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Default Teen catches gigantic 1,058-lb. marlin in Hawaii

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:11:45 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:00:46 -0500, John H.
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When we lived in Tampa there was a lot of tarpon fishing going on. This was in early
'70s. I never went because I'd heard they weren't much to eat. I didn't have a boat
at the time. A friend and I would go to the south end of the Sunshine Skyway bridge,
walk out into the inlet and catch a mess of trout using shrimp as bait.


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That's still a very popular fishing spot but I don't know what they
catch. They've turned both ends of the old bridge into fishing piers
and recreational areas. Florida is good about that sort of thing. In
New York they would have put up no parking signs and torn the whole
thing down.


Times have changed. There was a small park of some sort there, with a small parking
lot. I don't remember ever seeing many other folks fishing there. We'd go after
classes, catch enough for dinner, and get home to do homework!
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