Got out with Will and his father today we left early to try and get the sunrise bite. Today the tarpon had moved around on us though, where I had found some early yesterday morning there was nothing much at all. We fished a bit and caught a shark, never saw a fish roll. I looked in some other channels close by, did see one tarpon roll, but that was about it. After a little bit we ran and tried another area. We found a few more fish here… not a ton but maybe a couple dozen, rolling very spread out. We caught a bunch of sharks in the first area, then moved a bit further down and fished some more. Not quite as many sharks, but no tarpon bites. We even had a couple tarpon roll right in between our lines… frustrating! After that I ran out and tried another area which had been a little slower as of late, but didn’t have much else to look at as I talked to a few other guides and nobody had seen much. We hoped the tide would change once there and that fish would get happier. We got there on slack tide, and saw a good handful of fish busting and jumping, so that was a good sign. We waited out the tide and once it got running, the tarpon started to bite! We caught a couple fish, not huge ones but nice 40 lbers. Will hooked a couple after that but unfortunately missed both bites, the second one of course was right when he was getting a drink and put the rod in the rod holder… that’s when they always get ya! Not that you can’t hook a fish from the rod holder, but it definitely cuts down on the hookup percentages. Anyways it was a fun day and glad we got on the tarpon eventually. I’m out of town for the weekend for a wedding, will be back fishing on Monday. I have the same client for all 5 days next week, tarpon is on the menu so hopefully they’ll be cooperative! 2 for 4
