It's Tuesday, the 4th of June 2002 at 7:00 in the morning. Boca Grande Tarpon Fishing all the way to Sanibel has some great Tarpon Fishing.

The forecast called for clear skies and a near "0" movement tide. Winds were out of the SSE 5-10mph for most of the day.

Loaded with bait from the day before Cory and his friend Lenny decided they would like to go Tarpon Fishing, at my urging of course. At 7:30am we were at the hole with lines in the water. There were Tarpon so close to us we could almost reach over and touch them with our fishing rod when they rolled. My bait was real nervous on more than one occasion but there were never any takers on my rod or the other two. About an hour and a half later we decided to get some more bait. After three or four casts we had 200 plus fresh threads in the livewell. Off we went to the next spot. Sure enough tarpon were rolling and free jumping all over the place but again no takers. We decided to head for lunch and go out again after lunch.

Seeing as how the Tarpon failed to participate in the river, we decided to go to the same place I took Captain Blair for the big Snook he got during the show. We fished it for about 45 minutes and managed 3 Snook up to 25 inches. Not one of them was a keeper sized fish but they were all very fat. I believe most of them are females that are ready to spawn. The bite slowed over the next 15 minutes so we decided to leave.

Next we decided to hit a spot where a friend said they get big Jewfish in the winter. I figured why not try it and see what might be down there. I had everyone rerig their rods with a pinch on weight of about a 1/2 ounce. The weight allows the Threads to swim somewhere in the 8-10 foot range in depth and eventually to the bottom. As we were fishing one side of the structure Lenny got a fish on and it turned out to be a baby jew of about 2lbs. For those of you who don't know even a 2lb. jewfish can pull the rod out of your hand. They are like baby freight trains. A little later I got a nice hit and guess what another jewboy. He was a little bigger, I think he went four pounds or so.

Next, we went to the other side of the structure. I began to see tarpon rolling out the corner of my eye and before long they started to roll right in front of us. They were there, not as many as in the river but enough to fish for. We continued to use the same rigs and about 20 minutes later Cory hooked into a nice fish right under the boat. Cory pumped that fish hard and eventually it skied up out of the water about 10 feet from the boat. Are you wondering what "it" is yet? You guessed it a nice San Carlos Bay Tarpon. Cory had the fish whooped in about 10 minutes and landed in 15. What do you think?

We spent about 5 minutes reviving the fish before we took this picture. Cory wanted to get another proud pic of his Tarpon before it was released.

Not long after he caught the Tarpon Cory managed to get this nice jack crevalle. I want to say I remember the fish weighing somewhere in the 8lb range. Those big jacks pull as hard as the Tarpon we catch. Although Cory just boated a Tarpon we thought he had another on. However, with tarpon they jump so fast that we knew Cory's fish was not a poon. Here he is, he was a pretty nice fish, especially how he burned off line from Cory's reel. Another hour or so passed and it was getting close to six so we decided to call it a day and return later that evening for some more action.

Finally, it was time to do a little night fishing. We had plenty of bait from earlier in the day. I fished with the same rig as I had earlier. Cory decided to freeline his bait. The tide was slowing and in my opinion that is the best time to fish the spot. The first 30 minutes went by and we had some hits but nothing to write about. The next 30 minutes however were very interesting. I lost my rig to the bottom as did Lenny. While we were still rigging, Cory managed to catch a 10lb Snook, lost one at boat side about 15lbs and one even bigger that busted him off. I sure was jealous watching him get all of those hits while I was sitting on my can rigging. We finally rigged but the bite was over and the tide was slack. I decided to go back to "The Blair Spot" and the bite was on. Every fish we hooked except for one went 10lbs plus. Cory got one Snook 25 inches. Not long after that I lost a huge Snook when the hook pulled after I got his head turned. Then Lenny lost one in the plus 10 range. For the next 30 minutes we had hit after hit. Then Cory finally did the job. He had to use everything he had but eventually he landed a huge Snook that went 14lbs. She was one of the biggest I have seen caught this year. Here is where I would place a pic, but I forgot the digital camera on top of the table. I knew we would catch some nice fish especially since we forgot the camera and it was sitting safe and useless at home. The day started quite slow but finished with a bang. Make sure you continue checking the Catching Reports. I have another one for Wednesday that will be posted soon. The next report is a pretty good one, so don't miss it.

Until next time may you have line singing, leader fraying, and drag screaming action!!!!