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

[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.

[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.

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...

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[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!

[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.