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White Marlin
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| That's right folks, I caught a Tarpon! Friday night Ken (bigrigz) and I decided that we were going to go out in his boat and catch some bait for beach sharking event the next night. We motored around for a while trying to net some bait without much luck.....so we decided to fish with artificials. I threw on my fav. jerk bait and Ken and I loaded up on some ladyfish and white trout. After about 2 hours we had a cooler full of fat bait and decided to cruise around looking for some specks or spanish. We saw some bait busting the surface and decided to make a few casts. On my second cast I landed another ladyfish. Ken suggested that we move but I wanted to make a couple more casts.....on my 4th cast BAM FISH OOOONNNN! The fish immediatly jumped out of the water and I started thinking "man that is a huge ladyfish" hahaha. After some screaming drag, 5 leaps, and one missed netting attemp we had the sucker in the net.......and then the shock set in and we started hooting and hollering like a bunch of kids at Disney Land! We took some pics of me releasing the fish pronto! I didn't weigh nor measure the fish b/c I wanted it in the water as soon as possible. We guesstimated the fish at around 40 inches. Side note, the title came from something Ken said The fish was caught on 10lb suffix and a shimano sahara 2500. 
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| Congratulations - Cool story, Cool pix. The last picture reminds me of the Captain D's commercials.
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| Nice catch man! At least you were able to catch one. All I could do was wave bye bye to the pod of monster Tarpon I saw Saturday morning. Good stuff...congrats. Gig
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Konz! you are the Man....... It's always fun to catch that unexpected prize. Somebody up there likes ya. Way to go.
And in the days that followed the islanders came to know him as kane mano, the shark hunter....... http://www.forumpictureprocessor.com/gallery.asp?gallery=1718 "TEAM KANE MANO" "The 2008 Spring Unoffical PFF Shark Tourney Winners!"
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White Marlin
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That last pic is awesome.
Send me the full resolution version and I'll see if I can't get it published in Florida Fishing Weekly.
www.saltwater-events.comBleach is for socks, not for docks, jackass!
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That fish looks about the same size as the one I saw tearing up some crabs at the launch in the back of my neighborhood. Is that the most common size we have up this far north? Or have you seen bigger ones cought?Either way looks like you had a great time , congats
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JoeZ (8/18/2008)
That last pic is awesome.
Send me the full resolution version and I'll see if I can't get it published in Florida Fishing Weekly.
haha that's all i need, my ugly mug on the cover of a magazine getting fish slapped......hahaha PM me the email address you want me to send it to.
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Congrats! That is awesome! That pic is priceless!!!!
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great catch Konz!!! congrats!!! aAwesome picture....Tarpon knew what she was doing.....
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Congrats!!!! I see it gave you a Tarpon kiss.
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All I can say is SWEEEEET....I wanna catch one. Thanks again for your and Ken's help on Friday night, I never would have got the boat home without you guys.
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| Great Catch , but I need to give you some advice.... if your going to try and eat a live fish like that, swallow it head 1st so the dorsal fin doesn't stuck in your throat! 
   
KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!
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White Marlin
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| Thanks for all the replies folks. I want to remind everyone that a tarpon can not be kept without a tag. My fish was quickly released. I spoke to somebody at FWC and was told that as long as the fish was immediatly released I was okay. Below is something taken strait from the FWC's website. Since 1989, tarpon have been managed using a permit system that requires anglers to purchase a $50 tag for each tarpon that they intend to possess. If a tarpon is caught and immediately released, it has not come under possession and no tag is required.
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konz (8/18/2008)
Thanks for all the replies folks. I must advise all that I just got off the phone with FWC and they advised that you cannot boat a tarpon without a tag. So everyone please keep that in mind. In my craziness I didn't even think of this......even though I was not keeping it and the fish was released and shot off like a bullet......I don't want anyone making the same mistake. I took the fish out of the water to remove the hook......next time I will just clip the line.
Nice fish! I was fully expecting someone to come on here and chastise you! Did they call you or did you call them?? That's pretty funny! I'll be honest with you, chances are I'll take my first tarpon out of the water for a pic if it is not too big...just might not post a pic of it on the internet!
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| what you did was perfectly fine,and no laws were borken......heres a email from a previous tarpon thread....oh by the way good job..... Subject
Tarpon Handling
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Response (MF-GC) 06/19/2008 03:12 PM
Mr. Morgan, Thank you for contacting FWC's Division of Marine Fisheries Management. Though the law does not state that pulling a tarpon out of the water to take a picture prohibited, it is not recommended that you do so. Removing a large fish such as tarpon from the water removes the support that water gives the internal organs of the fish. Thus removing the fish from the water results in internal damage, possible severe enough to cause death. If the fish was observed to die as a result of the angler removing it from the water the fish would be considered harvested and without a tarpon tag you would be in violation of the regulations
  
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That's Awesome
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bluffman2 (8/18/2008)
what you did was perfectly fine,and no laws were borken......heres a email from a previous tarpon thread....oh by the way good job..... Subject
Tarpon Handling
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Response (MF-GC) 06/19/2008 03:12 PM
Mr. Morgan, Thank you for contacting FWC's Division of Marine Fisheries Management. Though the law does not state that pulling a tarpon out of the water to take a picture prohibited, it is not recommended that you do so. Removing a large fish such as tarpon from the water removes the support that water gives the internal organs of the fish. Thus removing the fish from the water results in internal damage, possible severe enough to cause death. If the fish was observed to die as a result of the angler removing it from the water the fish would be considered harvested and without a tarpon tag you would be in violation of the regulations Awesome.........thanks man!
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No not a tarpon for sure..I think thats one of those saltwater lady carps.....Great catch bud
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| I'm not sure who got the best of that fight. It looks like Konz won the early rounds but the tarpon came on strong in the end and almost knocked him out but he was saved by the bell. Split decision victory for the Tarpon Great catch Konz and an awesome picture of the release.
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great catch man! you never know until you see it. congrats on your first. nice 2nd 
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Good job Ray !!!!! And that 2nd pic is funny as hell
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great catch and pics !!!!!!!!
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ha, that pic is classic! great catch
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