flaswimbaiter Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 While fishing a dock light in the early morning hours, I caught a snook around 36-37 inches on a punker. Luckily she didn't fight that hard cause she was close to a dock. Right after releasing her the water suddenly erupted around me, I was surrounded by the largest school of big lady fish I had ever seen, It was the size of a football field, they were blowing up and flying out of the water all around me. I grabbed my spro shad I modified with a back hook and stared catching them left and right then all of a sudden it appeared that something tried to eat one on my line and a second later and huge tarpon rolled right in front on my boat......that sure woke me up.. I thought it was just a fluke, so I continued to fish, not five minutes later a tarpon did eat one on my line right next to the boat. I stood there completely dumbfounded staring at my reel not realizing it was dumping my spool, by the time I came to my senses the line went slack, it must have cut me off on a dock or its gill plate. So what would a swimbaiter do in this situation? Of course start tossing a Deps 250 mullet around the schools of busting fish. It didn't take long before a big tarpon followed it and swiped at it right by the boat, but it was a swing and a miss. I tried a little longer then went back to the lady fish. To my surprise the ladies hung around and never left so I just kept catching them, when I got tired I would toss the big bait, which resulted in a hit by a big snook, but again no hook up. Shortly after a school of big jacks follow in my 250, I tossed My H2O at them, but because there was damage on my line from the lady fish a big one are it and snapped my line and then they disappeared. As I came back through that area, I spotted them again, but this time I was ready with my Yohan Custom shiner and got a real nice one. On a different trip I spotted a big school of huge jacks while fishing docks, when I caught up with then instead of running they hung around my boat for a while. The first one I hooked up on was big enough to straiten out my hooks on the Yohan Custom, the second one just came off, but the third one, which I think was one of the smaller ones, stayed attached. Lucid_Dreams23, everythingthatswims, R8R and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurejerk Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Fantastic really sounds like fun! flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATFISHING1234 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I hate you Dave.....Sooooooo jealous. Love them jacks.....what a fun fish to tangle with. Congrats on yet another toad snook. flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 What a report!!!! I love it...That sounds friggin awesome... flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Simply awesome! I can only imagine what it's like to have a tarpon eat right by the boat. Wow! Head back out and do some more fishing Dave - I love reading about your saltwater exploits! Can you post a pic of the modified Spro shad? flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 You gota love fishing Florida best of both freshwater and saltwater! flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaswimbaiter Posted November 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Thanks Guys!!! Simply awesome! I can only imagine what it's like to have a tarpon eat right by the boat. Wow! Head back out and do some more fishing Dave - I love reading about your saltwater exploits! Can you post a pic of the modified Spro shad? Sorry Dr., but that was the bait attached to the lady that got eaten. LOL. I will probably buy some more now that the 4.5" H2O is no longer being made. FishDr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnnydukess Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Awesome report & great fish. That snook is a stud, great to see on the punker. Way to hammer em Dave. flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Great snook Dave. flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R8R Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 You catch some awesome fish Dave, congrats flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakysnook Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats Dave! Sounds like a great time. flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Nice story! Go make some more flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Great job-Killer fish and great report! flaswimbaiter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynem Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I had to avoid slipping on patches of ice in my driveway this morning getting the newspaper and then I read about Dave's snook, jacks, ladyfish, & tarpon. Dave, you're killing me! flaswimbaiter, mnbassman23 and kayl 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everythingthatswims Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 You're a brave man to throw swimbaits in the salt. Largemouth and anything else in freshwater looks like a wuss compared to any of the fish you target. Fish in the salt sure are MEAN! flaswimbaiter and Psbbigfish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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