This Is How You Catch A Monster Tarpon All By Yourself [Amazing Catch]
- By: Luke Simonds
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- Found In: Fishing Tips, Inshore Fishing, Tarpon Tips
Just wait until you see this video!
If you’ve ever been out fishing when the camera is rolling, then you know what usually happens…
The fish don’t bite.
They get lockjaw.
It’s almost as if they know there are cameras on the boat when we are trying to get some footage of them…
But then other days, the exact opposite happens.
Check out what happened last week while filming some exclusive Insider Fishing Club tips with Salt Strong fishing coach Peter Miller (from Bass2Billfish and Unchartered Waters With Peter Miller).
The coolest part is that it all happened right next to downtown Miami.
Here are a few pics the kayakers who watched the entire fight took of Peter and Luke (video is below)
Catching Tarpon In Downtown Miami (VIDEO)
Pretty awesome, huh?
What’s your craziest tarpon story?
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Great job catching that giant, Peter and the video was terrific; hoping to one day come to Florida and get you to take me out to try and maybe get lucky enought to catch one of those super fish, FISH ON!
Thanks for the kind words David!
Thanks for the reply Luke. Yes it’s about looking the other way while corporations foul our waters along both coasts. The turtle grass around Flamingo is gone. The turtle grass around Sarasota south through Charlotte Harbor is mostly gone. Red tide has recked the fishing on the west coast from Venice south. The east coast around Stuart is dealing with a different kind of algae, probably caused by the dumping of millions of gallons of fouled water by big sugar and other farmers and groves. It’s time to use your influence to speak with elected members of Congress. Get C.A. involved and Hellsbay along with other fishing related companies. If we don’t make a stand complaining later will just be whining.
Real change will require groups with deep pockets and open time to navigate the political hierarchy… we unfortunately have neither at this time given that we are just a few years old and are still in our infancy stage of this business.
Groups like CCA and Captains For Clean Water are the ones who are much better suited than us to drive the needed changes.
We support them both and have featured them (among others) in our podcast and on this website, and we hope that you do as well.
Here’s a link to one in particular that talks about the pollution issues caused from the Lake O discharge with some ideas on how to fix it in case you have not yet seen/heard it: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/captains-for-clean-water-podcast/
Thanks guys for the link to your podcast. It was very informative. I apologize for thinking Salt Strong was not addressing our water problem. I have been sight fishing for almost 40 years and experienced the best Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, the Indian River and the St Lucie River had to offer. I remember when catching five or six bonefish a day in Biscayne Bay was normal. I remember only a decade ago when I could be on the water in Lemom Bay at first light and catch seven or eight snook and a couple of reds and maybe a trout or two on plug and fly and be home for a late breakfast. With this latest run of red tide It’s been almost a month since I have been fishing. At 71 years old, I don’t have a month to waste not fishing. My grandson is three and it’s depressing to think that he will never experience the things I did growing up on Biscayne Bay and in Florida Bay. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words Steve. Yes, it is crucial for us all to do all that we can to help conserve our beloved fisheries. It should be assumed that everything we put on the ground will eventually end up on our waterways, so even the act of not using fertilizers in our yards or harmful cleaning solutions on our cars/boats can make a difference. My personal theory is that if I don’t want to swim in it, I won’t let it get in my yard or on my driveway (haven’t used anything but hose water on my boat in years and it’s still plenty clean).
Thank you. I just joined Captains For CLean Water.
There’s a group of fishermen headed to Cleweston Sat 14th to protest against fouling our fishing waters on both the east coast and the west coast . Seems to me you guys at Salt Strong should be involved or you become part of the problem.
The more people we have promoting clean water initiatives, the better off our fisheries will surely be going forward. I assume this protest in particular is about the Lake O funneling off its water East and West?
Hey guys I caught my first Tarpon on Monday at Anna Maria’s Bean Point. I was by myself to boot! I captured some of it on my cellphone video, it was absolutely amazing. I have been trying to hook one for three years …. bucket list fish, done.
Great work Jeff!
Luck, I posted the videos on your FB page yesterday. Thanks for the reply.
Can’t wait to see these new tips on tarpon. I sure could have used some tips my last time out. I swear I had a huge tarpon laughing at me as I threw everything I had at him in my tackle bag and he wouldn’t bite. Even a very large threadfin didn’t entice him.
There will be a series of Insider tips coming out about tarpon fishing in the coming weeks… the first one should be ready in another couple days.
WOW–that was an amazing catch
Nice!!!would love to fish for tarpon from a kayak in the Tampa Bay Area. I’m sure I’m not the only one so it would be awesome if you could make a tutorial about it. Thank you ????
By the way I’m a huge fan of Peter Miller, thank you for bringing him aboard.
Yes, Peter has been an awesome addition to the team.
I’ll make sure to have a couple Insider Reports focus on tarpon this summer… we should have a good amount of them in the Bay soon.
That. Was. Rad.
Thanks Cam!
That is so awesome!
Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment Jeff!
Whoa!!!! That’s what I’m talking about! Peter Miller gettin Salt Strong on a monster Silver King!!!! That was a great video! Look forward to watching the full length! Catching one of those beasts is one of my top 3 goals in salt water fishing. Look forward to the day when I get one on the line!
Thanks for shooting and sharing the video!
Thanks Guy! We made some great step-by-step tutorials that day which cover the entire process (finding good spots, identifying tarpon on depth finders, baits, rigs, fighting tactics, and the landing/reviving process… you’ll have access to them as an Insider once we can edit and post them.
Awesome! Can’t wait! Thanks Luke! Enjoy the Meetup this weekend! Tight Lines!