....and the Secret Weapon is.....Carolina Lunker Sauce

Nope, they're not paying me nor are they giving me product, the stuff simply works. I found out first hand with the cobia this spring, then with the tarpon over the past week. Crab flavor applied to bucktails and directly to cut bait for the tarpon. Carolina Lunker Sauce is polymer based, is water soluble and adhears to plastic and scales.

Two for two yesterday and one for one today, enough to win this years Oriental Rotary Club Tarpon Tournament.

Between the storms

Between the storms yesterday afternoon, Greg put John Brantly on a stud tarpon. He did it again this morning with Trey Harris and his 100 pound tarpon. Trey is 10 years old. They also jumped another one off.....using the secret weapon.

secret weapon

1 for 2 by 8:30 am

good news, bad news, just news

Good news is that the tarpon are everywhere. Within the last week we have seen large numbers of fish from Brant Island Shoal to New Bern and all points in between.

The bad news is that they are acting very much like tarpon, very frustrating. Although we have seen a lot, there haven't been many that were hungry. Why? Who the heck knows?

When they turn on, it's going to be very good. I'll be light tackle fishing tomorrow, so I'm sure that tomorrow will be the big day.

News: We had a recent cancellation for Wednesday of this week, also openings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

Capt. Greg Voliva can be contacted directly at greg@pamlicoguide.com

Still a couple of openings at Silver King Lodge Oct. 13-18. E mail me at info@pamlicoguide.com for details.

There may be a gas surcharge on future trips.

Ray got 'em.......gas prices

Ang Greg put one in the air today. I'm looking forward to getting back on the water. I was at a tackle show this week and picked up some new secret weapons. The guys have seen a lot of tarpon this week, it ought to be a shootout next weekend.

The high gas prices are outrageous. I'm considering having to add a fuel surcharge. Thoughts? Drop me an e mail. info@pamlicoguide.com

Ray has got him on.

As I write this, Ray has got him on. A huge number of tarpon have made an appearance in the last few days. Things look very good.

Jaws






Here are a couple of pics, a "yearling" and Tom's tarpon. Yesterday was the first day that I have seen large pods of tarpon. They didn't cooperate, but I can confirm that a lot of fish have arrived. Greg went drum fishing last night and ended up doing battle with a huge bull shark. After an hour, Jason Holder had the beast beside the boat, but it was still very "green". When I spoke to Greg on the phone, he said that he was going to bring it to the dock. When the guys had it close enough to gaff and saw how big it was, big Greg said he wanted no part of going hand to teeth with a shark over 8 feet long and 300 pounds.

I'm off to a tackle show this week, but will be answering calls and e mails.

George

The first one is the hardest to get.

The wind has blown pretty hard this week, making it tough to see any poons, but we made the day catching plenty of pups and yearling drum (over 27 inches). We also had some really cool speck fishing.

Despite the wind and big waves, Tom Barwick wanted to catch a tarpon today. On our second stop we put one in the air. The fish turned and ran right under the boat, jumping on the opposite side and busting off. It all happened pretty fast. No worries, the first bite if the tough one. We followed up with a big tarpon weighing well over 125. Tom did an excellent job of fighting the fish on spinning gear and 30 pound test, landing it in about 40 minutes.

tarpon report

They're everywhere.....and nowhere....all at the same time. I fished for a half day yesterday and saw a handful....in the Neuse River, fished about 3 hours, no bites.

In the sound, the Pamlico River and the Pungo fish were seen early in the morning then they quit showing. I know of one that was caught and 3 that were hooked.

I'll be after them every day this week starting tomorrow and I plan on getting mine. Can't wait.

George

tarpon, ducks and Silver King Lodge

I'm digging out of the office and should get on the water soon. Greg has been working on the "yearling" drum, catching over 30 of the 6-15 pounders yesterday. Congrats to Capt. Dan Roberts for catching his first tarpon of the year.

We just had 5 cancellations for our hosted group trip to Silver Lodge trip oct. 13-18. Drop me an e mail if you are interested, these open spaces will not last long.

Here are a few pics from our Argentina trip:

Back in the USA !!!!

I'm back and glad to be here. A great trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, but it's good to be home. I'll be working in the office(dungeon) over the next several days, catching up, finalizing reservations for this summer and next year's Costa Rica trips.

Greg will continue to run "my" tower boat through mid-week. Late in the week, Greg should be able to pick up the new Morehead Marine Parker (with a tower!!) that he'll be running this year.

WE HAVE VERY FEW LIMITED OPENINGS FOR JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND COSTA RICA IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

Please e mail me if you are interested in booking a trip with us this year. I will be finalizing the calendar over the next several days.

We still have plenty of openings for fall fishing in October/November and March Costa Rica dates.

Oh, the tarpon, yep, they're back too. It's killing me not to be out there, I hear it's been good.

All the best,

George

252-249-3101 my dungeon
252-671-3474 my ball and chain cell phone
info@pamlicoguide

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