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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 - 10:53 pm: | |
Subject: Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida WE 6/23/01
Fishing Report for Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida Weekending 6/23/01
Fishing pals Todd Rosenthal and Tony Mutter of Twinsburg, Ohio have experienced tarpon fishing aboard the Game Fish-her in a way that only true buddies can. After a morning of casting to several schools of tarpon with only one hook up on a 70# fish for Tony that came at first light just off of the northern end of Casey Key, Todd was getting pretty discouraged but I told him to have some patience, it will pay off. Shortly after noon, now off of the public beach in Venice, both Todd and Tony threw a couple of fresh crabs into a slow moving school of tarpon. Tony's line went tight, then Todd's did also and one really big fish jumped past the boat! Two anglers tight but only one fish! What's with that? We finally figured out that both anglers had hooked up to the same tarpon. What a fire drill that was. I've heard fellow Captain, Jeffri Durrance, tell a tale of one such incident on his boat but it hadn't happened to me, until that Friday, with two guys from Twinsburg. Where else? They fought that fish to the boat in about 15 minutes and we even had another boat witness the whole ending. Thanks Austin for the photos! Todd claimed the catch because his hook was in the upper lip, while Tony's was on the side. We estimated the fish weighed close to the 150# mark but Tony still only credits Todd with a 75 pounder. Frank Treglia and Mike Distephano of Queens, New York got into several schools of north and south bound fish but got the cold shoulder. Mike finally hooked up using a threadfin but lost the fish after about a 20 minute fight when the line broke. Phil Turgo of Sarasota and his son, Brad, of Atlanta were into tarpon near the Point of Rocks but couldn't get any to bite. On the way back to the launch I stopped to pick up some trash floating in our Gulf waters, as is my habit, but ended up finding a 3# tripletail hanging by it. We cast a DOA shrimp to it and it ate it willingly. The fish was released so it could find another piece of trash. Brad caught and released a couple of juvenile snook along the Big Pass rocks by using a DOA glow shrimp. By the end of the week, Florida is getting soaked in the morning by lots of rain. Aledia Tush, owner of CB's Saltwater Outfitters, brought her long time friend David Herrick of Virginia along on Saturday for some pre-dawn catch and release snook action in Snook Alley using DOA's glow shrimp, then some tarpon fishing but those morning showers chased us back in before 8:30 a.m..
Tarpon season isn't over just yet and there are just a couple of days available before they're gone from the beaches. I'm just an email away: ReelSaltyLady@cs.com
Thanks,
Capt. Merrily Dunn
Game Fish-her Guide Service
website underconstruction: www.gamefish-her.com
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