ON HIS NOSE. IT S ON HIS NOSE. <GUIDE> HE S ON IT. HE S GONNA EAT IT. NOPE . . . WASN

T HAPPY. <BLAIR> HE S COMING. FISH ON BABY! <GUIDE> HIT EM, HIT EM . . . CLEAR THE LINE

BABY! <BLAIR> CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT <ANNOUNCER> LET S GO THEN! MUSIC

<BLAIR> YA KNOW GUYS IT S ALL A WAITING GAME WHEN YOU RE OUT HERE STAKED OFF. YOU GOT TO

SIT HERE AND WAIT ON THE FISH. THAT S SOMETHING, FISHING OVER IN THE INDIAN RIVER WHERE I M

FROM THERE S NO TIDE FLOW, SO THERE S NOTHING REALLY TO MOVE THE FISH, SO WE JUST GOT TO

SIT HERE AND WAIT ON EM. SOMETHING TOTALLY ABNORMAL FOR ME TO DO. WELL, HONSON, NOW THAT

OUR SPOT OPENED UP FOR US HERE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR? <GUIDE> BASICALLY,

WHAT S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THESE FISH ARE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THEIR ANNUAL MIGRATION AND THEY RE

GOING TO HIT THIS BAR AS THEY COME AROUND THIS CURVE AND COME RIGHT TO US. THE WIND

AND THE CURRENT IS PUSHING THESE FISH RIGHT UP AGAINST THE BAR, SO THEY CAN T CROSS IT,

BUT THEY LL HIT THAT BAR, AND THEY LL TURN AROUND AND COME STRAIGHT FOR US. THAT WILL

SET US UP PERFECTLY FOR THAT ELEVEN O CLOCK SHOT OR ONE O CLOCK SHOT OR ANY SHOT IN THE

FRONT OF THE BOAT. <BLAIR> SO A PERFECT ELEVEN O CLOCK SHOT WOULD BE PERFECT WITH THE WIND

CONDITIONS WE GOT AND BROTHER, IT IS WINDY TODAY. LET S TAKE OUR PERCH UP HERE AND GET

READY. THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO BE HERE RIGHT? <GUIDE> OH YEAH . . . TARPON SEASON,

MAY, ISLAMORADA, CAN T BEAT IT! <BLAIR> MY FIRST TIME DOWN HERE IN THE PRIME TIME, SO

HOPEFULLY I CAN STICK ONE, OR TWO OR MAYBE EVEN THREE. [LAUGHS] <GUIDE> BLAIR, I THINK

I GOT A POD OF FISHING COMING. THERE AT ONE O CLOCK RIGHT NOW. RIDING PRETTY HIGH, IT

S A POD OF FISH, NICE SCHOOL, SOUTHBOUNDERS. <BLAIR> I GOT <GUIDE> HERE THEY COME. <BLAIR>

LOVE THE BACKCAST. <GUIDE> SEE <BLAIR> GOT EM. <GUIDE> RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO THE BOAT,

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR LINE, HE S ON IT, STRIP, STRIP, STRIP, SEE <BLAIR> FISH ON BABY! <GUIDE>

STAY TIGHT! <BLAIR> COME ON, COME ON BABY RUN! <GUIDE> GO <BLAIR> AAAACK! [FISH OFF]

<GUIDE> NO <BLAIR> WOOOOOO! WELL THAT WAS THE FIRST JUMPER. WELCOME TO THIS EPISODE

OF ADDICTIVE FISHING, WE RE RIGHT OFF OF ISLAMORADA CATCHING THE KING OF THE FLATS, OTHERWISE

KNOWN AS MEGALOPS ANTLANTICUS. TARPON BABY, YA LL STAY TUNED WE RE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK

WITH SOME MORE ADDICTIVE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN HONSON LAU BABY! TARPON! <ANNOUNCER> LET S

GO THEN MUSIC <ANNOUNCER> ADDICTIVE FISHING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY DICK S SPORTING GOODS,

EVERY SEASON STARTS AT DICK S. RANGER BOATS, STILL BUILDING LEGENDS ONE AT A TIME. MINN

KOTA, ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. HUMMINBIRD, SIMPLY. CLEARLY. BETTER, WRIGHT & MCGILL, REAL GEAR

