i had fought that fish for 2.5 miles but that was on 20 lb mono. wife and I caught a 175 in the St Lucie River on 14# line, got it to the boat 7 miles from where we hooked up 5 hours later. Wife and I took times fight that non jumping sonofagun. I love a jumping tarpon but a non jumper will kill ya. This one was a non jumper. That's why he ran so far. Braided line sure has made a huge difference. I remember many many long fights with mono.
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: Peach]
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06/14/18 06:53 PM
06/14/18 06:53 PM
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alabama
BhamFred
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Peach, we were wearing 100-125s out at Boca Grande on day, 20# mono/20 minute fights. Brother hooked a 70# non jumper that he fought for 45 min before breaking it off on purpose. He had been towed out into the Gulf almost out of sight by then.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: BhamFred]
#2506897
06/14/18 07:03 PM
06/14/18 07:03 PM
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Florida
Peach
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Peach, we were wearing 100-125s out at Boca Grande on day, 20# mono/20 minute fights. Brother hooked a 70# non jumper that he fought for 45 min before breaking it off on purpose. He had been towed out into the Gulf almost out of sight by then. Yep, I've fished Boca Grande many times. Back in the day, we used 20lb mono. Catching one from a pier with 20lb mono is a whole different ball game. An eighty lber off the pier, with 40-50 braid will generally take 15-45 minutes to catch, (like you said, depending on how much it jumps). With 20lb mono, you are looking at well over an hour for most of them.
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: BhamFred]
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06/14/18 08:50 PM
06/14/18 08:50 PM
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Buc-ee’s Beach Express
leroycnbucks
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Nice. I caught a 150 on my grandfathers boat and he hit the button on his gps when we hooked it. When we landed it, i had fought that fish for 2.5 miles but that was on 20 lb mono. wife and I caught a 175 in the St Lucie River on 14# line, got it to the boat 7 miles from where we hooked up 5 hours later. Wife and I took times fight that non jumping sonofagun. I love a jumping tarpon but a non jumper will kill ya. I want to go fishing with you two also. Is this weekend good? 
Proud Army and ALNG veteran
God Bless America!
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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06/14/18 10:05 PM
06/14/18 10:05 PM
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Posts: 36,148
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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Nice. I caught a 150 on my grandfathers boat and he hit the button on his gps when we hooked it. When we landed it, i had fought that fish for 2.5 miles but that was on 20 lb mono. wife and I caught a 175 in the St Lucie River on 14# line, got it to the boat 7 miles from where we hooked up 5 hours later. Wife and I took times fight that non jumping sonofagun. I love a jumping tarpon but a non jumper will kill ya. I want to go fishing with you two also. Is this weekend good? I caught my firs tarpon on Nicks grandfathers boat when I was 16 years old...on a flyrod. Good man and a hell of a guide.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: BhamFred]
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06/15/18 07:40 AM
06/15/18 07:40 AM
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Posts: 8,456
Harpersville, AL
tfd1224
14 point
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Harpersville, AL
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Nice. I caught a 150 on my grandfathers boat and he hit the button on his gps when we hooked it. When we landed it, i had fought that fish for 2.5 miles but that was on 20 lb mono. wife and I caught a 175 in the St Lucie River on 14# line, got it to the boat 7 miles from where we hooked up 5 hours later. Wife and I took times fight that non jumping sonofagun. I love a jumping tarpon but a non jumper will kill ya. I want to go fishing with you two also. Is this weekend good? I caught my firs tarpon on Nicks grandfathers boat when I was 16 years old...on a flyrod. Good man and a hell of a guide. I’m ready anytime. Thanks for the kind words Troy, i miss him every day.
Yeah cmon. Daniel White
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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06/15/18 05:23 PM
06/15/18 05:23 PM
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Florida
Peach
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Florida
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That is awesome! I’ve got to get over there and fish with you one weekend. If you are in the Destin/Navarre area during late June and the month of July, send me a pm. I will most likely be tarpon fishing.
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Re: Tarpon Fight Yesterday
[Re: jallencrockett]
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06/15/18 07:31 PM
06/15/18 07:31 PM
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Florida
Peach
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10 point
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10 point
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Florida
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Peach you got any prediction on what size sharks will be caught off Gulf State pier with the new Tuesday night shark nights via permits???? You put your name in? I don't shark fish anymore, but last summer I saw a giant hammerhead chasing a 100lb tarpon. We estimated him at 14 feet. We also saw a tiger shark just as long, but weighed more. He looked like a submarine in the water. There are a lot of bull sharks around the Gulf State Pier. I'm sure someone will get a big hammer or tiger. If the tourist knew what was swimming around them, they probably wouldn't go in the water!
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