Peering intently into the water as he threaded the custom 38-foot Hard Play among open wooden fishing boats anchored in Tobago's Plymouth Cove, Capt. Gerard "Frothy" De Silva was too busy looking for signs of baitfish to notice the happy shouts of children frolicking in the gentle surf less than 200 yards away. Mate Kevin Charles stood at the bow, draped in a cast net and ready to fire upon command. "There's one!" said De Silva, pointing to the left. But instead of the sparkling ball of bait I expected to see, the long, dark shape of a 50-pound tarpon cruised through the crystal-clear 15-foot depths. Scarcity of bait prolonged our hunt for another 30 minutes, and during that time we spotted three more tarpon plus a pair of 10-pound snook patrolling the area.Plymouth RocksWith a good supply of 5-inch "sprats" (the local version of ...Image may be NSFW.
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