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drywalldog Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 5:49 AM EST
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Thats my boy!
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drywalldog Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 1:17 PM EST
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One of my twins caught this in the canal behind my inlaws house, on a DOA jig.
fishinguitarman Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 1:18 PM EST
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I have ALWAYS wanted to go Tarpon fishing!
DrafterX Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 1:20 PM EST
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Fine Fish... ThumpUp
matchew Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 1:33 PM EST
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the Silver king...........on my bucket list to catch one of these things.
gimbel Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 1:34 PM EST
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I need to come down and do some fishing.
drywalldog Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 3:05 PM EST
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Watched the fish hit the lure, and jump completly out of water seven times, his twin netted the baby tarpon.
HockeyDad Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 4:40 PM EST
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That's a pretty dang nice tarpon!
Burner02 Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 6:02 PM EST
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Nice carp!
m j toal Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 10:00 PM EST
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Nice job!!!!

Good Eating ?
jackconrad Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 10:32 PM EST
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WOW!
ZRX1200 Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 10:39 PM EST
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On my bucket list of fish too.
drywalldog Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Jun 12 2012, 10:44 PM EST
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No good for eating, returned unharmed.
ZRX1200 Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Jun 13 2012, 12:15 AM EST
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So are we invited over DWD?
yardobeef Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Jun 13 2012, 12:40 AM EST
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On my bucket of fish list as well.
drywalldog Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Jun 30 2012, 9:30 PM EST
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Fishing was so good this month, more tarpon, lotsa snook, ladyfish, trout,and for the guy asking if this was a carp, one of my twins caught a carp that weighed as much as the tarpon. He caught it on a soft bait jig.
zitotczito Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Jul 1 2012, 5:38 AM EST
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Fishede many times in Florida, but never got anything that large.
GIBrett Offline
#18 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 9:41 AM EST
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That is one fine fish!
Abrignac Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 1:58 PM EST
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Nice
edin508 Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 2:39 PM EST
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Nice catch!
doriadiver Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 3:22 PM EST
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Where'd you say he caught that guppy???
duwan Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 5:35 PM EST
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Beautiful fish.

I am friggen Jealous.
jetblasted Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2012, 11:04 PM EST
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Nice Greenback !!

They sure are fun to catch.

Congrats to your boy !!
drywalldog Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Oct 7 2012, 4:15 PM EST
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Doriadiver, in Cape Coral, near Ft. Myers. How many times you dove the Doria?
schusler Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Oct 7 2012, 4:17 PM EST
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Nice
drywalldog Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Oct 7 2012, 8:36 PM EST
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Doriadiver, funny Butchie.
SamWidge Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Oct 7 2012, 8:58 PM EST
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That's awesome - what a great time with the kids!
drywalldog Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Nov 11 2012, 6:50 PM EST
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Bumped for Andytv.
andytv Offline
#29 Posted: Sun, Nov 11 2012, 8:04 PM EST
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Awesome!!!!

This is a species that has eluded me. I've caught a few in my life in the 3-4 ft range, but nothing like this. More often, I would find myself among these fish and learn that they wanted NOTHING to do with whatever bait I presented.

I remember one time when I was in high school, we took a canoe out into the ocean and ended up in a school of tarpon. We tried EVERYTHING we had to entice these fish and they collectively told us to screw off. I'll never forget seeing hundreds of huge fish around the boat.....but nothing we could do could make them bite a hook.

I've tried since to catch these things and they've given me the same reception.

Excellent catch!!!
drywalldog Offline
#30 Posted: Sun, Dec 23 2012, 7:44 PM EST
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Topped for Brendan994.
Brendan992 Offline
#31 Posted: Sun, Dec 23 2012, 7:51 PM EST
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Dry that's very nice of you...I have always dreamed of catching one of these and I recently watched a fishing documentary on Tarpon fishing. I am so jealous right now!!! I have family in Orlando and am planning of fishing the keys some day soon. My wife and I go there once a year. Great PHOTO!!!
drywalldog Offline
#32 Posted: Sun, Apr 27 2014, 8:31 PM EST
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The tarpon are in our canals again, I missed one like this tonight, my son landed a ten pounder tonight.
dharbolt Offline
#33 Posted: Sun, Apr 27 2014, 8:53 PM EST
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Love fishing for these. Caught one with a shrimp tail once. No where near that big though.
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#34 Posted: Sun, Apr 27 2014, 10:18 PM EST
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Dayuum! Boo Yah!!
Now that's a bucket mouth!!!

Beautiful fish! Look at that grin! Ear to ear!!

Well done!!Applause
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#35 Posted: Sun, Apr 27 2014, 10:20 PM EST
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andytv wrote:
Awesome!!!!

This is a species that has eluded me. I've caught a few in my life in the 3-4 ft range, but nothing like this. More often, I would find myself among these fish and learn that they wanted NOTHING to do with whatever bait I presented.

I remember one time when I was in high school, we took a canoe out into the ocean and ended up in a school of tarpon. We tried EVERYTHING we had to entice these fish and they collectively told us to screw off. I'll never forget seeing hundreds of huge fish around the boat.....but nothing we could do could make them bite a hook.

I've tried since to catch these things and they've given me the same reception.

Excellent catch!!!


I hate that feeling.
drywalldog Offline
#36 Posted: Mon, Apr 28 2014, 7:27 PM EST
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My other twin son landed about a 45 pounder tonight. Beautiful fish also, returned unharmed.
bobsnook Offline
#37 Posted: Mon, Apr 28 2014, 11:20 PM EST
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one of the best things about living in south florida is the fishing. they call me bobsnook but I have caught many tarpon. and everybody has a tarpon story. I have two . 1st story the family was fishing in new pass south of ft Meyers beach. my young son at the time reached down into the tackle box and pulled out a silver spoon. I told him we used em for northerns a freshwater fish. so he hooked up on 20 lb test and cast out and started to reel I told him to make a figure 8 at the boat ha ha. wham he got a nice hit he weighted about 60 lbs at the time and my other son his other brother had to hold him by the belt . seventy five pound tarpy is a pretty bi-g for a young 60 lb kid. the local tv station was filming in the pass and we watched the fight on television. pretty cool 2nd story involves a giant tarpon had to be way over 100 lbs ,about a 15 min fight in around 2to3 feet of water off the lost man river in the glayds. after the fight was broke off I was covered in mudd then the sand fleas or noseeemms whatever they are called they have teath, decended upon us. 3 guys in the boat no repellent a hugh swarm of teeth bering insects eating us, or eating them, I was covered in mudd . not a bite. tarpon are a great fish . the tarpon pictured is a beautifull fish and the kid caught it from land? any way that had to be a great fight. the boy should be proud of his catch. catchin a tarpon is no easy thing. have you ever pulled a scale from a tarpon ? it makes a nice trophy
drywalldog Offline
#38 Posted: Sun, Feb 7 2021, 5:37 PM EST
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Topped
glongoria Offline
#39 Posted: Sun, Feb 7 2021, 8:45 PM EST
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Damn nice fish!
Gene363 Offline
#40 Posted: Sun, Feb 7 2021, 10:13 PM EST
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Nice catch!
CheapPrick Offline
#41 Posted: Thu, Feb 11 2021, 4:23 AM EST
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That's the strangest puppy I ever saw.... I'd swear that was a giant fish!..
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