September 2, 2007 Backcountry Fishing Report

Going to the Backcountry Today I always try something different on the second day of a multiple day trip; so today I went into the back-country. We started out with some small Tarpon and it didn't take long before Rick and Kathy were jumping Tarpon left and right. Then Rick had something a little bigger it was a keeper size Snook that was pulling some drag, after fighting it for a few minutes we released it. Kathy never let's Rick get to overconfident so she caught the first Tarpon, as I wet landing the Tarpon Rick hooked up with a Snook. There was a monster storm coming thru the back-country and we got lucky only to get the wind, but again it shut the Tarpon down. We ran from spot to spot where I caught fish just a couple days earlier but with no tidal movement the fish just weren't biting. I made the run north of Shark River to find tide movement and some Tarpon. Rick and Kathy cast for Tarpon but only caught Ladyfish, Grouper and Jacks as the Tarpon just rolled without hitting their lures. I gave them a couple options and they chose go back to the area where Rick hooked the big Tarpon. We worked our way down the coast and rick spotted a big Hammerhead by the time we got a bait out it disappeared. On the ride back to the Tarpon grounds I spotted some big bust way outside of the park boundary markers off Middle Cape, I headed that way and chased down the schools of 8-10 lb. Jacks, the water was foaming and we had a double hook-up. We landed both fish, took a photo and released them and back on our way. On my approach I noticed a couple free jumping Tarpon so I just headed to my GPS mark from the day before as I slowed down the started rolling everywhere. Rick and Kathy were excited and started casting. The rods were constantly bent whether it was a Trout, Jack, Catfish, or Sharks the only thing not eating were the Tarpon. The boat next to us had a hook up but that was only one 1 in about 2 hours of fishing between us. I asked if they wanted to try one more spot, I wanted the day to end on with an exciting fish, they flew from California just to fish with me, I owe them! The tide was 3 feet lower than the morning so everything was exposed, I said let's cast in the pot holes in the grass flats and catch something big. The mullet were getting hit and there were Sharks on the prowl and suddenly a big Tarpon tails up in front of us. Rick laid a cast in front but he just vanished! I was throwing a Chug Bug just for fun just to see if something would hit it and boy it got hit! 150 lbs. of Bull Shark crashed it and came right at the boat, I handed the rod to Kathy and the Shark took off about a 100 yards it was total chaos and excitement and a great way to end the day and the trip. Rick and Kathy were worn out and promised they would be back soon. I told them it would be my pleasure! Select another page || Go to Home Page

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