Actually thought about staying home today and watching the Cowboy's game . Then drank some more coffee and came to my senses . I woke up this morning with an Uncle Kracker song stuck in my head , it was horrible , I had to get out . Grabbed the 6 weight fly rod , my spinning rod and went to conquer something in the canals and try and get some pictures . A big storm front had just passed so I had the whole world of the swamp land to myself. The tarpon were there , I just walked the banks with my camera and rods most of the day . Jumped 20 or more , they were all small but that was cool . It was hard trying to take any decent shots holding the rod and camera , these little tarpon are so fast when they jump . If they didn't throw the lure back in my face , they were wrapping up in a big tangled mess.Walked up on a gator and tapped him on the head with my fly rod , that was weird. Anyways , here's some pics . Gearing up to hit the beach for some shark soon , sandbars should be here . The water is warming up nicely from a chilly 48 last week.
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100 ... rtain-fish
hey aint you to close to that gator 
he must not be hungry nice picture 
One heck of a fine job working a fly rod and a camera at the same time.Neat report Jeff thanks.Are those landlocked tarpon or alligator alley (west side)?
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