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Adventures Capt. Rob Womble 850-596-2490 Capt. Todd Jones 850-819-5829 BackBayAdventures.com So what does a guy from Kentucky, with a penchant for big game, do on the Florida Panhandle? After years of offshore fishing I began the quest of tarpon fishing. Having heard for years that big tarpon cruise the sugar sand beaches out of casting distance from the beach and to far in to be of concern of the offshore fleet the Silver Kings slip by almost unnoticed. Three years ago I attempted a tarpon trip only to be beaten by the weather and unable to make it out of the harbor in the typically small flats boats. This year was different...after completing a successful offshore trip including a boat limit of red snapper and king mackerel the day before, I met my guide, Captain Rob Womble of Back Bay Adventures at what he described as “brutally early”...4:30 in the morning. In the preliminary phone conversations Rob shared the lay of the land...don't get your hopes up, tarpon can be tough, don't set the hook to quick and only 1 out of 20 hookups make it to the boat. Capt. Rob is honest at his profession just like all good guides...honest, hard working for his clients and gets as much if not more enjoyment than they do at the hook set. The morning started off with the catching of live bait, then a short run to the tarpon grounds. The first tarpon was spotted just seconds after our 6:00am arrival only to be followed by a steady flow of fish until almost the noon hour. I can only compare tarpon fishing to that of elk hunting...spot and stalk big game. The drill is straight forward...spot the tarpon gulping air or rolling at the surface, after repeated sightings determine a line of interception, present your bait and hope for the best...when the best happens hang on for the ride of your life! Fishing is fishing, sometimes the bite is on sometimes it's not. This day happened to be one of the days that it was light resulting in only a single hookup. No reflection on the guide or location...there were plenty of fish and presentations...just not a lot of takers that day. One of these big fish within casting range seems to rattle the nerves, resulting in “Tarpon Fever”, the inability to control what is normally an accurate casting arm, accelerated heart beat and an anticipated adrenalin rush. The sight of a four foot back streaming through the surface, the flash of a silver side and that bucket sized mouth as it breaks the surface just doesn't settle well in one's mind. I found myself reliving the visions as I relived the day in my dreams that night. Part of the anticipation of tarpon fishing involves keeping an eye on other boats...they are doing the same...it's all about the hookups, jumps and who gets them first and the most, and hopefully the signaling of the impending bite. Proudly I can say that Captain Rob and I were the only boat with a hookup and jump in the area that day...yes there were other boats. It may seem that I'm down playing the single hookup...it was phenomenal! A light touch as the bait was taken and allowed to free spool, a moment of steadiness as the hook grabbed the fleshy corner of the fish's mouth followed by an explosion of energy only rivaled by that of a big sail or marlin. The explosion of energy resulted in the classic, stuff that dreams are made of leap and cartwheels...a real sight considering that this leaping Hiroshima was 150lbs of pure, raw unbridled strength. Unbridled is the proper use of the english language at this time as that is exactly what was to happen next. With the fish's tail two feet above the water's surface, a cartwheel and a spray of water the fish's bridle slipped from it's mouth. I'm sure that fish felt the same as I did... excited, flushed and looking for another fight. Back Bay Adventures know the area and where the fish are, they are professional and enjoy the sport of sight fishing big fish. You can't ask for anything more I know I can't. I look forward to the hunt again with Capt. Rob. Mark Nethery / Bluegrass Game Calls / 502-266-6652
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