John and Keith flew in for a couple of days of our famous tarpon catching.  Winds held us inside Wednesday AM and they each caught big snook from 37 – 44 inches.  John had a real twenty pound prize to photograph.  We decided to chase tarpon the rest of our time and found plenty of fish but they mostly teased us.  The big fish were hungry but hard to get in front of with the wind and seas.  Thursday we concentrated on the silver kings and finally got a solid hook up.  Keith battled a 130 pounder to boat side and enjoyed several impressive jumps before it shook free next to us.  He only had six feet of leader hanging from his rod tip and we got a good splash since the big fish was so close.  Again we found thousands of tarpon but it was challenging to get our baits in front of constantly moving fish in rough seas.   They are excited about a return engagement with better weather conditions. 

 

Gas prices are hurting us but we may have less other boats so maybe there is a bright side to this challenge too.  Let’s Go Fishin’ soon.