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Fishing Reports
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico: Tarpon from the Beach
April 15, 2008
Posted by Capt.Francisco(POCHY)Rosario
Cabo Rojo, PR 00660 Puerto Rico USA
Email: tarponhombre@yahoo.com
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I had a great trip to Cabo
Rojo, Puerto Rico with my
brother last week. We fished
with Capt Francisco Pochy
Rosario. We learned a ton of
information by fishing with
this guy. The transition
from trout to tarpon is not
easy, & there are several
freshwater habits that
become Tarpon losing
mistakes. Mistake #1): the
trout high stick #2)
forgetting the strip set #3)
palming the reel on Tarpon.
Although we were warned, I
think my brother and I
managed make all 3 mistakes,
but we still caught some
fish. If you want to catch a
Tarpon, Puerto Rico is the
place to go. They are all
over the place and are not
transitory.
The Fishing in Cabo Rojo was
very good and in a beautiful
area. We fished for baby
tarpon along mangrove lined
lagoons, & cast to fish
cruising in the shadows of
boats and docks, and poled
and drifted over a couple
beautiful flats.
The highlight of the trip
was sight casting to a
couple of tarpon from the
beach about 10 feet from the
boat. These guys had their
face in the sand and tails
sticking out of the water
like a couple of tailing
redfish. We hooked 4 Tarpon
in about an hour and grabbed
the leader on 2. I lost one
about 50 feet from the beach
after palming the reel
causing the shock tippet to
abrade. Yeah, I wont make
that mistake again. We had
an awesome trip. Puerto Rico
is a beautiful island, the
people are great and the
Tarpon are always there.
Here is a link to a short
video I made about the the
trip:
http://gallery.mac.com/jww269
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