Did a fun trip with my sister last week east of Naples. The wind was honking pretty good, at 20-25 gusting to around 30 most of the time!! We fished from 8am till about 1 or so. She was throwing a soft jerkbait and after about a half hour, hooked into a HUGE Snook in the 20lb class. She managed to fight it all the way into the shoreline, when the leader parted ways! DOH! We keep fishing, and about an hour later I hear her screaming. I run over and she is hooked up to a Tarpon of around 40lbs...they dont get much larger than that in those canals! After about 15 minutes of pandemonium, she gets it up to the shore. I kneel down to grab the fish, and again, SNAP the leader breaks! After that trauma, she needed to sit down and rest for a bit! Things were a bit tough for me, but I finally hooked and landed a nice little Tarpon of maybe 12lbs on the fly. Lots of Tarpon rolling, just not many actively feeding today. Saw the usual gators, snakes, and birds in the area as well.
