Thread: Return to Lake Tarpon

Returned to Lake Tarpon today
for little pre-fish ...time -Buddy
Dodson accompained me for this little
trip - Checked out South end of lake today
10 -14' water - 74 - 76.8 water temp,
blue bird skies, wind out of south up the lake at around 4 - 8 mph till 2pm, than reversed, comming out of ne - headed south

Kept 23 - turned back 33 spec's under 11 inches, 4 bluegills and 12 bass ranging in size from 2 - 4.5 lbs.

7 fish weight catch: 7 lbs 14.4 oz..........
Most fish in the 1 lb - 1 lb 1 -2 oz range.
All good eaters - No tournament keepers

Spider rigged, 9- 12ft in 10-14 ft water,
Skipper's moon jigs - blue - butterscotch,
candy apple red - lite green- with white
bellies - mylar jigs - white/orange collar,
white/red collar & dark green/lte green
collar.
Worked several colors "wobble jigs"
various colors, Butterscotch being the
go to jig.

Hadn't thought about hot asphalt - Buddy didn't have a spot where we could
pull them out and pick largest to weigh.
I failed to bring scales with weigh in box - had to use older meat scale to get
somewhat accurate.
All fish were in excellant health, color and almost of same size & weight found in
4 complete different parts of lake, different depths of water column and different
catch colors. Lake is excellant fishery, known for it 2 pounders plus, along with
large bass population. Fish are starting to develop rowe but will be several weeks
away from spawn.