Tarpon or King Mac's ?

[Randy Stinchcomb]

one of my surf fishing bud's form another site saw something free-jumping just outside the breakers on AI the other morning. Sam said they looked silvery, long and slender and at @3' to 4' in length.

Im thinking Kings, what say you

[fmoore]

I'm not sure if you know of the mag On The Water. They have a column called Ask Pops. He was asked a question identical to this, I think the guy was in the Cape Cod Canal. I'll see if I can find it.


Oh, BTW I have absolutely no idea

[Randy Stinchcomb]

Thanks Fin

[fmoore]

I know you're farther south than Cape cod, but here is what he said in a nutshell.

There has been one tarpon recorded in the GOM in Provincetown in 1915 and none since then. A couple have been caught in Nova Scotia, probably because of warm water eddies off the gulf stream. There have been tarpon showing up more frequently on the south shore of New England and in Long Island Sound. He also said that he has seen fluke jump.

This was the 2007 Special Edition. This was a follow up question someone asked. From the context of this question and his answer I can tell he came to the conclusion that it was not a tarpon. But, like I said you're much farther south than us. The origional question was asked in the April 2006 issue which has very oddly disappeared from my collection of magazines.


I would say tarpon, although I have never fished for tarpon or kings, but I hear more about Tarpon coming farther north than kings.