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On 10 Dec 2004 00:34:33 GMT, (LaBomba182) wrote:



Subject: Boston Whaler or Grady White?
From: Short Wave Sportfishing

On 08 Dec 2004 23:46:12 GMT, (LaBomba182) wrote:



Subject: Boston Whaler or Grady White?
From: Wayne.B

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.

There's big tarpon all along this coast.

Of all the species that I have in my log book, I don't have a tarpon.

Come on down this summer. We can correct that. :-)

As it happens, I have some free time this summer.

I might take you up on that.

Later,

Tom


Tom,
You're welcome to contact me if you're heading down this way. I can't
guarantee a tarpon, but I'll at least put you in the ballgame. If you
want a sure thing, however, then get a guide. I know a great one if
you're interested:

http://www.magichook.com


I'd be willing to split the charter with you if you're interested.


For $35, you can rent a skiff and an outboard from a little bait shop
just north of the St. Augustine bridge, chug two miles to the little
airport basin and in late June through August, catch tarpon nearly as
long as your skiff. At least you could when I lived there. You could also
reliably catch them near shore between Matanzas Inlet and St. Augustine
Inlet. In the airport inlet, the tarpon would romp and roll for hours.
Most of us left them alone...they were too beautiful to harass.


Puh-leeeze. They're fish. Use circle hooks and heavy gear so as not to
tire them too much, and they'll be fine. I've been in the midst of 20
boats chasing dozens of rolling tarpon, and then watched all 20 boats go
home without landing a single fish. Just because you saw them doesn't
mean you could have caught them them.




Oh, I've caught tarpon...but not in that particular "lagoon" I mentioned.
I didn't fish there...but I did use my calusa in it to catch shrimp and
pogies for bait.

I've never been there, but there's a place in the Keys called Robbie's where
the tarpon literally eat out of your hand right at the dock. Fishing there
would be a *huge* no-no.