FOR REAL FISHERMAN. AND BY LAZER SHARP, SHARPER, STRONGER, LONGER. <BLAIR> WELCOME BACK YA

LL, THE WIND IS STILL ABSOLUTELY HOWLING ON US OUT HERE BUT WE TARPON MOVING IN FROM STRAIGHT

OUT, THERE MOVING IN FROM THE RIGHT, KINDA MOVING IN FROM ALL AROUND, SO GOT EAGLE EYES

ON THE BACK, BACH THERE, CAPTAIN HONSON LAU. HE CAN SPOT EM. HE S SEEING THEM LIKE TWENTY

FEET BEFORE I M SEEING THEM SO . . . THERE COMING IN REAL CLOSE. THAT ONE THAT I JUST

HOOKED, WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT BELOW THE BOAT RIGHT HERE. I COULD HAVE POKED HIM WITH MY

ROD. <GUIDE> IT S AMAZING WHEN YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING JUST LIGHT UP IN FRONT OF YOUR

EYES RIGHT UNDER THE BOAT ISN T IT? <BLAIR> YEAH AND AS THAT SUN COMES UP . . . YOU GET

A GOOD PAIR OF COSTA DEL MAR SUNGLASSES, IT S LIKE SOMEBODY JUST SLOWLY STARTS TURNING

UP THE DIMMER SWITCH ON THE FLAT OUT HERE BECAUSE IT S JUST . . . YOU ALL SEE THAT OUT

THERE, IT S BEAUTIFUL DOWN HERE. HONSON, TELL ME ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THEM UP

ON TOP OF THE WATER COMING TO US OR ARE THEY RIDING LOW? THEY MOVE ALL SORTS OF WAYS BUT

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO COME TO US? <GUIDE> IT SEEMS LIKE THE BIGGER, SINGLE FISH WILL

SWIM A LITTLE DEEPER AND THE BIGGER PODS OF MIGRATING FISH WILL SWIM A LITTLE HIGHER IN

THE WATER COLUMN. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE AND THE ONES THAT

WILL EAT BETTER. BLAIR, I THINK WE HAVE SOME FISH COMING AT US. [LAUGHS] WE VE GOT SOME

FISH COMING. WE GOT A BIG GROUP OF FISH COMING. RIGHT AT YOU, SEE EM? <BLAIR> THERE THEY ARE.

<GUIDE> THEY RE COMING RIGHT AT YOU. STRIP IT, STRIP IT, STRIP IT, STRIP, STRIP, STRIP,

STRIP. I THINK ONE MIGHT BE ON IT. KEEP STRIPPING. FEED THAT SECOND FISH. THE SECOND FISH IS

COMING UP. <BLAIR> ALRIGHT. <GUIDE> IT S LOOKING AT YOUR FLY. NOPE, FEED THE BACK FISH. GOOD

SHOT. STRIP IT. STRIP, STRIP STRIP. NOPE, WASN T HAPPY? <BLAIR> HE S COMING. FISH ON

BABY! <GUIDE> HIT EM, HIT E M, HIT <BLAIR> UMPH! <GUIDE> CLEAR THE LINE BABY! <BLAIR>

CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT. GET ON THE REEL BABY. <GUIDE> GET ON THAT

