June 9, 2014 Report

Regular client David climbed aboard today for a few hours on the water. He's been wanting a tarpon so that was on the agenda. We started with absolutely slick calm conditions and a heavy haze that barely provided a few hundred yards of visibility. We didn't have to travel far though, as we found a ton of tarpon just 200 yards from the marina. The tarpon were rolling and finning right on the surface, enough to wake anyone up early in the morning. The bite was slow though but I saw a school of something pushing towards us so I cast an artificial, felt a big tug and handed the rod to David. Fifteen minutes later he had a BIG jack to the boat. As a slight breeze kicked up and the tarpon stopped rolling we changed spots. Here David hooked into an 80-90lb tarpon that gave us some really amazing jumps. 10-15 minutes into the fight he wrapped us around a piling and broke us off. Urgh! David on the other hand wasn't nearly as upset, he felt the silver rage of a tarpon and enjoyed every second of it. We ended the morning with another bite but no hook up.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com