New Texas State Record Tarpon

Congrats to my friend and favorite salt water captain for guiding his son to the new Texas State Record Tarpon. 229lbs! Great job Capt Mike!!

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Holy Moly what a fish!

Wow

Looks like a giant minnow Congrats to your friend

dang

Dang, I had no idea they got that big. Congrats.

That's an awesome fish. Congrats to your friend.

Are they good to eat?

Never tasted any. Heard it's oily and not really good. Mike always releases these fish, but this time he made the exception to get the record.

Big sardine???

Storms must have blown that thing in... Texas ain't got a Tarpon that big !!!

Wow. That is a monster tarpon!

Unbelievable. 229 lb tarpon out of Galveston. That's awesome.

Nioce!

Awesome Tarpon! I bet that was a heck of a fight!

Used to be lots of big Tarpon in Texas, in high school we used to sneak up the Brazos river in Freeport into the Dow outfall and catch lots of big ones. Not this big, but many well over 100lbs. They are not good to eat!

Looks like a giant shiner minnow. How big a crappie can you catch with it? Big fish! Congrats to that young man and his Dad!

Would need a yuge Yeti for that one.

holy moly thats a fish right there!

Took right at two hours to land him he said.

Nice!

I would not doubt that at all. Very nice fish

I've always wanted to catch one. I've seen the scales of a Tarpon in the Tarpon Inn, caught and signed by Pres. Roosevelt(?) at Port A. And they fished for them out of big wooden row boats. They were HUGE back then! I hope that place is still there.

Awesome! Beautiful fish!

No - super bony -

Wow. I've always had great days with Mike Larue on the Specs but just WOW!