This past Sunday, I fished in the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series in Boca Grande. I have to say that was pretty crazy. I’ve never fished in anything like that. There were tons of boats all fishing in the pass literally feet away from each other, just like in this picture.

Professional Tarpon Tournament Series

During the tournament I managed to get a tarpon on for about 5-10 seconds but it popped the line. Another guy on our boat had one but it threw the hook when it jumped in front of the boat. Seeing those giant 150+ pound fish just 4-5 feet out of the water is just amazing. We were also told to watch out for sharks that will come up and eat your tarpon. Well we actually saw that first hand. Another boat had a tarpon close to the boat when a shark attacked it and left with their tarpon.

We’re heading back this Sunday for the next tournament and I’ll definitely have some pictures from this one now that I got a new camera.