Hmmm

[fishtheclassic]

I am hearing some pretty big rumbling from a friend of ours down S. As in WAY down S in FL. Seems the TARPON may be in abundance come March. Details soon... :D
Gavin

[capt_rick_nc]

grouper are souper off NC in December.

[Golden Dog]

Did you see the 175lb. tarpon caught by a 16 year old in SWS this month? That was a BIG fish...11lbs. over the NC state record!

We fished inshore of Oregon Inlet one day this summer and another boat we were with hooked up with (and subsequently lost) a nice tarpon. I didn't realize they were even this far north until this summer.

[easytimes455]

I didn't realize they were even this far north until this summer.

I witnessed a 128 pound tarpon being landed on the old and now burned Paradise Pier on North Topsail Beach, in North Carolina. Took the guy a long time to get him, and I believe he would rather have caught a king mackerel. It would have been a lot less work to catch a 30# king.

Speaking of which, I put out a fire on that same pier. Everybody just stood around looking at me, while I pulled one of the planks and splashed water on the joists, where a cigarette had fallen and started the fire. Flames were leaping all over the place, and nobody raised a finger.

The fish weren't even biting, at the moment. Looks like I could have gotten a hand. The guy at the bait and ticket counter only handed me a small wrecking bar... he was busy making money. Kind of a surreal situation, but at least I got the fire out, that time. It's gone, now.

I think I'd rather catch the grouper. At least you can eat them, if the PETA folks ain't watchin', and the fish eating mood strikes.
Charles

[Squid Row]

The record tarpon came off a pier on 20 lb test to boot! There are some good threads about it on ncwaterman.com.

Grouper are souper right now Rick, See you at the ramp tomorrow morning!

[bzalmano]

Right in Fort Lauderdale. Down Town in the New River. Just drag some live mullets past the Multi-Million dollar homes and pop them. All winter long. I hooked into a couple last year have not had a chance to get out yet this year which explains why my boat is for sale.

[L.A. z GATOR]

Tarpon in NC? Very cool. I had no idea!

[reelnative]

in aug I caught 22 tarps in less than 2hrs in the vaca cut on marathon key the largest was about 150,caught all while i was making some shrimp cababs and drinking many crown royals on my dock, I was using the backstraps of some bigeye tuna my neighbor was cleaning next to me, all were cought on 20lb big game