Got to my spot about 5 this morning and first cast hooked into a nice tarpon.  Generally a fish on the first cast is the kiss of death for the rest of the day, but not today.  20 minutes later another tarpon, dehooked him and sent it on it's way. 10 minutes later I get slammed by yet another tarpon, this time my 40# leader got snapped like sewing thread.

Now it's getting light and the snook are boiling, went to waters edge and in short order caught 6 snook.  To cap it off I found my xrap on shore from the broken leader.

What where you using to catch the snook?

DOA cal jerk shad on 1/4 oz jig head

great day man!!!!

wish i hit em like that lately.....

i was stoked 2 days ago to catch about 20-25 ladyfish, and one 8 lb jack in the day of wade fishing the indian river in my area.

not even comparable to your trip,

....im more than a little jealous.

Nothing wrong with ladyfish ( poorman's tarpon) great fighters and I haven't gotten a decent jack in months.

I have 3 or 4 lb lady fish make 30 yd runs, and the record is only around 7 lb.

WOW, that has to be one of your better outings.

Speaking of ladyfish,  use a live ladyfish for snook bait and tie your asss to the bridge because I guarantee you're gonna have one heck of a fight.

Speaking of ladyfish,  use a live ladyfish for snook bait and tie your asss to the bridge because I guarantee you're gonna have one heck of a fight.

I don't have a rod big enough , lol

yeh is one of the best outings in a long long time.  The the tide cycle was perfect.  Heading out real soon, but I don't expect the same kind of action.

Posted by: SirSnookalot      Posted on: Today at 2:34am

Nothing wrong with ladyfish ( poorman's tarpon) great fighters and I haven't gotten a decent jack in months.

I have 3 or 4 lb lady fish make 30 yd runs, and the record is only around 7 lb.

ya for sure, still an exciting fish to catch...

the majority of the one's i hooked were in the 1-possibly 2lb range, with 2 or 3 hitting around 3 to 4 lbs.

the jack made my day though,

i fish a stupidly light drag, just to hear'em run.....

and where im normally at, i dont have to worry about cover....its all open water...

so i just let him rip it,

then i realized that i was running dangerously low on line, so i had to start thumbin the spool to put the brakes on him.

it was great!!