Tarpon
Florida Fishing
Apr 21, 2023 08:17:02 #
Fish4fun
Loc: Clinton, NJ & Venice, FL
First time I’ve ever fished for them. Went out with my son & grandson. No way the grandson could have hauled one in. I’ve never seen fish fight so hard. Sore muscles today. Unfortunately we fed a couple of bull sharks with tarpon on the line but we managed to get six alongside the boat and safely released. Quite a day.
Apr 21, 2023 08:23:32 #
Apr 21, 2023 09:48:00 #
Apr 21, 2023 09:54:19 #
OJdidit wrote:
Oops!
You must be fishing Boca Grande pass remember Old Hitler?
Apr 21, 2023 11:10:04 #
Fish4fun
Loc: Clinton, NJ & Venice, FL
Chuckay wrote:
You must be fishing Boca Grande pass remember Old Hitler?
We were - the Coast Guard hole I was told. I don’t know Old Hitler. Tell us the story.
Apr 21, 2023 15:01:09 #
Apr 21, 2023 16:52:30 #
Old Hitler is about 14' and was a Hammerhead shark that lived in the area of Boca Grande and over the years doing tarpon season he would show up and take the tarpon off of line when fisherman would hook up with a tarpon..he a real noisiness.. They just started calling it Old Hitler 🎣
Apr 21, 2023 22:40:57 #
Fish4fun
Loc: Clinton, NJ & Venice, FL
Chuckay wrote:
Old Hitler is about 14' and was a Hammerhead shark that lived in the area of Boca Grande and over the years doing tarpon season he would show up and take the tarpon off of line when fisherman would hook up with a tarpon..he a real noisiness.. They just started calling it Old Hitler 🎣
Thanks. It was amazing to see the bull sharks hitting the tarpon. It must have been even more so with a great hammerhead.
Apr 21, 2023 23:35:02 #
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Apr 24, 2023 13:08:26 #
HHenry wrote:
Change the bait and catch the problem;)
Hi Henry, I think they did catch a hammerhead and thought it was the one that was eating all of the tarpons but just a few days after that the big it was back at it again.
That's when they called it Old Hitler 😂
Apr 27, 2023 21:59:05 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Fish4fun wrote:
First time I’ve ever fished for them. Went out with my son & grandson. No way the grandson could have hauled one in. I’ve never seen fish fight so hard. Sore muscles today. Unfortunately we fed a couple of bull sharks with tarpon on the line but we managed to get six alongside the boat and safely released. Quite a day.
Sounds like an Adventure for sure. I wonder what Bull Shark Tastes Like? 😁
Apr 29, 2023 20:50:26 #
HHenry
Loc: Pt Loma CA
Kinda Interesting the parallel's between Shark & Catfish, grew up fishing in the Midwest, ended up mostly a Saltwater guy...Catfish...Flathead's terrible & poison like, Channel's good flakey white meat....Blue Shark.. terrible & poison like....Mako's,... Tasty & solid white meat...Never attempted eating a bull....
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