- Tarpon anglers enjoying the awards banquet and raffle at the Lowcountry Tarpon Tournament
Sixteen boats entered the event that is slowly growing in name recognition as the tarpon tagging research tourney in S.C. – with some guides saying that this area of the coastal Lowcountry will be famous sooner rather than later for their tarpon activity. The event was organized by local anglers Andrew Mclain and Paul Sasser and was the third edition. Over the two days of fishing a total of four tarpon were caught and released by three boats, and one tarpon was tagged by Bruce Unger of Miami who brought BTT tarpon tags town. Congrats to to Capt. Steve Roff who guided a three-man team to victory with a tarpon release on each day of the tourney. Angler Ashley Coleman of Jackson, Alabama released his first-ever tarpon on Sept. 14 when a 125-pounder ate a croaker at 4:30 in the afternoon, and after a 35-minute fight resulting in swivel to rod tip, the fish broke off the line and this tarpon was not tagged. Then on Sept. 15 it was Daniel Dunbar who caught his first ever tarpon around noon on (a top-secret artificial lure), and after a brief 10-minute fight from anchored position the 60 to 70-pound tarpon was released without being tagged.
