When You Least Expect It

[SirSnookalot]

Some of my target species are difficult to catch, I may average one every 3 or 4 weeks. Not that I haven't had some strikes, fish on only to be lost after a jump or 2 or not being being able to land as they were too big. I nailed tarpon yesterday morning, good hookup jumped all over the place, my drag was screaming. Luckily I happen to be fishing in an ideal place, next to the sea wall was small little beach in the ICW, even at high tide I was able to beach this critter. Decision ran thru my mind as whether to take a photo, my car with phone it in was only about 40 feet away. I opted to forgo the pic as it would not have been a good photo, dark outside and the flash isn't great, no one to take the pic and a fish laying in the sand even one this size of about 30 or 40# is just not photo worthy. The fish was totally unharmed, internal organs were supported as the fish was never lifted, my choice a clean release, fish swam away beautiful. I'm happier than I would have been taking a photo and possibly doing harm to one of these majestic gamefish.

[00 mod]

Great story and good cal on the c&r no pic!

Jeff

[Triton21]

Some of my target species are difficult to catch, I may average one every 3 or 4 weeks. Not that I haven't had some strikes, fish on only to be lost after a jump or 2 or not being being able to land as they were too big. I nailed tarpon yesterday morning, good hookup jumped all over the place, my drag was screaming. Luckily I happen to be fishing in an ideal place, next to the sea wall was small little beach in the ICW, even at high tide I was able to beach this critter. Decision ran thru my mind as whether to take a photo, my car with phone it in was only about 40 feet away. I opted to forgo the pic as it would not have been a good photo, dark outside and the flash isn't great, no one to take the pic and a fish laying in the sand even one this size of about 30 or 40# is just not photo worthy. The fish was totally unharmed, internal organs were supported as the fish was never lifted, my choice a clean release, fish swam away beautiful. I'm happier than I would have been taking a photo and possibly doing harm to one of these majestic gamefish.

Good for you Sir. Now you or some fellow angler will have another battle with this Great fish.

Kelley

[SirSnookalot]

It's been a better than average week, 3 cuda 40 inchers and another tarpon, puts my average to 1 fish a day, I'd take that all year long for those species.