Fished Tarpon off of South Pass Saturday with my cousin Mike Strohmeyer and his wife Ms.Gail tagging and releasing two Tarpon. Ms. Gail caught an estimated 160 lb., I caught an estimated 140 lb., and Mike had a Tarpon pull the circle hook twenty feet from the back of the boat. We had two other Tarpon on for a few jumps before throwing hooks, Tarpon were everywhere and cooperating with boats hooking plenty fish.

This is the first time we've caught a Red Snapper trolling for Tarpon with my cousin Mike Strohmeyer in over 20 years fishing together. We were off of Southwest Pass seeing a few schools of Tarpon when the depth finder lit up with a school of Redfish. We quickly attempted to clear lines while the Redfish started hitting and missing baits when the ten second line bent over with a hooked fish. Imagine our surprise when we reeled in a 22' Red Snapper with a Coon Pop in it's mouth caught in open water.