Tarpon Tussle

February 26, 2009 Fishing

These shots were scanned and sent to us from Beach Billy and feature one of the toughest gamefishes around:  tarpon.  This one was caught off Bald Head Island, North Carolina by John Guggenheimer.  Tarpon are spectacular to watch;  they jump when hooked and put up a fight worthy of bigger fish found further offshore.  They’re [...]

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Record Tarpon Caught Off Pier

October 9, 2008 Fishing

Big fish are not always found in big water and last month an angler out for a relaxing afternoon on a North Carolina pier got a Doubletough dose of big game fishing.  Malcolm Condie was looking for king mackeral which are not uncommon catches from a pier.  Rigging a mullet earlier in the morning, the [...]

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