queensland A good sesh

[cy1301]

Hi guys,

After reading Youngy's report on the tarpons, ChrisC was itching to go look them. As I do not have to work today (for a change!!!), I agreed to a trip and he came around to mine at 3pm today. I wanted to try out the Pontoon 21 rod I bought from Zimman and the lure that stand out today was the Damiki blades.

Weather was good, got to the ramp at 3.30pm, 5 mins and we are at the spot we hope we would find these "flying fishes". Plenty showing on the sounder. Chris was using a smaller blade and was not getting to the bottom as we were fishing relatively deep. Therefore, he borrowed one of my Zamikis. He casted out and we were drifting into some red on the sounder and he is ONNNNNN!!!! ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZ .... He was hoping for a tarpon as he really wanted one. The fish felt solid and was using the current to its advantage thus giving Chris a bit of beating.

Chris finally won the tug of war and we were delighted to see a GT!!

A second drift through the same spot and he was on AGAIN! * :silly: :silly:

At the same time, there were a few bust ups around us. However the fishes took off as quickly as they showed up.

A few more drifts over the same spot produced nothing and we decided to move down river a bit and thats we both felt taps and Chris lost a fish. A quick throw back to the same spot and I was on! I thought it was another GT, and it was giving hell. I was trying out the St Croix matched with a Quantum Smoke I got from the US and it was going zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz. At a first glimpse I thought it was a nice Salmon but it turned out to be a 55cm tailor!

We went back to the same spot and finally got into the mayhem of Tarpons. Every single cast I was practically getting a fish. They were so thick and everything that we threw at them, they took it.

I have landed a few tarpons by now and Chris kept losing his by the boat. He was losing lures too and oh, Chris, you still owe me a Damiki. *LOL* He kept on going and finally managed to land one and we took a pic on his camera so I do not have pics of him on mine.

I got to try out the Pontoon 21 rod and I must say I am impressed by this little rod. Its a 1-3kg rod and it has plenty of grunt. I matched it with a rarenium ci4 and its perfect.

Total today, Chris landed 2 GTs, 1 Tarpon, lost 6-8 tarpons and also lost 3 lures. I landed a Tailor, 5 tarpons and lost another 5 and also 3 lures. For a 2.5hr trip today, I must say we very happy with the results as I have my PB tailor at 55cm on a lure and my PB tarpon at 63cm.

Tight lines

Coen

[Doobsy]

Great session.

Congrats on the PB's.

[sweresy]

nice poon! and nice pic of the trev too guys...

[Genesis]

Love the tarps but they can be so frustrating to land. Good to see Chris had his fix

[sunnydays]

Great session there guys! I really want to get myself into some tarpon action!

Justin

[Angus]

Some very nice fish there mate well done!

[viper83]

Looked like a awesome session guys. Where abouts were you getting these??

Cheers

Matt

[ChrisC]

there in the broadwater bud loads of fun but ridiclously hard to stay connected to -Coen seemed to be havin more luck gettin them in then me - they rasp up your leader then go for a run an jump near the boat an boom lure gone

[tikki169]

Nice work guys!!!!!

LOVE catching Tarpon but man o man have I thrown a tantrum or 10 not being able to stay connected to them. Must be the most frustrating fish to actually land one but when you do you're in for good fun

[Zim man]

Awesome session, love tarpon, when you can land them, great report and pics

[Damien2Rad]

Nice session Coen.

You'll have to take me out to get a few of those Tarpon some time soon!

Cheers!

[Greenmachine]

Loved the report Coen! :cheer: Very jealous! Awesome for a 2.5hr sesh, wish they could all be that good, and some pb's their too doesnt get much better! Looking like a great spring/summer coming on!

[cy1301]

Thanks guys.

Damien I tried calling when I was in Rocky but no answer. Where are you now? I still owe you a trip.

[Damien2Rad]

Back in Brisbane now mate.