Tarpon Trip Report 8/29/20

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@fishinwrench gave me the itch to chase some whites on a local river instead of smallie fishing this morning.   Caught a bunvh of dink whites then saw one of these slash at my spinners.  Fired it right back in there and it was on!!  Took me forever to coral and finally net the first one.  Especially hard in current with a 7' St Croix Eyecon light action rod.  Finally got him head first into the net.  Real thick and just a beauty really.  

 

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Motored back up to the same eddy and first cast this one hit it.  Not quite as thick but it actually made better longer runs and even came up thrashing it's head out of the water.  Again took me a while to net it and I was laughing my a$$ off.  Motored back up and flipped it back in there a few times but no more action.  I noticed a similar eddy farther downstream so I went down there and bam!  First cast and I'm on again.  Fought it for quite a while then it got off at the boat trying to net it.  Hook broke.  I use two spinners all the time just like two flies when fly fishing.  Two marabou jigs.  Two flukes.  Anything I can get away with.  Fun morning but the house flies starting biting and the fish quit so I left.  Total blast on trout gear!

 

[netboy]

Cool story. What are they, some kind of carp?

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2 minutes ago, netboy said:

Cool story. What are they, some kind of carp?

Grassers I think.   

[BilletHead]

10 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Grassers I think.   

            100 % spot on!

[netboy]

14 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Grassers I think.   

Interesting. I didn't know they would hit a lure.

Also I remember reading that they are pretty tasty when battered and fried.

[fishinwrench]

I bet that was a blast.   Time to break out the flyrod! 👍

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3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I bet that was a blast.   Time to break out the flyrod! 👍

First thing I thought was man this would kill on a 5 weight!!!

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10 minutes ago, netboy said:

Interesting. I didn't know they would hit a lure.

Also I remember reading that they are pretty tasty when battered and fried.

Second one chased it about 4' before he got it.   Yeah I heard that about trout too...😁  

[BilletHead]

21 minutes ago, netboy said:

Interesting. I didn't know they would hit a lure.

Also I remember reading that they are pretty tasty when battered and fried.

          Both are a fact. Catch them on flys too. Loads of fun. Very tasty fried up. I personally know that. All white meat.