Tarpon
Bait or Lure
Whole dead fish (spot, croaker, menhaden); live bait (spot, croaker, menhaden, mullet); whole squid; artificial lures (plugs and weighted streamer flies)
Methods
Anchor and fish live bait under floats, fish dead bait on the bottom and at various depths; cast artificial lures to rolling fish
Location
Inlets, interior marsh areas, and ocean waters along the beaches of Eastern Shore seaside barrier islands; fish deep holes on low tides and shallow areas on high tides
Seasons
Late June early September; peak July — August
Average Weights
40 – 80 pounds
State Record
130 pounds; caught on Eastern Shore seaside in 1975 by Barry Truitt
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Rules to catch Tarpon
- Timings for catiching Tarpon are 00:00 to 05:00 am
- Tarpon is rare species, requires license etc
- there are many rules but this is a mockup info for catching Tarpon
