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slimfishin
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 Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:10 am Post subject: lucky tarpon |
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Well about this same time last year I pulled a small snook out of this area and was quite suprized and for the past couple of years I swear I had seen tarpon rolling. None bigger than say four feet but never hooked into till recently. I was tossin a roadrunner for white bass on the ultralite (kinda it was 15powerpro just in case) when all hell broke loss. Well after about ten minutes of chasing and stayin calm I caught my first tarpon. Not big but exciting to say the last. After that I stopped using that rod and ended up jumpin 5 more with one pushin the 4ft mark. A couple threw the hook and the rest simple just stole my lures. last pic is not that good but it was the best I could do by myself. And since they havent been there the past couple of weeks I feel safe sayin if you cant tell from the last picture its the Nueces river.
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topdog15
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Congrats on your first tarpon.
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o_brother
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Awsome report and pics.... Never would have thought tarpon would make their way up the Nueces......
Mike
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bk005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats a Juvey Tarpon looking spot for sure. WAY TO GO...Awesome. |
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Central Scrutinizer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| o_brother wrote: | Awsome report and pics.... Never would have thought tarpon would make their way up the Nueces......
Mike |
You would be surprised just how many small tarpon are up the Nueces River.
Have hauled a few out of trawls in the area between the upper Railroad trestle and the IH37 overpass (snook, too!!). But be careful, as the trawl-monster lives in that same area, and I have also lost more than 1 trawl in there.  |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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congrats on your first tarpon, and thanks for the report!
that's awesome!
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Blast-n-Cast
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice! Congrats |
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chuck
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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wow, way to go documenting it too!!!!
nice job landing some killer looking fish |
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stxoutdoors
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for sharing with us... and congrats on the tarpon
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SurfinSapo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats!!!! 
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frayed
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats! I heard they fry up real good!
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Fishbrains
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Awful nice catch on the ultralight, maybe shoulda stuck with it.
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Chef Lefty
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| frayed wrote: | | Congrats! I heard they fry up real good! |
Swaaeeeeeettt.
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gotmullet?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Nice Fish Bro.
Thanks for sharing 
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Will Sanchez
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Still searching for one of those myself. Nice Catches! Those trips make you go back time and time again. Awesome!  |
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