First Report of 2006

I have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to go fishing quite a bit lately. I even spent Christmas fishing with my girlfriend in Anegada, which you can expect to read about tomorrow night. Yesterday afternoon I decided to head out in search of tarpon on my own. No species of fish has ever been so elusive for me to catch as the tarpon. After spending around fifteen nights chasing the silver kings I knew it was just a matter of time before I landed one.

My rod bent over sharply as I set the hook. Line screamed off my reel as it made a run, and for a moment I thought it was a big jack, but then I heard a huge splash under the bridge and I knew it had to be a tarpon. I fought the fish as it pulled more line out under the bridge and made another jump. Every time I seemed to gain some ground reeling in my line, the mighty fish made another run. It made a third jump as I leaned over the rail of the bridge trying to get a look at the fish. My medium action rod was bent almost entirely in half and I had to reach my arms down as far as I could to prevent my line from rubbing against the concrete of the bridge below me.

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January 2, 2006 by Clive Mathias

Filed Under: Adventures, British Virgin Islands, Fishing, Reports, Saltwater Species, Tarpon, Tortola
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