September 22, 2014 Report

Language can many times be a barrier but there are rare moments when language is neither a barrier nor an obstacle and today was certainly one of those days. Koji and Kaizan from Japan were in for a half day trip of chasing tarpon in Biscayne Bay. The morning started not far from the marina where I have been finding early morning tarpon and sure enough, they were there. Casting artificial lures we had one brief hook up but couldn't confirm if it was a tarpon, although the bend in the heavy rod sure looks like tarpon. Several schools of aggressive jacks moved in and they kept intercepting our lures before the tarpon could get to them. Koji and Kaizan ended up releasing several jacks before we moved on. Several spots later we settled into one where we found tarpon but they had lockjaw. Along the way we laughed as we communicated using hand signals and Kaizan's limited English vocabulary. It was enough though for him to tell me he is a professional bass angler and was on his way to two days of bass fishing in Lake Ockeechobee. Have fun guys!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com