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Bow Shark Wrangler
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:09 am Post subject: Tarpon |
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Tarpon are in get ready to ride  |
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Curmit Finger Mullet
Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 89
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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mando Pony Mullet

Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 177
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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i hear they've been on bhp like crazy i wouldnt mind getting one of those to break in my rod  |
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GoinCoastal Horse Mullet

Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 245 Location: Austin
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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I have also heard that they are rolling right off the Port A jetties on out-going tides. They said they were at the very end of the jetties. They also added they were not monsters but they were tarpon.... _________________ GoinCoastal aka Cap'nSherbet |
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FS552 Finger Mullet

Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 67
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I fished 4 days for them last week and managed to jump a nice one. The fight lasted about a minute on a TLD10. He jumped once close to the pier then a second time about 175 yards out. He broke my leader on the second jump. |
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pebster Shark Wrangler
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 14
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:25 pm Post subject: tarpon at BHP |
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| The weekend of the blue moon, my dad and I fished the BHP and watched with amazement along with everyone else on the pier at the 3-5 ft. long tarpon slowly rolling and surfacing under the lights. We threw everything at them all night, but not a single one landed. There were hundreds of people on the pier that night. Never seen it like that before. Along with the large tarpon who were uninterested, there were hundreds of sand trout that were very interested, infesting the water under every light along the pier and they were easily plucked from the water. Some small sharks along with an 8-10 ft shark was landed ON the pier. Several people hoisted the giant on to the tee-head. 30 minutes later all that was left of the shark was his 18" dorsal fin and his jaws. Unfortunately, the rest was thrown over the rail of the pier to many people's disgust. -pebster |
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Big John Full Fledged Flour Bluffian

Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 1079 Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: What a waste. |
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There should be a regulation against killing a magnifent animal like that soley to take home a souvenir or two.
If I was there, I would have tossed whoever was responsible into the water after the shark!
Here's an idea Take a picture, release the shark, and buy a plaster replica of the jaw to frame the picture. _________________ Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he'll be broke and hungry the rest of his life!
John Sullivan
Native Corpus Christian
Currently Displaced in San Antonio
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Mike B. Mud Minnow
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 23 Location: Austin
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject: Tarpon |
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| I agree with you guys. I would think people who do that should be charged with waste of game. It's just like people that will a big buck just for the rack. |
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Crhfish Finger Mullet

Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 68 Location: SA
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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My largest caught in April, Costa Rica, 20# test 2 plus hours, estimated 175#'s. These fish can kick your butt!!
 _________________ Catch, Release, Catch, Release |
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rabbit Member Order of The White Shrimper Boots

Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 715 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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WOW Nice fish. _________________ Fishing and Kayaking its a rough life but somebody has to do it.
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TieOneOn Mud Minnow

Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 16 Location: If you don't know, I ain't tellin...
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Crhfish wrote: | My largest caught in April, Costa Rica, 20# test 2 plus hours, estimated 175#'s. These fish can kick your butt!!
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Thats a great fish. Wished Costa Rica was a little closer. I'll be in Port A in a few days and am going to let the reds "rest" and focus my attention on tarpon out around the ends of the jetties. We shall see... |
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