andy mitchell Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) G'day All headed out with a mate this afternoon hoping to land some early season tarpon at a little lagoon up here. We were throwing poppers. my mate Brent is not very experienced and has ( had) never caught anything on a popper. We had 3 inches of rain last night so the water was up a bit. We had no hits for half an hour or so when Brent's lure was smacked but failed to hook up. He let it sit there for a bit then gave it a twitch and bang he was on. The result was his first ever Bass . i think the look on his face says it all. Brent then nailed another couple and I caught this beautiful fish. I should of washed the sand of before the pic. We did not get any Tarpon but the bass more than made up for it cheers andy Edited October 27, 2007 by andy mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin1962 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 some good size bass there fellas, well done on the bass and bad luck on the tarpon. cheers marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Well done Andy! Shame about the Tarpon. Maybe they're camera shy. Bloody top Bass there mate. Nice fish for your mate Brent for a 1st on a popper. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 cranking bass there fella's top notch stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 unlucky on the tarpon but there look some good Bass did you run a tape measure over them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy mitchell Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 unlucky on the tarpon but there look some good Bass did you run a tape measure over them? no didn't measure them the biggest would of been just over 40 cm i guess and was a fat bugger who slammed the popper at my feet .great stuff !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Well done Andy & Brent! Top looking fish, in great condition. Gives you a bit of a fright when they take a surface lure - quite explosive, usually! Great result Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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