Fishermen's Church this morning

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:33 am

With thanks to some very special folks - your know who you are! - I got back out on the tarpon waters this morning to christen a new rod and reel. Having given my last one to Neptune, my prayers were rewarded with a nice fish.

Here we go

Nice 50 - 60 pound late July tarpon

My photographer was close to getting the shot

First she gave me a bath, then Barnacle got a bath

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:38 am

A pleasure being out with ya again. Having Barnacle jump in after the fish certainly added another dimension to tarpon fishing. Both Shamus and I jumped some silver today too but another bust for Noles. Bait chuckin just ain't his gig.

EZYLYF · Post by **EZYLYF** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:13 pm

Nice fish.....

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:48 pm

Nicely done.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:12 pm

Nice, what's your new setup?

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:50 pm

Penn Slammer 560 and Shimano Terramar.

Heywood · Post by **Heywood** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:49 pm

Very nice Rik..

You aint kidding about the photos. Looks like I better clear my schedule.

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:30 pm

Hey they ain't bad for a cell phone.

Manning · Post by **Manning** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:39 pm

Congrats Rik. Nice to see a report with some action in it. Oh yes... I am back.

noles · Post by **noles** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:13 pm

DaveR wrote:A pleasure being out with ya again. Having Barnacle jump in after the fish certainly added another dimension to tarpon fishing. Both Shamus and I jumped some silver today too but another bust for Noles. Bait chuckin just ain't his gig.

Since I suck at bait chuckin, I've been working on my photography skills.

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:35 am

Ehh. They are a bit far away.

noles · Post by **noles** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:51 am

DaveR wrote:Ehh. They are a bit far away.

What did you expect! I was far away! I need to stick closer to Rik next year! Think he has the long-lining thing down.

shamus · Post by **shamus** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:24 pm

What did you expect! I was far away

Why you little bastard !!! I've given you several chances to get shots of flying tarpon. Everytime I ask if you got that shot all I hear you say" Oh, I thought you had a shark on"

ZeroSix · Post by **ZeroSix** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:37 pm

Good work Rik! Congrats on the fish and hanging onto the new rig.... Been working out?

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:21 am

Rod leash.....

Manning · Post by **Manning** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:55 am

Rik wrote:Rod leash.....

If you had a rod leash on that first little adventure I think you may have also received a swimming lesson.

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