REEL. <BLAIR> THAT S THE WAY HOOK RIGHT BY THE BOAT HUH? <GUIDE> [LAUGHS] <BLAIR> LOOKS

LIKE A GOOD LITTLE FISH TOO! <GUIDE> YEP. <BLAIR> COME ON BABY, BEEN OUT HERE ALL MORNING

WAITING FOR THESE GUYS TO COME BY AND EAT. <GUIDE> I M GOING TO LET THE PUSHPOLE GO AND

CRANK UP AND CHASE HIM. <BLAIR> GO. HE IS ON THE REEL BABY. DID YOU NOT SEE HIM COMING

UP BEHIND IT? <GUIDE> I DIDN T SEE THAT ONE. <BLAIR> [LAUGHS] <GUIDE> I WAS LOOKING AT

THE ONE IN FRONT OF THAT ONE. [LAUGHS] <BLAIR> I SAW THAT ONE REACT TO IT. <GUIDE> HE HAD

TO DO A ONE EIGHTY TO EAT THAT FLY. <BLAIR> NO, HE WAS COMING RIGHT AT IT. <GUIDE> OH,

O.K. <BLAIR> IT WAS TICKLING HIS NOSE THE WHOLE TIME. <GUIDE> [LAUGHS] OH, MAN. <BLAIR>

YOU HAD YOUR EYE ON THAT OTHER FISH. LUCKLY, THIS IS THE SMALLER OF THE TWO. <GUIDE> YEAH,

THE OTHER ONE WAS BIGGER THAT S WHY I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ONE. <BLAIR> THERE S A CRAB

TRAP WAY OUT THERE. <GUIDE> DON T WORRY, WE LL BE ALRIGHT. AS LONG AS YOU DON T PUT A

LOT OF PRESSURE, WE LL BE O.K. HE S NO WHERE NEAR THAT CRAB TRAP. <BLAIR> HOW MUCH BACKING

YOU GOT ON THIS NAUTILUS? <GUIDE> OVER THREE HUNDRED YARDS. <BLAIR> O.K. I THINK WE RE

GOOD HERE. I MEAN NOW THAT HE S DONE WITH THAT FIRST INITIAL RUN. [DRAG SCREAMS] UH

OH, NOW I SAY THAT? <GUIDE> HE AIN T DONE. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOLKS. <BLAIR>

[LAUGHS] I DON T MIND AS LONG AS I GOT ONE ON NOW ON A WINDY DAY LIKE THIS. <GUIDE> [LAUGHS]

BLAIR> YALL CAN T TELL THE WINDS PROBABLY BLOWING TWENTY . . . ATLEAST TWENTY MILES

AN HOUR AND IT S A STEADY WIND. WE VE BEEN SITTING ON THE BANK ALL MORNING LONG AND WHAT

HAPPENS IS WHEN THE TIDE CHANGES THE TARPON START FALLING OUT AND THEY COME UP AND THEY

EAT LITTLE GREEN FLY WHEN YOU PUT EM NEAR THEIR HEAD. <GUIDE> LITTLE GREEN COOKIE <BLAIR>

LITTLE GREEN COOKIE. YOU GOT TO LOVE IT WHEN THEY JUMP. <GUIDE> ALMOST GOT YOUR FLY LINE

IN THE GUIDES. <BLAIR> SEEING FLY LINE? <GUIDE> SEEING FLY LINE. HEARING FLY LINE? <BLAIR>

I M HEARING FLY LINE. UH OH, CRAB TRAP IN FRONT OF US? THOSE WILL CAUSE YOU TROUBLE.

[LAUGHS] THAT S A GOOD FISH THERE, BRAH! <GUIDE> OH, YEAH. NOT A HUG FISH BUT ONE OF THESE

MALES AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS MY FAVORITE SIZE FISH THERE. <BLAIR> YEAH, WHEN THEY GET

TOO BIG MAN, THEY JUST ARE WAY TO MUCH WORK. <GUIDE> YEP <BLAIR> THAT ALWAYS AMAZES ME

THAT YOU GET THESE LITTLE TEENY TINY FLIES LIKE THIS AND YOU GET THESE GREAT BIG FISH

EATEN EM. THEN AGAIN I GUESS, LIKE MY BUDDY IN LOUISIANA SAYS, HEAVY, ELEPHANTS EAT PEANUTS

BROTHER. [LAUGHS] <GUIDE> [LAUGHS] IT S A GREAT CONCEPT TO GO BY. <BLAIR> TARPOONY BABY!

