epic tarpon experience today on the yak. long read

I got to mcfaddin just past sea rim at daylight. I through arties for

a while and caught a couple sand trout. Then caught some bait and

caught some slimers. Finally about this time my boy wakes up and

gets out of the truck. I rig up our long rods and am about to yak email out

when I see a few birds working way out there like almost a mile. I keep

watching and see huge blow ups non stop. Finally i tell him I'm sorry I

have to paddle out there and see what that is. So I get to within probably

2-300 yards from it and I see something jump completely out of the water

and it shined so bright in the sun I knew what it was. So now I'm about

to have a heart attack as I get closer and closer. I finally make it to them and it

is a giant school of monster tarpon. I stayed with them for 45 minutes. They

were rolling and jumping right next to the yak. I could have made an

awesome video. Time to buy a go pro. I was trolling a piece of cut mullet and throwing

a do a and I got a hookup on the cut mullet. I only got a run and a jump

and it was gone. No more takers but it was incredible to just be out there

and be that close to them for that long. It was truly amazing. Anyways

thanks for the read. Oh and we caught a ton of bull reds. No sharks.

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