Thread: Jeff's big tarpon last week
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07-09-2015, 06:35 PM #1
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Jeff's big tarpon last week
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07-09-2015, 06:43 PM #2
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Jeff leans into his tarpon.
gaffmen ready
over the rail and on the deck
OH, YEAH!!!
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07-09-2015, 06:48 PM #3
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Just like pictures of the damage after a hurricane don't really convey the extent of the damage, these photos don't really convey the sheer size and magnificence of that beautiful fish. Congratulations, Jeff.
And, there was this--
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07-09-2015, 06:59 PM #4
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Those last two pics do well grasping the sheer size of a great catch!
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07-10-2015, 12:35 PM #5
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What lure is that? I saw a young kid using one three weeks ago when I was down and he was wearing everything out.
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07-10-2015, 03:05 PM #6
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SpoolTek Lures, looks like Jeff was using the 9" stretch, Silver Digger.
SpoolTek Lures | Concealed Leader Technology
Ragnar Benson:
Never, under any circumstances, ever become a refugee.
Die if you must, but die on your home turf with your face to the wind, not in some stinking hellhole 2,000 kilometers away, among people you neither know nor care about.
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07-12-2015, 03:25 PM #7
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what are you going to do with it?
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07-14-2015, 09:54 AM #8
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Wow those are both some cool and expensive lures..
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That's awesome, but why kill it?
Livin' the Lake Life...
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07-25-2015, 06:16 PM #10
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How much did it weigh ?
Be careful going home, sons wife is from upper Iowa, her grandmother passed today so they will be headed up shortly, hope all that is gone by the time you all get there
It's over