Got out with Pride and Cile two of my regulars today. We planned on a mixed bag day but decided to give the tarpon a try early on. Not much luck in the first area, tons of sharks though. The second stop we did see a couple tarpon roll and a big bust in the vicinity. We set up and then had some more shark action. We moved around a bit and then Pride hooked up a nice 60 lb tarpon! Good fight we landed him and got him boatside for pics. After that it seemed to slow down didn’t see many tarpon but a few more sharks got us. We then finished the day catching some snapper, mackerel, and trout for dinner. Fun day! Back at it tomorrow. I did have a report that a good number of tarpon showed up later on in the day in the backcountry, hopefully they will stick around. 1 for 1
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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