Call Me Crazy

[MMcDo]

Alright,
I'm taking a walk right after the storm that dropped bunch of trees on my neighbors houses and cars along the river with my son. He yells fish, which is a big deal cause he is two. I look out and see flashes, boils and "rolling" fish. Never seen anything like it in the shallows. Few fish roll right by me and they are medium sized, but I think to myself, those really look like baby Tarpon. I have caught them, seen them fishing and in the water surfing on the Pacific. They seemed to have that extended dorsal like a Tarpon. The only thing I can think them being is something like a big Shad, Porgy or crazy Tarpon. Any ideas? Saw they were catching Tarpon in VA now.
Mike:eek2:

[goose70]

Could be Mud Shad or Hickories. That said, I KNOW that I hooked a mid-20s Tarpon in Meridith Creek several years ago, but I lost all credibility with that claim. I hope you have better luck.crazyloco

[MMcDo]

Decided to try my luck last night after the Tarpon spotting and caught about two dozen fish including W Perch, Pumpkinseed Sunfish and a rockfish. They were biting like crazy and the perch were average sized. All caught on small bass assasins.

[uncljohn]

Could be Mud Shad or Hickories. That said, I KNOW that I hooked a mid-20s Tarpon in Meridith Creek several years ago, but I lost all credibility with that claim. I hope you have better luck.crazyloco

I swear I saw Elvis last week at Pusser's. But then I lost all credibility......
We got a weakie in Meridith Creek last summer. Not a speck. People said that was odd....

[TDLewis]

A tarpon in the Severn?? I'll have 2 of whatever you're drinking...

(c:

[joe test]

A manatee in the Cheaspeake? No way!

[Big E]

I was gonna say.. ask goose he caught one hahahaha.

[goose70]

Moderator, shut this thread down!:hammer:

[goose70]

I'd believe a tarpon, but a weakie?! Next you'll tell me that Meredith is flanked by two tricky shoals or some such nonesense.

[MMcDo]

If I could catch anything with some size, it would be great. That is my one complaint with the river. Almost everything I catch is a juvenile fish or panfish. Biggest fish I have caught since living on the river was a Pickeral.

[uncljohn]

I'd believe a tarpon, but a weakie?! Next you'll tell me that Meredith is flanked by two tricky shoals or some such nonesense.

only one of the shoals is tricky. And there weren't any big pickeral in there in January 2007.....

[Big E]

I'd believe a tarpon, but a weakie?! Next you'll tell me that Meredith is flanked by two tricky shoals or some such nonesense.

I may or may not know I guy that has his boat in someone's old slip that has found those shoals on a regular basis. HAHAHA. Jeeze I remember that tarpon story like it was yesterday :) Good stuff.

-Evans

[TDLewis]

Wait till fall, and fish around structure near round bay...just like fishing for largemouth. That should get you something bigger than pickerel...! (c:

[goose70]

Wait till fall, and fish around structure near round bay...just like fishing for largemouth. That should get you something bigger than pickerel...! (c:

like a Carp, for example

[tacklemake]

It sound like a big shad I have seen them as big as 24" in the Severn River and I have also caught puppy drum in ASQUITH CREEK......WOODY