The exciting life of a tarpon fisherman

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:21 am

You get up early, grab a cup of coffee and hit the water with great optimism in the early dawn light

Noles looking

Manning and Shamus looking

Two thrill-a-minute hours pass and....

Noles is now waiting

Manning is still looking

Shamus, in typical New York fashion, is napping while sitting up

Even Barnacle was half asleep and wishing the girl on the paddle board would come back.

Yes, folks, you too can join the ranks of the die hard tarpon fishermen but check your blood pressure first. It may be too much excitement for you.

btw, folks, look at this next picture and notice the power boat up by the trees in the distance. You get three guesses who the paddle fisherman is on that stink pot. We can forgive him, though, every guy wants to get a little strange every once in a while.

JoeS · Post by **JoeS** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:40 am

Rik....It could be anybody on this forum...as long as it's not....The Legend.......that would be inexcusable.....

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:30 pm

It would indeed! I wouldn't give up kayak fishing but if I had twenty grand I needed to get rid of..........

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:17 pm

Well, he came out of the clothes locker. That's a closet for you non-nautical folks.

It is kinda neat to have your eyes 8 feet above the water and not be at the mercy of moving water.

The breakdowns, gas cost, maintenance, trailering are not missed though.

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:24 pm

Indeed. Friends with boats mo better.

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:25 pm

Does your wife know?

I hope this won't interfere with the ice sculptures.

rev · Post by **rev** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:10 pm

DaveR wrote:It would indeed! I wouldn't give up kayak fishing but if I had twenty grand I needed to get rid of..........

That boat was a smidgen more than 20k...

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:31 pm

Twenty, forty, I got a girl to marry off. Might as well be a hundred.

Manning · Post by **Manning** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:07 am

Do we know how to have fun or what?

Chrystal_Murray · Post by **Chrystal_Murray** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:22 pm

A stinkpot DOES NOT HELP!!! We drove the little stinkpot, well John drove the stinkpot, 57 miles round trip yesterday; Matlacha-across the harbor-out Gasparilla Pass-up the beach to Stump Pass-back down to Gasparilla Island. All for one pod of fish two miles north of BGP. We set up a drift with the trolling motor so as not to worry the fish. They were happy, high headed tarpon until a boat running inside of us spooked them out. Then a boat running outside of us spooked them in. Another boat ran by and they picked up their skirts, and hauled snizazz.

We poked our nose into the cluster that is a BGP tarpon tournament, then disgusted with that mess zipped off to Bokeelia Bar for 'nirvana'. That's work vernacular for putting on your PFD and lying on your back in the water with a cold drink.

Rik, your post is dead-on and the pictures tell a great tale. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, where in the heck is the rain? We need rain.

sfurman · Post by **sfurman** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:26 pm

Haven't had a chance to look in a while but are the tarpon not up in the bay? I usually can find a cooperative fish around a certain upper bay spot many frequent. Don't have to paddle far either, Anyway, good post, Chrystal's input is priceless.

Manning · Post by **Manning** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:16 am

Was just cleaning up my camera memory card and came across this action packed photo of tarpon fishing at it's best. Does anyone want to provide a cation for this picture?

shamus · Post by **shamus** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:24 pm

Nice hood ornament where'd you get it ?
or
NO YOU MOVE, THIS IS MY PARKING SPACE !

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:40 pm

Whadaya tink you is? Some kinda freaking gang bang kid whit your hat ass backwards?

22acrowd · Post by **22acrowd** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:34 pm

DaveR wrote:Whadaya tink you is? Some kinda freaking gang bang kid whit your hat ass backwards?

I love it when old people try to sound young. I believe the term is "gang banger" unless of course you are referring to the sex act. Which based on the dog in the photo, you could be.

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:53 pm

You have something to say about my dog?

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