Boca Grande Guides Assn. Tarpon Tournament Slide Show
There were 96 tarpon caught and released in the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association Tarpon Tournament held Wednesday, May 21 and Thursday, May 22 in Boca Grande Pass. Linda Foster was the winning angler of the two-day tournament with a 180.6-pound silver king. “It went rather well … it was more than I expected. I’ve still got the blisters to prove it,” Foster said following the win. Coming: Guides Tournament Video Slideshow Foster, a Tampa resident, was fishing with Capt. Lamar Joiner Sr. and the team aboard the Miss Sarah . The winning tarpon was worth $35000 to the team. This was Foster’s fourth year participating in the guides tournament. Her first year she took second place, and her third year she took second as well. According to her, this was the biggest tarpon she has ever had weighed, and quite possibly the biggest she has ever caught since she started fishing in 1972. So what’s her secret? “I have a good captain,” she joked. Joiner had his own input on this year’s tournament. “It’s the best fishing we’ve had … it was as good as it gets,” he said. “The second day, especially, had plenty of action.” It was on the second day that Foster hooked the big one. According to her, it was around 6 pm when her team announced, “fish on,” and she fought it for just over 2 1/2 hours. She got the mighty fish to the boat after regulation fishing had come to an end, at about 8:30 pm “I’ve never fought one that long,” Foster said. “I had a loose drag, it didn’t jump much …
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