Tarpon charter 6/7/2010

 I fished with Joe & Brandon today. Joe was the highest bidder on both of the 4 hr guided trips I had put up for auction for local high school fundraiser. For thier first trip they wanted to target Tarpon. Our original plan was to fish for them off the beach but with the west winds we have been having I had to go to plan B. Plan B was targeting some resident canal Tarpon. We launched at first light and were at our location about 5 min later. We had our first shots within 10 min, Brandon hooked up and was on his very first seigh ride. He had hooked a Tarpon in the 80lb range that came out of the water about 5 ft away from my kayak on its first jump. Brandon faught the fish for about 30 min making a few trips around the canal and ended up stuck between the lower units of a docked boat. Brandon had the fish boatside and it made one more run and jumped and spit the hook. This was Brandon's first tarpon experience. We had plenty more shots over the next couple of hr's but no more takers. I'm looking forward to our next trip.