Rain Rain Go Away...

Come again on a weekend or some other time when I dont have a fishing trip planned.

Last weekend I put together a potentially awesome fishing weekend for my brother from Gainesville, FL and 3 of his buddies from Chicago, IL. Unfortunately it rained so much on thursday and friday that the Captain I had booked for them on friday had electrical issues on his boat lift from all the rain that he couldnt even put his boat in the water. And sundays plan which was to go waaaaay out for Snapper, Grouper, Amberjack and Mahi/Kingfish/Wahoo who knows what had to be switched for Plan B. Tarpon.

So we met our Captain at the dock and headed off to catch some big tarpon. We started off at the skyway and were not disappointed. One of the boys from Chicago got the first Tarpon in the air and landed a nice 70 pounder. Then after the tide stopped moving we headed off to Egmont Key where we saw a nice pod of 20 or so tarpon frolicking in the waves but unfortunately they would not eat. So we moved inshore to some backwater canals to play with juvenile delinquints. Ended up jumping 4 total and landing 2 around 25 lbs.

Personally I think the little ones are more fun to catch than the great big ones. For one thing, you dont need heavy tackle, and for another they dont put a hurtin on ya like the big ones do. But the main reason is that they are down right acrobatic. Cirque de Soleil doesnt have a thing on those little tarpon. I had one jump 6 feet out of the water twice before he managed to shake the hook. These little (relative to the adults anyway) put on quite the show.

I cannot wait for the weather to clear up so I can get on another school of little tarpon that I know about. Keep checkin back for the report.