"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:38:03 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
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Where did you catch it, and what kind of bait?

Off the doubles (two condos side-by-side) by FMB. 13 ft. of water. Bait:
catfish chunk (mid-section). 5/0 Owner hook. 80 lb. Fluorocarbon leader
tied uni-to-uni to the 30 lb. Momoi. Free-lined with no weight. I had
live
thread herrings out on the bottom and a foot under the surface, but with
no
takers. I caught the fish in late April/early May of this year.

You should join the FMB Tarpon Hunters club...or at least monitor channel
6
on the VHF from mid-March through June. You'll see 10-20 boats bunched up
anywhere from 1/4 mile to 2 miles off FMB and south Sanibel. If the boats
are drifting, then idle *slowly* up-current from them and get in the end
of
the line. If they're anchored, then idle in *slowly* and make sure you're
at least a couple of hundred *yards* aways from another anchored boat.

Best bait: catfish chunks, spanish mackeral chunks (catch them now and
freeze them), live threadfin herring (greenies).

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Good information, thanks. I can run down to FMB in about 45 mins from
here but had not realized there were big Tarpon offshore there.

From mid-April until the end of May, there's probably not a better tarpon
fishery anywhere else in Florida (aside from that zoo that they call Boca
Grande Pass). This year, the trick was to get the tarpon up and revived
before a 15 foot hammerhead snatched him from you.