During the next couple of hours we found at least 12 schools of Tarpon with between 50 and 200 fish in each school. By this time the wind died and those fish would not eat a fly until late afternoon. Danny and I took a dinner brake and came back out when the wind began to blow, he hooked 2 Tarpon just before sunset, one jumped and spit the hook, while the other one, a 90 pounder was whipped when the hook came out 10 feet from the boat.

    After sunset the went crazy, eating on every cast, Danny hooked and fought a total of 7 Tarpon, on fly, of which we leadered two, a 75 pounder and a fish of just over 100 pounds. Several of the fish which we lost were over 140 pounds. when we quit the wind was up to 15 from the East.

May 14, 2008,

    The wind was blowing at 20 to 25 knots with big waves as we headed out to the flats. The ocean side flats were too rough so we fished in the back country. I think that most of the fish were in the deep channels trying to stay out of the rough water. Again today we took a break and came back out right at sunset when the wind was dying down to 15 knots. The Tarpon began to eat just after dark, Danny hooked, fought, and jumped, a total of 5 Tarpon in 4 hours of fishing. One pulled the hook after 8 jumps, one almost jumped into our boat, and broke us off as that monster jumped on the other side of the boat. One of the fish fought good and towed the skiff for over 2 miles into the current before the hook came back with a Tarpon lip scale attached. Danny did manage to wind a 120 pounder and a 90 pounder to the boat for a couple of releases. During the last 2 days Danny hooked and fought 12 Tarpon on fly and he released four nice fish, I hope that the wind does what they are calling for 10 knots from the East for the next 6 days, we should slam the POONS if that is correct. Stay tuned for more reports from Tarpon World to follow shortly!

Regards:

Jake