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Title: Tarpon ?
Post by: fishon42 on July 09, 2007, 04:31:52 PM

Is it possible to catch a baby tarpon in the Pt. Pleasant Inlet ? My cousin caught something that we thought was a snapper blue but it didnt have the face or teeth of one. I could have sworn. lol



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Title: Re: Tarpon ?
Post by: catfish hunter on July 09, 2007, 04:36:38 PM

hickory shad

Title: Re: Tarpon ?
Post by: fishon42 on July 09, 2007, 04:38:50 PM

Good tasting ?




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Title: Re: Tarpon ?
Post by: Skolmann on July 09, 2007, 05:12:33 PM

Yup, hickory shad.

Title: Re: Tarpon ?
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on July 09, 2007, 07:42:30 PM

you wont see a tarpon this far north.. hickory shad sounds correct

Title: Re: Tarpon ?
Post by: Skolmann on July 10, 2007, 10:18:30 AM

Quote from: Luna Sea 3 on July 09, 2007, 07:42:30 PM

you wont see a tarpon this far north.. hickory shad sounds correct

Not too long ago, there were several stray tarpon caught in the area around the Shrewsbury Rocks and if I'm not mistaken a few years back there was one taken off Long Island. However, overall the are pretty rare up in these parts.