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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi.  My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. You do much off of Dauphin Island.? What you’re doing is working well.
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I remember the one time I was using a croaker for specks in about 6 foot of water, using 8 pound test and watched a 25 pound cobia come in and take it.
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Chartreuse plastics. Not my favorite, but most consistently productive around here by far. Move 50 miles east or west along the coast and things change.
How about the Vodoo Shrimp, Lt.? Have you used that with any success? With the Bull Reds I’ve had fair luck with breaking a crab in half and fishing that under a popping cork and using a gold spoon with a trailer of different plastics. What is your favorite beyond the chartreuse plastics? Voodoo under a popping cork is killer and easy to fish.its especially effective over oyster beds where it's too shallow to fish other weighted plastic's. We caught a dozen nice dolphin on that combo last Sat. My favorite lure is Rapala Skitter-V, pink/silver.
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about got it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.)
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about hot it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.) Lt., if you didn’t know it, Lake Ponchartrain is a Tarpon Mecca of sorts and is generally overlooked in favor of the area west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The Lake has had several come out of there over 200#s.
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Chartreuse plastics. Not my favorite, but most consistently productive around here by far. Move 50 miles east or west along the coast and things change.
How about the Vodoo Shrimp, Lt.? Have you used that with any success? With the Bull Reds I’ve had fair luck with breaking a crab in half and fishing that under a popping cork and using a gold spoon with a trailer of different plastics. What is your favorite beyond the chartreuse plastics? Voodoo under a popping cork is killer and easy to fish.its especially effective over oyster beds where it's too shallow to fish other weighted plastic's. We caught a dozen nice dolphin on that combo last Sat. My favorite lure is Rapala Skitter-V, pink/silver. I’m writing down that Rapala info.
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about hot it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.) Lt., if you didn’t know it, Lake Ponchartrain is a Tarpon Mecca of sorts and is generally overlooked in favor of the area west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The Lake has had several come out of there over 200#s. we catch big tarpon here off bob hall pier I've caught two over two hundred.
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about hot it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.) Lt., if you didn’t know it, Lake Ponchartrain is a Tarpon Mecca of sorts and is generally overlooked in favor of the area west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The Lake has had several come out of there over 200#s. we catch big tarpon here off bob hall pier I've caught two over two hundred. Y’all catch and release, Roger? Man that had to be a helluva fight.
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about hot it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.) Lt., if you didn’t know it, Lake Ponchartrain is a Tarpon Mecca of sorts and is generally overlooked in favor of the area west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The Lake has had several come out of there over 200#s. we catch big tarpon here off bob hall pier I've caught two over two hundred. Y’all catch and release, Roger? Man that had to be a helluva fight. yes catch and release only, they have a tag now you can purchase for one 80 inches or greater in length. my biggest was 77. My brother caught one off there that would have probably gone 8ft.
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Yeah, I fish between Florida and Mississippi. My go to for the species you mentioned is a small treble hook, 8-10# mono with live shrimp, finger mullet or croaker, in that order. No corks, swivels, weights, leaders, kitchen sinks, etc. It's a no go in Fla. with the treble and live bait though. We've just about hot it covered then. I fish from Mississippi to Mexico. It's hot now, so other than redfish, most of our efforts are at jetties and near-shore for trout, tripletail and tarpon. My boat is too small for long range offshore trips, so I gotta hitch a ride with the rich folk. The continental shelf is 100 miles out of Sabine at the Flower Garden Banks. (The world's north most coral reef.) Lt., if you didn’t know it, Lake Ponchartrain is a Tarpon Mecca of sorts and is generally overlooked in favor of the area west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The Lake has had several come out of there over 200#s. we catch big tarpon here off bob hall pier I've caught two over two hundred. Y’all catch and release, Roger? Man that had to be a helluva fight. yes catch and release only, they have a tag now you can purchase for one 80 inches or greater in length. my biggest was 77. My brother caught one off there that would have probably gone 8ft. Out of interest, what baits were y’all using for the Tarpon?
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Fried trout and cheese grits is one of my all time favorite meals
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Fried trout and cheese grits is one of my all time favorite meals Sumbitch, I reckon. Don’t know if you like it but next time you do grits for any reason or occasion: Use chicken stock instead of water. Boil it slowly for about 5 minutes with a tablespoon of garlic powder added to it. Add your grits and simmer till done. When done add a heaping handful of shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese and stir it in. It don’t suck too bad.
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Tarpon will eat almost anything when they're feeding. The challenge with tarpon is locating them, hooking them (that's a story of its own) and having the equipment to handle them.
People love to catch tarpon in shallow water, 20' or less, because they jump themselves to death. The REALLY big tarpon are migratory and ain't gonna fall for that.
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Boca Grande, lots of big tarpon caught deep'ish.
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Tarpon will eat almost anything when they're feeding. The challenge with tarpon is locating them, hooking them (that's a story of its own) and having the equipment to handle them.
People love to catch tarpon in shallow water, 20' or less, because they jump themselves to death. The REALLY big tarpon are migratory and ain't gonna fall for that.
Lt. I’m thinking in your business you may have heard of or possibly met Poppa Joe Chouest. Tarpon is one of his major passions. Wherever they are, he is. ETA: I believe his favorite artificial for Tarpon is Coon Pops.
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on the no. east corner on FLA a 8 to 10 in. ladyfish is my go to for gator trout for the last 40 years . 9 # 7oz 32in my best
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Yup. One of the fascinating and challenging things about inshore saltwater fishing is the fact that the fish are always looking for a particular salinity, or more accurately, a salt/fresh combination. Places like Florida and South Texas are easy to fish for tarpon and snook because fresh water is harder to find, concentrated in the passes and channels. The big tarpon (200lb plus) are migratory and circle the entire Gulf every year. It's not unusual to encounter schools of thousands of them offshore in 40' of water and it's even less unusual to look for them for weeks without finding a fish.
One thing is for certain. You better be prepared in a lot of ways to land a really big tarpon in deep water.
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Tarpon will eat almost anything when they're feeding. The challenge with tarpon is locating them, hooking them (that's a story of its own) and having the equipment to handle them.
People love to catch tarpon in shallow water, 20' or less, because they jump themselves to death. The REALLY big tarpon are migratory and ain't gonna fall for that.
Lt. I’m thinking in your business you may have heard of or possibly met Poppa Joe Chouest. Tarpon is one of his major passions. Wherever they are, he is. ETA: I believe his favorite artificial for Tarpon is Coon Pops. Named after Capt. Coon. I'm no tarpon expert. I'm the marsh guy. I am I obsessed with them though. I wish I could post some of my videos of thousands of them feeding, but the video thingee says the files are too big.
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on the no. east corner on FLA a 8 to 10 in. ladyfish is my go to for gator trout for the last 40 years . 9 # 7oz 32in my best That's awesome. Big fish like big baits. I had one eat a pinfish bigger than my hand, about the same time I realized I forgot the net. I've never had a fish mounted, but that would've been the one.
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Mullet and menhaden (pogie, bunker, etc.) here. I think they use mullet and pilchards down south. What do you call 'em Roger, shytshad?
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