I was able to do some fishing for a little while this evening with a friend Capt Danny Brown, His Dad is Capt Gregg Brown who both are guides in the Florida keys and friends with Captain Tw. I went down this weekend to originally work on the house in key largo and figured i had a little time this evening to try my luck tarpon fishing. I have had plenty of success fishing with my friends capt t.w., country 6068 and keys angler on several game fish like snook,redfish and trout but never have i landed a tarpon yet and that all changed this evening. We got out to the fishing spot at about 6:00pm and drifted along side the bridge using small crabs and mullet for bait, we must of fished for at least an hour or two with no hits. The tarpon i am told are more active very early morning and late evening i guess you would say like a whitetail there similar in there feeding times. The sun was hitting the horizon and you couldn't have asked for a better sunset, it was a beginning to a beautiful evening. About 8:30 pm the sun had gone down and i could hardly see my bober but the moon was full and lighting up the water it was very quiet and we were just sitting there enjoying the view, about this time i heard a fish explode like someone just threw a bolder off the bridge in the water Danny yelled out fish on i grabbed the rod set the hook as hard as i could and watched this monster come out of the water completely it was amazing to say the least. I fought this fish for approximately 30 to 40 minutes and i will tell you it was like shooting my first deer but with much more work. I could not believe the power in this fish, i would get em close to the boat and he would peel off some more line and he was putting a whipping on me but i loved every minute of it. I manged to get him close enough to the boat when Capt Danny helped me drag him in, Capt Danny was getting a laugh because i was wore out and the big joke was that this fish as big as he was, is considered a good fish but not a monster they have caught them in the past up to 130 to 180 pounds in this area. Capt Danny estimated the fish weighing approximately 80 pounds or so but as you see in the photos i am a good size guy and i couldn't lift this fish off the deck of the boat completely. The best thing about this catch is that it was my fist tarpon and i am hooked.

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