Hey Larry or anyone else who replies,
There is a spot in VA where a lot of guys catch tarpon in the 50 to 120 pound range. The typical setup is a fish finder rig with 4-5 ounces of weight. Guys were hooking up but getting a lot of jump offs so they switch the 1 ounce egg sinkers and big sharp circles or even using floats.
The problem is my buddies friend went last week and jumped 9! The most common bait is croaker but menhaden and pinfish work well too.
Is there something else we can do to improve the hook up ratio to maybe 80-90% or is this unheard of in the tarpon world?
Are there and artificials we can use? Plenty of times numerous tarpon have been seen rolling on top, but most of the fish on the flats wont bite anything. We mainly catch the fish in the channels in between the flats.
Also we have a problem with sharks but I think if we use crabs more often this should eliminate that.
Thanks for the advice
Anders