Anyone gone to Lake Tarpon yet?

I just got my boat serviced so I thought I would try Lake Tarpon this weekend. I usually don't go out on the lake until November but I can't wait.

did go out of Anderson park the other day. fished 3 hours, north wind about 8-10, partly cloudy. trolled from ne shore all down the east side of lake in 10-13 fow. water temp 79. caught about 20 crappie, kept 12 from 10-12 1/2 inch. couple of 8 inch bream, one
2 lb bass. trolled .8-1.4 speed. caught half on beetle spin brass blade and char, black and blue for colors of the day. caught other half on double jig rigs. 1/8oz bottom jig and 1/16 top. was using 8 rods. was not red hot fishing yet. good luck.

John Peyton (guide) took party out on Thursday (10-8)

Long-line cannon ball style - pushing 8 out front with 1 1/2 - 2 oz sinkers -
4 ft leader black/chart curly tails - Blue mylar Skipper's & junebug sliders.
(minnow tipped) .9 - 1.2 mph = North - South pattern 10 - 12' water

2 passes - 117 fish - kept 27 in 12 - 14" range ( 1 lb 7 to 1 lb 9 oz range)

I will be going to Tarpon - Tuesday morning..............to check it out...........

I took the kids for a boat ride yesterday on Tarpon and to get a look at it.
Saw this a bunch of times
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Maybe I should try my hand tomorrow. Although I won't be pushing or pulling anywhere the number of poles as you guysxare

When working tournament only use 8, 10 on prefish.
Spider rigging

Long ling - use 6 very rarely 8 when by myself..
Do not pull mixed baits
either all Cranks or Curley tails

Will put in at Anderson Park. Red Ford 150
Red - gray - pearl stripped boat


Picture on graf - hyrdilla-grass with possible small fish inside,
common thing on Tarpon - they use those week - hydrilla choppers to keep
docks clean for homeowners................

Will I not see schools on graph? I too have a red truck. But dodge 2500. Sea foam flats with a 140 Zuk. I will probably pull cranks.

Hey Floridascuba, good lookin "flats boat" you got...........

We took 2 teams to Tarpon today - both Spider Rigged
I worked new water on northwest side up by white 4 story condos, & resturant
area. 10 -12 ft water - minnow tipped - Red - Blue - Lemon - Orange moon jigs
Mylar jigs white/red collar - white/orange collar -robin egg blue/white collar.
Water temp. 74.5 .........Bite was pretty good from 7:42 - 9:30 - dropped to
almost nothing - fish quite scattered - most fish caught in bottom end of water
column I kept 17 11 inches and up, threw back 31..............

Robbie Milling / Sid Horton boat number 2 - also spider rigged lower half of lake
on west side - 10 -11' water. Working hot pink - baby shad - blue black comb
zip mylar's - Tube jigs, minnow tipped red - pink - blue/green
Boat two kept 18 - ove 10" and threw back 28.

Thanks. Yours isn't to shabby. Beautiful freshwater setup. I was pulling various color bandit 200 crank baits all morning. Couple had 1.5 oz lead to vary depth. Nothing at various speeds up to 1.5. Switched to a white road runner, black beetle spin, black road runner, and a green head/tail black body road runner. Shortly after deploying the white caught a small bass. I forgot my crappie jig box so I was limited to wait I could do. Great day to be on the water and sure beat being at work.

Took my dad out to Tarpon today for long lining. Caught 15 kept 12. Avg Size was 12"-13". Depth and speed was all over as the wind dictated what I could do. Mostly around 10 fow at 1.1 mph. The hot jig was a 1/16 red head black body yellow tail marabou jig.

Pic of my dad with his first Lake Tarpon Speck
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Excellant report - pictures to back it up - and a bonus of having Dad in boat
fishing with you..................Life is good.................
Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the advice on going single vs tandem. My dad started tandem but after my forth fish to his none he switched to a single then started catching fish.