There is lots to get caught up on so let’s get right to it.
John Pazienza, Don Puglisi, John Weber, and Mike Parker from the Pompano Beach Offshore Anglers Club combined for 1 out of 2 amberjacks and a 19 pound blackfin tuna.
Mark Bryant and Susan Carson caught a kingfish and went 1 for 2 on tarpon.
Rob Leva, Ron Plante, and Steve Cassidy saw plenty of action during their evening tarpon trip.The tarpon had vengeance on their minds as they decided to just give us a few moments of thrills before throwing the hook on their first or second jumps.By the end of the trip, we were 1 for 4 on tarpon and a red grouper.
Kyle Snyder and John Whitesides caught a mixed bag of blackfin tuna, kingfish, bonito, and remora.We also had a sailfish on for several minutes before it worn throw the leader and released itself.
Zac Grossman and Harry Sharp had one whale of an evening of tarpon fishing.The action started almost immediately and continued on throughout the entire trip.Harry caught his first tarpon and added several more before the end of the trip.During one drift, we hooked up a double and both fish were landed and released.All the fish were caught using light spinning gear.Harry’s new spinning outfit got a good workout with a couple of fish.Final count for the evening was 4 for 5.
Tim Singler, Zach Seip, and John Jones saw plenty of tarpon action.The first fish took us for a long ride before we released the tarpon.From there, the tarpon evened the score with us as the next three fish gave us our hook back.Final count was 1 for 4.
Mark Camba, John Chan, Pete Aree, and Richard Nguyen had to wait till the very last drift of the evening to get their shot at a tarpon.The tarpon was off to the races with us in hot pursuit as the fish made its mad dash for the deep water of the main channel.Once in the channel, the fish fought deep before coming to the surface and giving us a beautiful jump.It then ran back down and the tug of war continued.We finally released the fish giving us a final count of 1 for 1 and a red grouper.
The Ramirez family originally had an offshore trip planned.The windy weather on that day had them changing their minds about the offshore and switching to a tarpon trip so we could fish in calmer water.They would not be disappointed.Eloy and his son Colin were the featured anglers.Things got very exciting when we hooked up with the first fish.It took Eloy by surprise when he saw the tarpon make an 8 foot high jump.On the second jump, the hook was thrown.The next fish hooked up solid and was released. Carrie and her daughter Shelby decided they did not want to fight a tarpon after watching the events of the first and second tarpon.We caught one more tarpon before the evening ended and both Eloy and Colin had caught and released their first tarpon.Final count was 2 for 3.
Knot Nancy then went in for a new set of engines.The new twin 150 HP Yamaha 4 strokes engines were installed by Bob Hewes Boats.Next, the boat went to Whitewater Boats for some modifications and upgrades.The next evening after putting some break in hours on the motors it was time to get back to tarpon fishing.
Chester Herman and Justin Haas had one goal in mind.Get Justin his first tarpon.Within a few minutes of putting out the first baits, the rod in front of Chester bent over and we had our first fish on.The tarpon made a mad dash toward shore and shallow water.It gave us two great jumps that Justin caught on video.After releasing the fish, we set up our second drift.Once again it didn’t take long.This time, Justin was doing battle with his first tarpon.It turned out that Justin’s tarpon was a lazy fighter.It went deep and stayed there as we followed after it.The fish moved offshore, then into the deep water of the main channel. It continued offshore with the outgoing tide.It came to the surface and gulped air and then went back down.Next it came up and out of the main channel and headed north before turning and swimming toward the beach.Numerous times it gulped air.We got the leader to touch the rod tip several times and had the leader on the reel just as many times.Each time the tarpon pulled line off the reel with ease despite the fact that we were continuing to increase the drag pressure.Along the way, the fish gave us two jumps on different occasions.The tarpon was very camera shy and we just couldn’t get a good picture.The battle raged on and Justin was hanging in there.By now we had traveled north up the beach into the neon area.With one final run under the boat, the hook finally gave up and broke.The battle had lasted just about an hour. We ran back and set up again.It took one drift to figure out where the fish had moved to.We reset and had another fish on almost immediately.This time the fish threw the hook on its second jump.The final drift of the evening had Chester catching and released a bonnethead shark.Final count 2 for 3 and a bonnethead shark.
We’re now up to date again.
The end of June is fast approaching.With that, the tarpon action will become a bit inconsistent.It then shifts to a different style at other locations.If you want to get in on the action, now’s the time to act quickly and book a date.
Offshore, the dolphin (mahi-mahi) action has improved some, however, it’s still not red hot.There are some kingfish being caught deep in the water column.Sailfish can be seen free jumping on most every trip.Mutton snapper are being caught along with amberjack and barracudas.
