"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:38:03 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
============================

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).

=======================

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.

Subject: Boston Whaler or Grady White?
From: "NOYB"

This year, the trick was to get the tarpon up and revived
before a 15 foot hammerhead snatched him from you.

15 feet! Nice fish story.

But here's a better and true one about a real 15 footer. :-)

http://www.whopperstopper.net/readin...hammerhead.htm


"The shark was a great hammerhead.
****** It measured 15 feet, 6 inches and had a girth of 10 feet, 3 inches. It
weighed an incredible 1,475 pounds. The team from Miami also examined the catch
from head to tail. In the roof of the shark's mouth they counted 19 stingray
barbs, while in its bulging belly they found a 110-pound lemon shark. The lemon
shark was freshly eaten, sliced cleanly in half, and when added to the shark's
weight pushed the final tally to nearly 1,600 pounds-more than 600 pounds over
the current all-tackle world record."

Capt. Bill

"LaBomba182" wrote in message
...
Subject: Boston Whaler or Grady White?
From: "NOYB"

This year, the trick was to get the tarpon up and revived
before a 15 foot hammerhead snatched him from you.

15 feet! Nice fish story.

Not a fish story. The shark is known locally by the name "Old Hitler"...but
most people consider him to be around 18 feet...not 15 feet.

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=272047

This isn't some internet goofball bull****ting you. Magic Hook (aka--Capt.
Rick Featherstone) is one of the most respected guides in Southwest Florida.
He's been on George Poveromo's ESPN2 show, and has lectured at Poveromo's
Salt Water Series Seminars. He's also co-authored articles in several top
fishing magazines.