Tarpon Archives

August 23, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Remember last week when we published a blog asking if fishing was a sport or hobby? (see that post here)

Well, I think after you see this video below, we can all agree that fishing is a sport.

Watching this was giving me flashbacks of “Old Man And The Sea!”

Both the tarpon and the man were physically whipped… neither of them wanting to give up, give in, or accept defeat.

After one hour and 40 minutes of Man vs. Tarpon, they both win as man gets to touch the leader for a catch, while the tarpon gets to live another day with a quick release next to the boat.

The angler in the video is Harri Hotti, and you could tell he was used to being out there in his Maverick flats boat alone fighting silver kings.

Amazing fight!

Angler Harri Hotti = Salt Strong

Enjoy.

Related Video: “The Best Tarpon Video To Ever Come Out Of Boca Grande” (watch it here now)

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August 20, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Last week Luke and I went fly fishing with some guys up in north Michigan.

While we were having some evening cocktails after a fun day of being out on the river, I asked one of the guys we were with what his all-time favorite saltwater fishing video was.

His reply…

“The video where the two guys catch monster tarpon from a float tube in the middle of a jungle”

After a few quick YouTube searches, I found what I was looking for… the “Tapam” tarpon trailer.

The trailer alone won an award from the Drake fly fishing video awards back when it was launched, and after watching it I realized why everyone likes it so much.

In an area of the Central American jungle where most of us wouldn’t be caught with our foot hanging off a boat, these guys are out there with their feet dangling from float tubes all day long.

Just wait until you see some of the monster tarpon they catch towards the end. They even do a great job on the conservation side of things. Not only that, but one of the anglers lands a monster permit as well.

I can only imagine inshore slam was going through their heads after that!

Amazing work gents!

The two guys who made (and star in) the video are Jan Kristensen and Daniel Goz, and the video below is actually a trailer for their full-length film called “Tapam The Movie”.

Related Video: “Jungle Tarpon Captured On Slo-Mo Film” (watch it here now)

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August 3, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Back by popular demand…

Silver Kings recently announced a season 3 of their popular TV fishing show where they chase after tarpon.

You can tell they are having some fun now like when they embarrassed Capt. Jared Raskob for having a tough time in front of the camera in the beginning. I’ve been there before!

In case you missed the first two Silver Kings trailers, here they are:

“Is This The Second Best Tarpon Trailer Ever Made? You’ve Got To See This!” – Silver Kings Trailer Year 1
“The South Florida Tarpon Trailer That Will Leave You With Goosebumps” – Silver Kings Trailer Year 2

What do you think?

Are you excited for Season 3?

Enjoy.

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July 11, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

There are three things in the outdoors that I can watch for hours…

Waves hitting the beach
Staring at a fire while camping
Tarpon feeding

So when I started watching this awesome tarpon feeding footage from Capt. Wade Pryor and Shelley Green down in the Florida Keys, I could have sworn that tarpon came up and took a bite on the GoPro!

Thankfully they did a slo-mo instant replay that confirmed what I thought.

That’s when you know you have some hungry tarpon!

Enjoy.

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July 8, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Our friends over at Stellwagen Media have done it again…

They’ve created a masterpiece while at the same time leaving us with a question.

In this case, is the Tarpon (aka Silver King) the “Perfect Fish”?

If there was only one saltwater fish left in the world to catch, I have to imagine many anglers would pick the tarpon.

You can’t keep it, you can’t eat it, but it certainly could be the best sport fish in the world.

The tarpon quote in the video by Travis Holeman is epic:

“This fish is, without a doubt, 100% the baddest critter crawling around in the ocean…”

So what do you think? Is the tarpon “The Perfect Fish”?

Let us know in the comments.

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July 6, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

We get a lot of emails every week with video ideas, suggestions, and people asking us to promote their footage.

Although we can’t post it all (there are not enough hours in the day), we do like to feature our Salt Strong Tribe as much as we can.

This video below is from one of our customer’s named Bob Glassen, and it is his first tarpon jump ever (out of a kayak nonetheless).

He was lucky enough to have Michael Sammons behind him with a camera to capture it on film. Well done guys. Awesome footage! I’m pretty sure that Bob is hooked on tarpon fishing for life…

I don’t know about you, but I can watch tarpon launching like this all day long.

Enjoy.

Do you have any amazing fishing videos that you think should be on Salt Strong? Then email them (along with any description) to fish@saltstrong.com

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May 25, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Step over Nicaragua jungle tarpon, the Costa Rican poon has taken center stage!

If you missed the viral tarpon video “Jungle Tarpon Captured On Slo-Mo Film” (you can watch it here now), you might recall that they were back in the Nicaraguan jungle chasing down some monster tarpon.

And until now, there wasn’t a jungle tarpon video that could compete…

Well, in this brand new video from Solid Adventures attempts to knock Nicaragua off it’s thrown as the jungle tarpon capital of the world.

Just wait until you see what these anglers go through to get a shot at the silver king!

They have to jump in the jungle water and dive under branches to free line, they have to wade in water that is full of crocs, and they even save goats and baby horses along the way…

Well done guys.

Amazing video. Makes me want to head back to Costa Rica!

Enjoy.

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May 24, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Just when you thought it was amazing to see a redfish caught using a barbie fishing rod, Captain Billy Alstrom of Suncoast Fishing Charters takes on a tarpon using a $20 Zebco 33.

And this wasn’t just some little juvenile tarpon…

This was an estimated 6 foot, 100-pound tarpon that Capt. Billy fought for a solid 45 minutes.

Notice that his rod snaps halfway through the battle, and you can see the top part of his rod on the line once the tarpon gets closer to the boat. But that didn’t stop Capt. Billy Clyde Alstrom from giving up the fight… and it certainly didn’t stop the tarpon.

After multiple leader touches, and even getting the tarpon right up next to the boat for a release, the tarpon finally does what they are known best for doing… well, I won’t ruin it for you, check out the full video below for yourself.

The ending is pretty epic after a 45-minute fight.

Well done Capt. Billy!

Salt Strong catch man!

Enjoy.

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May 17, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Here at Salt Strong, we come across a TON of fishing videos…

Some are good, some are great, and some are nothing short of amazing.

Well, this video below from Dustin Dykes and Savage Charters (with Capt. Chris Law) fits in the amazing bucket.

As you will see below, it is nothing short of every inshore angler’s dream… to see and catch tons of inshore fish. And they didn’t just capture one species on film… their drone footage captured just about every inshore Florida fish imaginable.

In fact, the worst part of this video was all of the time it took me to agree on a headline for the post. There was just so much over the top footage that I couldn’t decide on what to focus on!

For instance, in this amazing Boca Grande video, you’ll get:

A bird’s eye view of how many fish (and how they move) on a Florida grass flat
What happens when a shark comes up to a school of tarpon (the drone footage of this is epic)
And a whole lot more!

If this doesn’t make you want to fish Boca Grande, then nothing will.

Enjoy!

Related Video: “The Best Tarpon Video To Ever Come Out Of Boca Grande” (watch it here now)

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