Well, the mullet schools are now few and far between, but the memories of the last few months will last a lifetime! I caught many fish, set personal records, and caught fish I have never caught before. I filmed most of the fish that I caught, I hope you enjoy the report.
My first small tarpon this year. I caught him on a chunk of mullet that I kayaked out 100yds.
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The same day my buddy Matt caught this nice snook:
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We hooked another big tarpon that day and he straightened out the hook. Matt also caught another snook that was smaller than the one above. We didn't get a photo or video of the fish. The following day started great! In the morning, Matt hooked up with this beautiful tarpon:
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Later that day I hooked another tarpon. It was a big fish and I was by myself. Hurricane Irene created a huge sandbar near shore and you really had to walk out to get to deep water. I didn't walk out after the fish and I pulled the hook out of his mouth, a mistake I won't make again. The next day I caught a really nice tarpon, must have been around 70-80lbs, maybe more.
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The following day I caught my biggest Tarpon ever, this fish weighed around 100lbs.
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The winds started to pick up and fishing became tough. The following week the waves were massive (7-8 footers), but the mullet were so thick! Sharks, tarpons, snook, jacks, bluefish, everything was smashing them. I caught a small tarpon (probably 30lbs) that day. The video came out horrible (the salts spray blurred the lens) and I didn't get a photo. We also caught snook and jacks on spoons and live mullet (no photos). About a week later, I caught my biggest snook ever, 40 inches! He fought very hard. I saw him in the surf and threw a 10" mullet at him and he slurped the mullet in like 3 seconds. It was raining when I caught the snook and a drop got on the lens, which sucks!
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Later that evening I caught this massive jack crevalle on a live mullet:
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Later that week I caught this really nice blacktip. I wasn't fishing for sharks, but he took the bait.
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I also caught this small snook on the same day with Surfrat. He left the beach an hour before I caught the shark.
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I started school in Orlando at the end of September, so my fishing time became very limited. I met up with Will at Sebastian Inlet in October on two occasions. I caught my very first redfish, which was over 30".
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I caught a smaller redfish the following week:
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Will and my friend Damon caught these big reds at Sebastian as well. Over 20 redfish were caught on the pier in a matter of several hours.
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God Bless,
Joshua Jorgensen
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