tarpon fishing

[bzzz bzzz]

went fishing with david, colby and seaweed for some tarpons,as soon as the shrimp hit the water shanon gets hit line pops then i get hit line pops colbys line pops its was like that for about 20 mins untill seaweed hooks one and fights it for like 2 min. its a 15 to 20 pound tarpon we take a quick pic and let him go. then colby hooks a tarpon lands it and lets it go. so i said to my self now its my turn. after i get about 7 hooks strighten out and 8 pop lines i called it a night the tarpon made me look really bad tonight. colby also cause some nice mangrove snapper.

[krash]

Line pop = drag to tight

[BRunner346]

nice job. what kind of hooks are you using cause you should never have even close to that many straightened hooks in one night.

[gdm phil]

buddy on the right is high as hell

[Nico Jones]

Honestly, I have read every one say that it's illegal to do so, but on the FWC page said it was illegal to take a tarpon out of the water without a tag inserted in it's mouth, unless it was being released back into the water that it was just caught from.
One is not to sit there for long lengthy photo shoots with said tarpon, but a picture can be taken during the act of dehooking.

So, in other words, take a picture with the hook still in the fish's mouth?


Anyway, many threads on many forums about this same exact thing.
And it's not going to stop anytime soon.
Some people interpret the literature differently.


Nice fish nonetheless!

I'm still itchin' to get my first salty side tarpon.

I was out last night with a buddy on his boat and we only were able to pull up on nice meety grover at around 16 inches

[PhishingPhanatic]

Honestly, I have read every one say that it's illegal to do so, but on the FWC page said it was illegal to take a tarpon out of the water without a tag inserted in it's mouth, unless it was being released back into the water that it was just caught from.
One is not to sit there for long lengthy photo shoots with said tarpon, but a picture can be taken during the act of dehooking.

So, in other words, take a picture with the hook still in the fish's mouth?


Anyway, many threads on many forums about this same exact thing.
And it's not going to stop anytime soon.
Some people interpret the literature differently.


Nice fish nonetheless!

I'm still itchin' to get my first salty side tarpon.

I was out last night with a buddy on his boat and we only were able to pull up on nice meety grover at around 16 inches

Like you said, technically the only pictures of a tarpon out of the water can be taken as you are in the act of unhooking it. In the FWC's eyes, posing with a tarpon construes possession, since it was not immediately released. We had a very lengthy discussion of this last year, and I posed the question to FWC and that was the answer they gave. I'll try and find the thread.

[james380]

Nice catch as always. Looks like that Tarpon got the hell beat out of it.

[Ryan71]

They are classified as a game fish.

[james380]

Tarpon bring in tourists to the state.

[bolo]

It is also the state fish.

[Ryan71]

i got a question, how come tarpons are protected if they cant be eaten and they got nothing that attacks them except for sharks

If you read Florida Sportsman next time you pick one up look at all the guides across the state that do tarpon charters. They are very good for buisness and are known worldwide as the silver king they have a mythical status and have been around millions of years. If they can't be eaten why are you asking why they are protected in the first place?

Shark Bait

[fixed80]

Tarpon bring in tourists to the state.

oh cuz i thought it was universal Orlando(place sucks IMO). islands is way better and Busch garden's too.

[offshorefishin_2]

i dont get it cause in boca grande during the tournament, they lift the tarpons out of the water to weight them

They put a tag in them in order to weigh them which is like $50.00.

Also, kinda absurd to use a 50 year old fish as shark bait imo...

If a shark decides to eat a tarpon because he caught it is simply nature taking its course. Now humans killing a 100lb tarpon for shark bait is just absurd imo...

That's why regulations are so necessary, if it wasn't for them being totally protected tarpon would probably be in history books in florida.

[james380]

No worries offshore Ryan was joking about using them as sharkbait.

[BRunner346]