YOU GOT TO LOVE <GUIDE> AIN T NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. <BLAIR> IT S MAY RIGHT NOW AND

IT S ABSOLUTE PEAK TARPON TIME WOULDN T YOU SAY? <GUIDE> I D SAY SO. <BLAIR> [LAUGHS]

<GUIDE> WITH WHAT WE VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS? <BLAIR> LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WE

VE SEEN THEM JUST PARADING BY THE BOAT AND YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP THROWING AT THEM AND THROWIN

AT EM AND THROWIN AT EM UNTIL YOU FINALLY FIND THAT ONE THAT S HUNGRY AND EATS. SLOWLY

BUT SURELY. <GUIDE> THIS ONE DOESN T WANT TO PLAY NICE. <BLAIR> I GUESS MY NEW FLATS

BLUE FLY ROD DID THIS ONE PRETTY GOOD HUH? <GUIDE> I WOULD SAY SO. <BLAIR> FOR A TEN

WEIGHT, THIS ONE SURE FEELS LIKE A TWELVE WEIGHT TO ME BUT IT CAST LIKE A GOOD TEN WEIGHT.

WHEN THEY RE READY, THEY ARE READY AND WHEN THEY RE READY A LOT OF TIME THEY WILL COME

UP AND LAY ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT HERE. GOT HIM THAT TIME? <GUIDE> UGH! UH OW! <BLAIR>

IS HE DONE? IS HE DONE? HONSON S WRESTLING, IT S A WRESTLING MATCH. <GUIDE> HE AIN T GONG

NOWHERE NOW. <BLAIR> [LAUGHS] <GUIDE> WOOOOH! <BLAIR> GOOD JOB, HONSON LAU! HERE LET ME

SEE IF I CAN GET THAT FLY OUT OF THER. <GUIDE> RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER OF THE MOUTH. <BLAIR>

PERFECT! PERFECT HOOK, NOW GUYS THESE TARPON ARE SO UNIQUE TO THIS AREA AND I TELL YOU

WHAT, THERE S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN CATCH THEM HERE. YOU CAN CATCH EM ON THE FLATS

LIKE WE RE DOING RIGHT NOW, YOU VE GOT EM AROUND THE BRIDGES, YOU CAN LIVE BAIT EM AND

HONSON LOVES DOING THE FLY ROD AND FOR YOU FLY RODDERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN BEGGING

FOR A FLY SHOW, HERE YOU GO . . . THE KING OF THE FLATS RIGHT HERE BABY. ONE THING THAT

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ABOUT TARPON HONSON IS HOW THEIR HEAD LOOKS LIKE IT S BEEN CHIZZELD OUT

OF A BLOCK OF ICE. THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL . . . ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FISH IN THE WORLD. THAT

S WHY THEY CALL THEM THE GLAMOUR FISH! LET S GET SOME WATER THROUGH HIS GILLS AND GO

GET ON OUR STAKE. HE S NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG WITH THE OXYGEN IN THE WATER. <GUIDE>

YEAH, THESE FISH USUALLY REVIVE PRETTY GOOD HERE IN THE OCEAN. <BLAIR> WELL OFF HE GOES

THERE BROTHA! <GUIDE> NICE! <BLAIR> THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. HEY YA LL GET A CHANCE TO

DO THIS. WE RE IN ISLAMORADA. RIGHT OFF OF ISLAMORADA SITTING HERE ON THE FLATS CATCHING

THESE BIG TARPON, CAPT. HONSON LAU, YA LL STAY TUNED, WE RE GOING TO RIGHT BACK WITH

SOME MORE ADDICTIVE FISHING, AND HOPEFULLY SOME MORE MEGALOPOS ATLANTICUS, OTHERWISE

KNOWN AS THE TARPON. BE RIGHT BACK! <ANNOUNCER> LET S GO THEN. MUSIC <BLAIR> WELCOME BACK

YA LL. AS YOU CAN TELL THE WIND IS JUST BLOWING ALL KINDS OF CRAZYNESS OFFSHORE, SO WE VE

MOVED BACK IN THE BACK COUNTRY AND IT S A LITTLE BIT QUIETER IN HERE BUT WE RE GOING

TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS? HONSON SAID THESE FISH LIKE TO MOVE UP THIS BANK WITH THE TIDE FLOWING

AND THEY SHOULD EAT PRETTY GOOD HUH? <GUIDE> TYPICALLY, BIGGER FISH IN HERE. BIGGER FISH

EAT BETTER. <BLAIR> MOGANS? <GUIDE> MOGANS. BLAIR, I THINK I VE GOT ONE COMING? KINDA

LOOKS LIKE A SHARK THOUGH. POINT YOUR ROD, LEFT, RIGHT AROUND THAT POINT. <BLAIR> O.K.

