by Capt. Joe Massa, who runs his My Three Sons out of Morgan Marina, was vacationing in St. Maarten recently where he was able to enjoy great sport releasing tarpon from shore for just $10 a day!
As many anglers fishing in the tropics are aware, tarpon like to hang around fish cleaning areas to feast on the heads and guts being thrown in the water. It’s not always permissible to fish for them at marinas as tarpon may jump into boats.
That doesn’t apply in St. Maarten, where Massa gave the women cleaning snappers $10 for a bucket of guts which produced instant hits and lots of jumps from tarpon Joe estimated as up to 40-50 pounds — and were released to fight another day.
East winds at 15-20 knots plus rain move in around midnight and last until decreasing to southeast 10-15 in the afternoon with seas at 4 to 5 feet.
Tight Lines 
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