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hickroots07 Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 01 Nov 2011 Posts: 1714 Location: cc, TEXAS!
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:08 pm Post subject: PINS 8-30-2024 Happy Birthday to Me Report |
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It has been a bit since I posted. Not from lack of fishing but just busy in general. Also, just catching the normal run of the mill trout, reds, drum, sharks so nothing major to post. .. . Until today. . .
Took the day off for my birthday and headed downs PINS Thursday night. Ran a pomp out right before dark let it sit overnight with no takers. Set up camp and cooked up a nice meal for the family. Got a horrible nights sleep thanks to it being my 4 year olds first time tent camping. Learned a few things . Started fishing at first light where my buddy got his PB trout at about 24 inches.
Got some shade set up at sunrise so the family could hang out while I fished. Looks like the shade canopy divided the sky.
I caught a large skipjack a little later. Chunked him in half and ran out the second bait.
It was pretty slow really. Hours went by with nothing. Bait was hard to come by but eventually this guy picked up my bait.
Once released I promptly ran the other half of the skip jack out. I saw what looked to be a giant slick out past the third bar. When I got to it there were small fish flickering at the surface. I thought it was a good sign so I dropped the bait. By the time I got back to the beach the reel had already had three screaming runs. I climbed up and came tight and saw what I thought was about a five foot shark go airborne as they sometimes do. I handed the rod off so my family could take turns reeling in this fish.
Even my little man got to try.
When it got closer I went out to leader it, still thinking it was a shark. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. I ran back to the beach and took back control of the fight. Here is what was at the end of my line. 84.25 inch monster of a tarpon. My first, and PB fish of a lifetime. Don’t get much cooler than that.
Took some pics, a video or two, walked the beast out to the second bar watched it appear to take a gulp of air and disappear back into the gulf. So freaking cool. I stopped fishing after that. Just packed up my stuff and went home. Didn’t want to chance ruining anything. What a great birthday gift! _________________ Great captains, the stuff of legend, are made not by what they have caught, but by what they have given back. |
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TexasJim Horse Mullet

Joined: 13 Jan 2020 Posts: 167 Location: Rockport
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! Trip and catches of a lifetime! When I was about 21, I went offshore from Acapulco and caught a sailfish, 8'10", which was a near-record Pacific fish, then. Fifty-eight years later, I still remember and relish that day. But, your Tarpon is a bigger deal by far. Congrats. TexasJim
' _________________ TexasJim
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6489 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome fish. Thanks for the report and love the story. Great pics as well |
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awesum Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 1037 Location: El Rancho Jones
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 7:15 am Post subject: |
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Great report. Congrats on the Poon.
I'm surprised it never jumped. |
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hickroots07 Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 01 Nov 2011 Posts: 1714 Location: cc, TEXAS!
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:17 am Post subject: |
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awesum wrote: | Great report. Congrats on the Poon.
I'm surprised it never jumped. |
It jumped but initially was too far out to know what it was. Was really catching just a few glimpses of it. Then when it jumped closer in i looked up only to see the splashes never really seeing the fish. My buddy with me did mention it was a weird looking shark after one of the jumps haha  _________________ Great captains, the stuff of legend, are made not by what they have caught, but by what they have given back. |
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hickroots07 Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 01 Nov 2011 Posts: 1714 Location: cc, TEXAS!
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:20 am Post subject: |
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ziacatcher wrote: | Awesome fish. Thanks for the report and love the story. Great pics as well |
I appreciate your consistency on posting reports if no one else ever says so!
Thanks for the congrats! _________________ Great captains, the stuff of legend, are made not by what they have caught, but by what they have given back. |
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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1708 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:37 am Post subject: |
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What a beautiful fish! Happy Birthday! |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3961
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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congrats!
becky _________________
Central Scrutinizer wrote: | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
ziacatcher wrote: | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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CaptinAcademy Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 496 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats!
That's a real biggun!.
Awesome the family got to pull on it too!
Biggest one I've seen or heard of around here in years
CA _________________ Steve-O
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Hook Horse Mullet
Joined: 08 Jun 2019 Posts: 134 Location: Round Rock
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that’s a birthday you’ll never forget. Excellent report and pictures! |
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Johninaustin Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1104
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Daaaangg!! I need to pack the truck tonight. Be down by 7 am. |
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kweber Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 2392 Location: Hondo
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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7ft tarpon off the beach!!!..
great job!!! the stars or Poisiden or your Guardian Angel were along in that it stayed buttoned up, and hit a rig big enough to handle it and even better the family was involved... cant throw enough congrats your way....
and it hit a bottom bait! just wow... _________________ the creepy uncle that scares the kids.... |
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Chiken97 Finger Mullet
Joined: 14 Aug 2019 Posts: 35
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! What a stud tarpon. Wouldn't have thought of them hitting cut bait. Congrats |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6489 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Hickroots! I appreciate it |
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SeanHHH Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 547 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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That's awesome. Congrats! |
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