Recent content by Troy Fields

Indeed Dave. A trip for the books!

Thanks Greg. We had a tremendous time.

Thanks Carl. This guy was the only one we ran in too. All the other captains (mostly charter boats) were all respectful of each other and distance as well as not spooking fish. There was a derby going on the next day and our suspicion is that he was just out pre-fishing for that. Our guide...

Thanks Dani. It was a trip of trips. I could not imagine trying to get the needed leverage from a kayak to land a big tarpon. I'm thinking they would just pull you all over creation. Not to mention the sharks that flank the tarpon schools. But to each their own, we did not see one kayak...

Haha, thanks Jeff. 60 is the new 40, I still feel great and can still jump in and out of the DW. Those big tarpon are amazing, I do want to go back after some other species now though. Perhaps even a smaller tarpon on the fly.

Amazing trip indeed Kevin. It was not our captain that cut the fish off. It was other captain that had slid into our back pocket to set up his his lines, about that time, we hooked up and in his departure, he ran right over the line, cutting the fish off and entangling his prop as well. 250k...

Thanks Henry. I agree, they are strong fighters but what excitement with each and every hook up.

It had always been a bucket list trip for me to go down to Florida and tarpon fish, well no more. For my 60th birthday, Terrie had booked us a trip down to Boca Grande, Florida. We had 10-12 hits each day and we boated 8 fish in two days out. All the tarpon were in the 100-180lb category and...