Florida, Day 1

Fished with the Mikes. They arrived around noon and we headed out for the afternoon. We started off by pounding on the jacks and mangrove snappers and never stopped. We even caught a few small groupers. We had fish all afternoon and it was just the warm up. I wanted them to be warmed up for what was to come.

Tarpon

We always try for tarpon at the end of the day. It has been good and when the conditions are right we usually get a bite or jump a fish. The Mikes hit it on a good day and in a little more than an hour we released two tarpon: 40 and 70 pounds. We also missed another one. The pics of the bigger fish didn't come out since the battle lasted into the dark.

Catching Tarpon in the Keys

Check out this short video on the Tarpon fishing that we had over Christmas week. There's little slideshow at the end. Enjoy.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/zJGEPlvew-Q


Joe Hughes

Tarpon Part Two

Tonight at sunset we caught a ten pound jack and released a nice tarpon. It was a great end to a fun day.

More Snook

Jodi, Patty, and I headed back to Cape Sable today. We caught a bunch of nice snook, redfish, black drum, speckled trout, jacks, sheepshead, and several other species. It was a ton of fun. One the way home we released a tarpon at sunset. Pictures to follow.

Tarpon

Yesterday we stopped at sunset to catch a tarpon. We went one for three, jumping two off and releasing one boat side. All in 30 minutes. The picture is of Patty bowing to the king.

Snook!

We headed back to Flamingo again yesterday. The snook had traded places with the redfish. We released around 15 snook, plus a bunch of reds, speckled trout, jacks, black drum, lady fish, and others. It was a great day. We finished off the day by jumping three big tarpon and releasing one boat side. It was a great day.