Tarpon caught in Quepos / Manuel Antonio Costa Rica area

[fishinalbertan]

What an amazing treat for the lucky anglers fishing January 27 2015 just south of Quepos, they were fishing for Snook near one of the river mouths just south of Quepos / Manuel Antonio when they got the shock of a lifetime. After hooking up what they thought was a Snook the Tarpon went airborne and as it exploded out of the water the fishermen and crew were dumbfounded when they realized they had a Tarpon hooked up.

Not know to even be in the area, and never targeted for this reason the Tarpon was hooked and released and caused an amazing stir in the small fishing village of Quepos. Now after hearing of a story like this most would say “yeah right” however the photos that we received from and were taken by Captain Ricardo on the IDRA II it is clearly a Tarpon caught on the boat of Jeffery Zapata.
http://www.mar1sportfishing.com/images/Quepos-Tarpon-1.jpg
http://www.mar1sportfishing.com/images/Quepos-Tarpon-2.jpg

[elkfriend]

We ran into a group of them scuba diving a few years ago, we got pretty close. They are huge, awesome fish!

(that was not in costa rica though)

[ALBTUFF]

I had the pleasure of fishing for tarpon on the fly in Key West. What a experience! When a 6 foot fish clears the water at about 7-8 feet its just amazing. The power of the fish is some thing else, hold on when you strip set the hook. I was double hand stripping when a monster tarpon took my "tarpon candy" fly as the guide called it and before I new what was happening the 40 feet of stripped line at my feet was gone and the reel handles started going before I could get the reel out from under my arm! The next day I had two bruises where the reel hit me. Unreal time. I want to go back but so damn expensive!