Highly Off-Topic... but

In article ,
says...
Charles Summers wrote:
I was kidding about the rod Steve, but if I were to ever go tarpon
fishing.... I'd consider it.

Hope you live a nice long time Steve... with or without my rod warrenty.



Tarpon are 150lb+ fish that don't tire quickly. You would do better
with a lot of other ocean fish than a tarpon with a light rod.

Dan

Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, but I think tarpon tire QUITE
quickly. I've caught up to 40 pounders on fly rod in 5 minutes or so. On
20 lb leaders. Same flyrod I've used for bass and bream at home. Seen
bigger ones caught on regular heavier tackle even quicker.
They jump themselves out of energy.
I've always considered them big versions of our skipjack herring
("Tennessee Tarpon").

MM

MoiMoi wrote:
In article ,
says...
Charles Summers wrote:
I was kidding about the rod Steve, but if I were to ever go tarpon
fishing.... I'd consider it.

Hope you live a nice long time Steve... with or without my rod warrenty.


Tarpon are 150lb+ fish that don't tire quickly. You would do better
with a lot of other ocean fish than a tarpon with a light rod.

Dan

Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, but I think tarpon tire QUITE
quickly. I've caught up to 40 pounders on fly rod in 5 minutes or so. On
20 lb leaders. Same flyrod I've used for bass and bream at home. Seen
bigger ones caught on regular heavier tackle even quicker.
They jump themselves out of energy.
I've always considered them big versions of our skipjack herring
("Tennessee Tarpon").

MM

I've caught a few small ones on light tackle and they were pretty easy
to bring in. I also caught two that were both over 150# (according to
the guide) and they both took 40 minutes or more and he had to chase
them with the boat.

Now if you hook a 60# wahoo on a 25# rig, you have a serious fight on
your hands!

Dan

In article ,
says...
MoiMoi wrote:
In article ,
says...
Charles Summers wrote:
I was kidding about the rod Steve, but if I were to ever go tarpon
fishing.... I'd consider it.

Hope you live a nice long time Steve... with or without my rod warrenty.


Tarpon are 150lb+ fish that don't tire quickly. You would do better
with a lot of other ocean fish than a tarpon with a light rod.

Dan

Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, but I think tarpon tire QUITE
quickly. I've caught up to 40 pounders on fly rod in 5 minutes or so. On
20 lb leaders. Same flyrod I've used for bass and bream at home. Seen
bigger ones caught on regular heavier tackle even quicker.
They jump themselves out of energy.
I've always considered them big versions of our skipjack herring
("Tennessee Tarpon").

MM

I've caught a few small ones on light tackle and they were pretty easy
to bring in. I also caught two that were both over 150# (according to
the guide) and they both took 40 minutes or more and he had to chase
them with the boat.

Well, that's about right for one of that size on light tackle.

Now if you hook a 60# wahoo on a 25# rig, you have a serious fight on
your hands!

Dan

I'm sure that's true from what I've heard, never caught one.
I've caught snook, barracuda, bonefish, spanish and king mackerel,
different jacks, couple of cobia. Any of them, pound for pound give a
stronger sustained fight than tarpon. And most bottom fish do too.

Heck, far as that goes, a grunt fights harder than a tarpon pound for
pound. You probably couldn't land a 150 lb grunt with an anchor winch,
just like 150lb bluegill!

MM

ahh give me a 18lb bluefish on 8 lb test anyday. Now that my friends was a
fight, talk about a fish that didn't give up easy

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"MoiMoi" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
MoiMoi wrote:
In article ,
says...
Charles Summers wrote:
I was kidding about the rod Steve, but if I were to ever go tarpon
fishing.... I'd consider it.

Hope you live a nice long time Steve... with or without my rod
warrenty.


Tarpon are 150lb+ fish that don't tire quickly. You would do better
with a lot of other ocean fish than a tarpon with a light rod.

Dan

Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, but I think tarpon tire QUITE
quickly. I've caught up to 40 pounders on fly rod in 5 minutes or so.
On
20 lb leaders. Same flyrod I've used for bass and bream at home. Seen
bigger ones caught on regular heavier tackle even quicker.
They jump themselves out of energy.
I've always considered them big versions of our skipjack herring
("Tennessee Tarpon").

MM

I've caught a few small ones on light tackle and they were pretty easy
to bring in. I also caught two that were both over 150# (according to
the guide) and they both took 40 minutes or more and he had to chase
them with the boat.

Well, that's about right for one of that size on light tackle.

Now if you hook a 60# wahoo on a 25# rig, you have a serious fight on
your hands!

Dan

I'm sure that's true from what I've heard, never caught one.
I've caught snook, barracuda, bonefish, spanish and king mackerel,
different jacks, couple of cobia. Any of them, pound for pound give a
stronger sustained fight than tarpon. And most bottom fish do too.

Heck, far as that goes, a grunt fights harder than a tarpon pound for
pound. You probably couldn't land a 150 lb grunt with an anchor winch,
just like 150lb bluegill!

MM

In article ,
says...
ahh give me a 18lb bluefish on 8 lb test anyday. Now that my friends was a
fight, talk about a fish that didn't give up easy

Yep, I should have includes blues in the previous. Zing what a feeling!

MM

I guess that change is inevitable...


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"Charles Summers" wrote in message
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I guess that change is inevitable...

did you fall off yer bike ? AGAIN ? grin


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