Pete got a letter out to the members when I was looking for a Tarpon Fishing partner with a boat.  I was able to meet a couple great guys from the club and catch a few Tarpon.  To date since putting out the request for a partner with a boat (I don't have a boat) we have boated Twenty-seven Tarpon.  Yes, that's right 27.  They have ranged from about 80 pounds to believe it or not 250 pounds.  I can't believe it myself.  We have had two doubles on two days back to back.

 

Big and very special thanks to club member, Charlie.  What a trip we had with his nephew.

 

Sincerely,

Mike Kropp

New Member without a Boat

Got this 36 Inch Snook on 9/12 in lower Addison bay.  I used a white Jig Head with a White Gulp twister tail.  Gave a great fight, but did not Jump.

 

Hope you can see the photo, I used my cell phone camera, so quality is poor.

 

Ed V

I just returned from a 3 week dive trip to the Solomon Islands.  The dive boat we went on asked us to bring simple supplies ie. tee shirts, hats, books, pencils, paper, fishing supplies etc. with us since the native villages are struggling and were impacted by the recent tsunami. I mentioned the request to Seaweed before we left and he brought to our door boxes of fishing tackle, shirts, hats, etc.

I was greatly limited as to what we could bring due to stringent weight restrictions on the various flights but much of the tackle, hats and shirts were added to our own donations and brought to the islands.

I am attaching a couple of photos of the natives receiving the gifts, and you can see what a simple gift means to these people.

The guy in blue receiving a bag of Seaweed Tackle from me is Chief Raymond of the Karamolun Village.

I just wanted to make sure that our members know that Seaweed has a great big heart.  Its too bad we could not bring all the items with us.