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artie langes habit · Finger Mullet Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 24

So I'm out at a jetty this morning trying to locate some bait. I spot a small group of mullet and I think I'm in business.. I toss out the net and feel like I just snagged on a rock. I pull the rope back and see a giant silver mirror thrashing back. I quickly pull it on the rocks and see it a 4' Tarpon. After he sufficiently shredded my cast net I gently remove him and place him back in the water and he swims away. So now I have a broken net, no live bait and a story to tell.

kayakattack · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:02 pm Post subject:

Haha wow that's crazy.........what jetties?
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artie langes habit · Finger Mullet Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 24

Mustang Island... North Jetty... after I got myself composed I noticed several of them cruising right up to the rocks. I've never actually caught one and today doesn't count.

kayakattack · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:09 pm Post subject:

No Pic????
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RedSniper · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:10 pm Post subject:

Dang, Tarpon is a long awaited mission of mine.
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artie langes habit · Finger Mullet Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 24

no pic... left my phone in the truck and didn't want to harm the fish by keeping it out any longer than necessary. My buddy was standing right there speechless I should have made him snap a pic

workinbird · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:05 pm Post subject:

You would have had some explaining to do to the Game Warden if he had been hanging around. Did that once in a shallow lagoon behind Mustang Island and netted a 22" red! Was told that I would have had some explaining to do also, but lucky for both of us? Smile

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workinbird · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:05 pm Post subject:

You would have had some explaining to do to the Game Warden if he had been hanging around. Did that once in a shallow lagoon behind Mustang Island and netted a 22" red! Was told that I would have had some explaining to do also, but lucky for both of us? Smile

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Crmsn · Horse Mullet Joined: 17 Aug 2011 Posts: 144

I was down the jetty from you, I thought it was a monster bull red at first.

Chef Lefty · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:54 pm Post subject:

I will trade a shredded net for a story like that any day. Although I would have hunted someone down with a camera or cell phone camera. Oh well, great story. Very Happy

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lifeaquatic · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject:

It's your lucky day - quick go buy some lotto tix!

I'd think the net hitting the water would have run any large fish away. That throw was one in a million. Great story.
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