Freshwater Tarpon.

[drew03cmc]

I say let's try to get something done. This would be cool.

[Addicted to Creeks]

I don't even know how to start but its a fish on my bucket list so I'm in

[rainbow]

Tarpon are a blast to catch. I have fished for them in the Boca Grand Pass in Florida. To date a 90 and 150 are my best. Don't think they can live in cold water or fresh.

[Feathers and Fins]

Rainbow; 40 is the kill point for them... yes they do live in freshwater I have caught them in creeks and small ponds Loxahatchee, Taylor Creek the Miami Canal etc are examples plus other small ponds that can be accessed through canals. So for them to have a chance up here it would almost certainly be a warm water lake.

http://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/tarpon/information/facts/

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Tarpon/Tarpon.html

I can say this from living in FL, the freshwater tarpon spots were highly guarded and seldom discussed as when you had a spot like that it was like a kid in a candy store. I had one spot in Saint Lucie County that had them year round in a small pond they were not huge by any means biggest was maybe 50lbs but when the shiners ran through it well it was something to see.

[Tim Smith]

Actually they are good to eat but what you have to do to get one from water to table is a pain in the transom lol.. I had one in Costa Rica and was awesome but the way the prepared it was more like cajun gumbo and you know what they say about gumbo...

Prey wise, for freshwater they love shiners and shad, so my guess would be the same things stripers are eating and they would be in the same areas of the lake as stripers would.

And they think the bama rig made for great profits for bait shops wait till anglers started fishing for poon and lost gear lol.

Be sure to ask for a penguin reserve on the Jack's Fork too.

[Jerry Rapp]

thanks for the morning chuckle Tim.

[rainbow]

Rainbow; 40 is the kill point for them... yes they do live in freshwater I have caught them in creeks and small ponds Loxahatchee, Taylor Creek the Miami Canal etc are examples plus other small ponds that can be accessed through canals. So for them to have a chance up here it would almost certainly be a warm water lake.

http://myfwc.com/res...ormation/facts/

http://www.flmnh.ufl...pon/Tarpon.html

I can say this from living in FL, the freshwater tarpon spots were highly guarded and seldom discussed as when you had a spot like that it was like a kid in a candy store. I had one spot in Saint Lucie County that had them year round in a small pond they were not huge by any means biggest was maybe 50lbs but when the shiners ran through it well it was something to see.

Feathers, everyone in the world knows about the pass. Its on tv all the time. I have fished it quite a few times and its always a blast but very crowded. Didn't know they could live in that cold of water. thanks for the info.

[Feathers and Fins]

Feathers, everyone in the world knows about the pass. Its on tv all the time. I have fished it quite a few times and its always a blast but very crowded. Didn't know they could live in that cold of water. thanks for the info.

The Pass is a interesting place, I did it and quickly found something even funner in the Pass than the tarpon, the snapper and grouper fishing in it is spectacular my best Mangrove snapper 12.2 pnds came from it. Next time you get the chance try the snapper/grouper fishing. Spinner sharks are another treat to the pass.

[Justin Spencer]

When I worked at Harbor Branch in Fort Pierce we had a pond there that had a bunch of babies 15-30 pounders in it. I think that was brackish water, not completely fresh. We would cast net mullet at lunch time and fish while we ate, usually caught one or two on each lunch break, not a bad way to pass the time!

[Feathers and Fins]

Justin, I lived in Lakewood Park. Fished Oslo road many times also had a key to the Saint Lucie Mosquito impoundment roads. If you remember the area very well Taylor creek at the 25th st bridge is where i liked to catch tarpon. Big mud, and little mud creeks also.