yoyo! finally got on my girl's comp. chef is right on, i'm doing well and having a blast down here. been fishing this one particular bridge that holds big tarpon year round. also has some huge sharks, cudas, snapper, and permit. even saw some big bones cruisin the flats on one side of the bridge. i've been using my freshwater rod and a sabiki rig tipped with shrimp to catch bait(pinfish) then throwing them on a beastly 8ft unknown custom spinner i had laying around. i have my 706 on it with 35# fireline connected to a super long 65 # fluoro leader. so far i have hooked 4 tarpon between 60-100lbs and i have not felt under gunned at all. however i have not been able to land one. i've fought them for a minute or 2 and then they spit the hook when they jump. still trying to get the hang of circle hooks. guy on the bridge last night walked a really big shark down the whole length of the bridge but i never got a good look at it. i had 2 big cudas destroy my bait on a couple occasions but they bite through the flouro like its nothing. if i had 2 set-ups i'd fish one with a steel leader for them. its really amazing, these fish are well trained. they wait for someone on the bridge to catch a small snapper or something and as soon as its released a big tarpon or cuda engulfs the thing. we basically try to imitate the same thing. we hook the pinfish then slam it down off the water so that it is stunned. most of the time abig fish will come up after it but don't always take it. still trying to figure this thing out, presentation really seems to be the key( no pun intended).
other than that i've been working the front desk at little palm resort it's most exclusive resorts in the keys, and ranked 11 in the world. i've also been snorkeling, mtn biking, jumping off bridges into canals, and next week im getting dive certified.
hope all is well with everyone. once i get the internet situation sorted out ill post pics. tight lines
