Lake Tarpon - 1 day get away

John Peyton / myself took "red" and headed
to Tarpon this morning.
Fog, overcase, 73 degree at 6:30, could cut
humidity with a knife.
Water temp 74.8 -
Spider rigging was word today -
We started northeast end, open water 12 -14' range working spread of 10 rds 14 &16'
long. Wind out of ne 4 - 6 mph - very comfortable - little ripple. Various colors --
AWD crappie bites - blue/silver slider tail about 1" long, worked the best next too the ever hot setup pink -gold & red
ice jigs (moon jigs) all minnow tipped.
Bite was slow - but when they hit, itwas
with a vingence - those fish did not pussy foot around. Worked down
east almost to "pasture fence point"
Stayed with deeper water working
almost on bottom. By 12:30 wind had
ne - e - se - south - speed increased
significally = South 14mph - gusting
near 20 ... Bite stopped at 11:15, we
packed it in at 1pm

We kept 20, nothing under 11 inches,
threw back 8..
Big fish wgt l lb 12.4 oz
7 fish wgt 9 lbs 11.1 oz








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Great report as always Harold, glad you got to go! Some nice ones you guys caught, thanks for sharing.

Sounds like you and John had a great days..nice fish..

looking good , kissimmee is pits right now, 1 fish in 3 trips for me...ughhhh

Great report. I am contemplating going out EARLY tonight and giving it a go until I can't take it any more. I wold love to come home with a cooler such as yours.

BTW Your subdivision looks like the same as mine, but then don't all of them in FL.

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Curiosity got the better of me and I took a walk to see if I was correct. You sir and I live about 5 houses apart! One of these days I will have to stop in and chat with you to learn your secrets.

Greg

Good report Harold. Sounds like y'all had fun so mission accomplished. Wind ran me off today also.

Great report, love the detail.

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Originally Posted by cfm56doc

Great report. I am contemplating going out EARLY tonight and giving it a go until I can't take it any more. I wold love to come home with a cooler such as yours.

BTW Your subdivision looks like the same as mine, but then don't all of them in FL.o

EDIT:

Curiosity got the better of me and I took a walk to see if I was correct. You sir and I live about 5 houses apart! One of these days I will have to stop in and chat with you to learn your secrets.

Greg

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Bring a lawnchair and cooler of preferred drinks. You will be listening a while.

If he says anything bad about me, it's a lie.

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Originally Posted by cfm56doc

Great report. I am contemplating going out EARLY tonight and giving it a go until I can't take it any more. I wold love to come home with a cooler such as yours.

BTW Your subdivision looks like the same as mine, but then don't all of them in FL.

EDIT:

Curiosity got the better of me and I took a walk to see if I was correct. You sir and I live about 5 houses apart! One of these days I will have to stop in and chat with you to learn your secrets.

Greg

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I needed the assistance of John - had been in terrible slump (depression) since
Classic @ Crescent. (pain - bad finish -increaseed number of meds etc)
Doctors are finally helping me get pain a little more tolerable -Steriod pain shot spine
L3-L4, 12/16 - can not work on pain in ankle till 1/6 - Added couple more meds to
growing list.(don't start looking and reading "side effects" of meds you take - they
will give you horrible outlook on life)
John really was God send - Just pleasure of fishing with someone as good as John, can restore ones feeling of knowing how, excuting and seeing results - makes a
big difference in confidence building.
Over 9 lbs on 7 fish also helps build little confidence

Great post and pix. Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Went back checked tournaments records on Tarpon back to 2011...

Fish caught this past Saturday 12/26 were most weight caught out of Tarpon
since Jan. 2011.

Old record was 11/23/13 Buddy Dobson/Vince McQuire
big fish : 1 lb 9.5 oz
7 fish wgt: 9 lb 9.5 oz

Fish caught this past Saturday were not in competition .......but saying could
be good tournament this commin January 30th

Only three (3) were females and were probably 4 wks plus before spawing,
males have not turned real dark yet..............

Where do you get awd crappie bites

Southern Tackle Works in Tavares. 352-742-0036 ask for Nick. They also have a big selection of Skipper's Jigs.

My error, grubs we were using are called Crappie Snacks made by AWD out of Georgia.
Steve Deason (The Crappie Shop) make them - minature style sliders - give plenty
of room on hook to add minnow.............

Crappie Shop has its own web site.

Thanks
Remember seeing them on Santa Fe

Probably did, heard Steve was down in the area practicing with some new grub
products.

Check out his web site - I have been using his material about 8 yrs now..........
Tripple tail - curly tails are great especially in purple or blue combinations for
Crescent.

I use the curly tails, purple rain and purple passion are great on cresent.
Can't wait to try the crappie snacks

i like them because they are small and suttle - have a small paddle tail movement

Looked at crappie shops web site,
Are they serious about 50 dollar minimum?
Just ordered a bunch of their triple tails from c and b out doors recently so I'm pretty stocked up

I never heard of that - Steve has always sent me what ever i wanted..
He will send you what you need no matter how little -
Tell him your with FCC..