November 20, 2023

This is more of a saltwater post, I suppose...but my other posts are here...so....Took a family vacation to Aruba. We had a great time!Had scheduled a 1/2 day guided flyfishing trip with Laurenz Van Mook of https://www.flyandspinfishingaruba.com/ I had not ever caught a tarpon, so was hoping to get one added to my flyrod list. Large ones are rare in Aruba, but there are some baby ones. That's all I wanted! I caught one, lost one, and missed a couple more strikes. We looked for bonefish, only saw a couple, and the only cast I made to one landed too close, resulting in the fish getting spooked. Also saw some snook, but they weren't too interested in playing. I also had a Bar Jack on, but lost it...and then caught a small Blue Runner. The Tarpon and Blue Runner were flyrod fish #82 and #83 for 2023!https://s5.gifyu.com/images/SR7Ur.jpg

I think you had to much fun. Nice fish.
Rick

Cool looking little tarpon. Nice catch Dave. Sounds like you had a nice vacation. Dennis