03-27-2002, 04:30 AM
Hot and heavy tarpon fishing was the order of business for this evening until 8:00 pm. Then they just disappeared. Every drift we made up till that time resulted in at least a strike. On our second drift, we hooked a double header and Jim Lefevre from Stuart, Florida had his hands full. The first fish cooperated very nicely and we released it very quickly. The second fish made a bee line for the deep water of the main channel and we had to really hustle to catch up with it. Once in the deep water, it settled down and we were able to release the fish. Both were about 75 pounds. We missed the hook up on the next fish, and then hooked what we thought was a small fish. It turned out to be a 60 pound fish. When the conditions got right, we went in to the Bay and found some very finicky feeding tarpon. Out of the dozen fish we saw, we got one to eat and it threw the hook on its first jump. Final score for the evening was 3 for 6. Live shrimp are still getting the strikes.<br><br>Captain Dave Kostyo<br>Knot Nancy Fishing Charters<br>305 620-5896 Charter<br>305 732-2628 Beeper<br>www.rnfl.com/knotnancy<br>nkostyo@bellsouth.net<br><br>