Tampa Revisit

[green lurchers 16,719]

not quite to plan , the tuna moved out after hurricain matt , see no T head sharks, so off we went hunting the shallows of tampa bay with fly and spin rod , using the ospreys terns and pelicans as fish spotters we mannaged to connect with a few black tip sharks , jack crevaille , sea trout , ladyfish, snook, grouper, sea bass , and tarpon , the boys had fun altho it wasnt easy it was a great trip considering the mixed weather/wind , plenty of fishy tales of those that get away lol , we had jacks to 15lb lost them to 20lb on fly , and boated about 25 of them hard fighting fish, lost tarpon to 80lb redfish , and big blacktips but hey we had fun loosing fish

[green lurchers 16,719]

[green lurchers 16,719]

[green lurchers 16,719]

[Lenmcharristar 9,826]

Good job mate,

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

Different type of fishing that, would love a go at it. Bound to be some buzz.

[tillylamp 1,830]

some nice fish there bud.....

[mattyg 1,862]

Top class....... Again!

How much of your own gear do you take mate?

Don't fancy shelling on salty fly reel....they are hardly cheap.lol

Matt

[green lurchers 16,719]

Different type of fishing that, would love a go at it. Bound to be some buzz.

it is mate , just hunt em down with the birds and sightcast to the fish , sometimes you only get one shot sometime a couple of shots at fish before the birds and baitball disappear , then huntabout looking for it all to start again

[green lurchers 16,719]

Top class....... Again!

How much of your own gear do you take mate?

Don't fancy shelling on salty fly reel....they are hardly cheap.lol

Matt

i take a shoulderbag of fishing clothes few t shirts trainers sunglasses camera , the guides supply all the rods reels tackle flies , some of the fly rod set ups i use come to a small fortune , tibor reels ,sage and loomis rods , , plus all the lines backing n flies , they tie there own flies ,all i do is turn up and cast the rod lol they carry 6 8 10 12wt fly set ups and 10lb and 40lb spin rods , they got all bases covered as you never really know what you gonna come across, its a vast bit of water im well hooked on the style of hunting down the fish , what was in one spot one day is not there the next , you just look for the birds they lead to the fish then you see whats attacking the bait ball, best bit of action i see was about 500 jacks hammering a bait ball in 6ft of water a proper frenzy with the terns and pelicans hitting the small fish from above then a pod of dolphins zooms in and destroys the action, you get one or two shots at jacks by the time you land it the jacks can be over a mile away starting up again , this might last an hour or 2 then you mix it up with a bit of a shot at other species like snook and shark tight up against the mangroves , all good stuff for the young lads and me of course,, little jack into a small black tip shark,,then drifting down looking for redfish over the oyster bars tight up on the mangroves

Edited November 7, 2016 by green lurchers

[green lurchers 16,719]

[mattyg 1,862]

All being well I'll be on Anna Maria around may!

Matt

[green lurchers 16,719]

All being well I'll be on Anna Maria around may!

Matt

the tarpon run into tampa bay is incredible in may , thousands of 100lb plus fish pass within 50 yards of anna maria beach up the north end in groups of 5 to a hundred fish its an amazing sight , i fished there for a day and comletely failed , the sight of a group of 40 100lb fish passing within casting range affects your heartbeat lol, youl see a few skiffs on anchor waiting to ambush the silver king as they come up from the keys into tampa bay , , ive booked a flight in late april il be staying anna maria and saratota , will you be fishing matt?

Edited November 7, 2016 by green lurchers

[mattyg 1,862]

The plan is to get some fishing in but until the mother in law gets the go ahead form the docs I don't really want to book a guide, may be too late by then, in any case I'm gonna have a go from the rod & reel pier I think.

Matt

[jok 3,269]

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? You are going after tarpon and you can't get me a Zander out of the cut LOL. You are having a laugh. Come on mate. Man up. You can't catch one. Haha. Jok.