Jolly Roger on Fire 8-4 to 8-6

[king&strut]

Caught my first Tarpon on 8-4. It took 1 and half hours and alot of help. Thanks again Jason and Carrie and everyone else. Boy what a fight. Jason thought he had one on last night but it turned out to be about a 100lb. blacktip. One small king was lost and 1 on a gotcha plug. Caught 8 flounder 2 to 3 and one half pounds. About 15 caught on Saturday-all keepers. Some virginia mullets caught along with black drum. As I eased my finger mullet in the water this morning for a flounder a 2 lb. spanish came from under the pier and nailed it. Decked him too. We don't lose many fish at the big JR.....Real professionals move their anchors rods correctly when a fish gets on. What a great weekend...Again the big story was that silver king TARPOOON.....Wish you were there pier legend, Dave, and Topsail Bum.:) The small king may have been a spanish but it hit a pretty good size bluefish. That is not usually on their menu. The hooks just pulled out.

[pier-legend]

..congrats are in order Mike!!..ain't them things a rush!!! WAY TO GO!!!
..alright now, give us the details...What did it hit, what did it weight?, how many jumps did you get???..
..I may be wrong but I believe the old Jolly Roger has the only 2 tarpon landed so far this year, from a pier!
..was Brooke with you?..if so I bet she was excited..
..again, most excellent catch Mike!

[uncdub13]

congrats on the poon dude.

i believe cb and kure piers both got one this summer too but i could be mistaken, it was second hand info.

got the next 3 days off and a full moon this week...gonna try like hell for one:D .

[b3butner]

Congratulations! They are the ultimate:D

[RuddeDogg]

On the Tarpon. Way to go.

[Drumdum]

There is no higher honor for a planker than to land a poon off a pier!! ;)

WAY TA GO!!:)

[fisherkid]

got pics I hope:)

[king&strut]

Thanks everyone. PL, it weighed 65 lbs. BT left the pier about 7:30 pm. He gave me his bluefish. About 20 minutes later, it WAS ON!!!!!
All three gamagatkzu (spelling?) hooks were in his side behing the gill plate. Not one was bent. He made 2 runs from pier, jumped 6 times. He went down the pier one time, then back out, then back in again around 10:00 pm. He finally went to the beach. I tried to beach him there so I could release him. But the dude swam back out and I locked down that wide spool 4/0. Jason then netted him and the fish was whipped.....He did not survive. We tried to revive him in the water. So, I took the meat to the turtle hospital and boy were they glad. Them little critters will eat for weeks now. I was so nervous with my first tarpon and all and around about 50 people. I used the same rig today but with new swivels of course. After 20 yrs of king fishing and no tarpon strikes I hope the next one doesn't take as long. Brooke was at home-shucks, but could not believe the pictures. BT was SICK he left so early....

[king&strut]

BTW, I had all the neighbors for supper tonight. Fresh flounder........they left with their mouths watering and stomachs full.....

[donancy]

Congratulations Mike!! Very happy for you, Wow-would have loved to see you do it- 6 jumps!! That's great that you shared with the turtles! You won't get over that for awhile. see 'ya in a month or so.nancy