I GOT IT. <GUIDE> YEAH THERE HE IS. IT S GOT THAT TAIL SWAGGER GOING SIDE TO SIDE. <BLAIR>

AWFUL BLACK BACK THOUGH, WHAT DO THEY SAY WHEN IN DOUBT? <GUIDE> WHEN IN DOUBT, WHIP

IT OUT! <BLAIR> WHIP IT OUT AND LET S SEE WHAT HAPPENS? <GUIDE> HE ATE IT, HE ATE IT,

HE ATE IT. <BLAIR> FISH ON BABY! <GUIDE> HIT EM BIG FISH! GREAT SHOT BLAIR GREAT SHOT!

<BLAIR> COME ON BABY. THAT S A BIG ONE BROTHER. [BIG LAUGH] <GUIDE> CHASE HIM WITH THE TROLLING

MOTOR. <BLAIR> WAS THAT AWESOME OR WHAT? I THINK THAT S AN OR WHAT . PUSH DOWN. THERE

YOU GO. WELL SIR I THINK WE GOT US A MOGAN? [LAUGHS] WHAT DO YOU THINK? <GUIDE> I THOUGHT

IT WAS A SHARK AT FIRST. <BLAIR> HE ATE IT, HE ATE IT, HE ATE IT [BIG LAUGH] <GUIDE> THAT

WAS A GREAT SETUP MAN! <BLAIR> THEN I SAW HIS MOUTH OPEN AND I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD HE

ATE IT. <GUIDE> [LAUGHS] DID YOU REALLY WANT TO HOOK THIS ONE? LOOK AT HIS BACK? <BLAIR>

I THINK I DID. HE S ONLY ABOUT A FOOT AND HALF ACROSS ISN T HE? <GUIDE> I M GOING TO

GET ON THE MOTOR. <BLAIR> YOU JUST WANT TO SEE ME GET INTO THIS GREEN LINE DON T YOU?

<GUIDE> THAT S BASICALLY IT. I DON T THINK THAT REEL HAS EVER SEEN THAT GREEN LINE? <BLAIR>

[REEL SCREAMIN] IT S FIXING TO. OHHHH! <GUIDE> NICE JUMP. YOU RE GOING TO GET INTO THE GREEN

SOON. <BLAIR> THERE S THE GREEN. <GUIDE> THERE S GREEN. <BLAIR> YOU ONLY GOT SEVENTY FIVE

YARDS LEFT NOW? <GUIDE> NO, YOU GOT TWO HUNDRED YARDS LEFT. HE S RUNNING TOWARDS THAT OTHER

BOAT. <BLAIR> GOING TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE. <GUIDE> BLAIR, THAT S A REALLY BIG FISH! <BLAIR>

IT S A MONSTER, BROTHER. <GUIDE> I THINK YOU VE GOT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED YARDS WHEN YOU RE

IN THAT GREEN. <BLAIR> YEAH <GUIDE> I M GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR. I M GONNA USE THE

TROLLING MOTOR AGAIN CAUSE WE RE KINDA CLOSE TO THIS OTHER BOAT. <BLAIR> YEAH, HOPE HE

DON T TRY AND THROUGH AT IT? <GUIDE> [LAUGHS] <BLAIR> I THINK HE S THROWING AT IT, DUDE?

<GUIDE> THROWING AT OUR FISH. <BLAIR> YEAH. <GUIDE> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? <BLAIR> LET S

HOPE HE DON T CATCH MY LINE? WELL, I DIDN T SEE THE GREEN LINE ON THE LAST FISH, BUT

I M SEEING THE GREEN LINE ON THIS FISH. THIS ONE S OVER A HUNDRED EASY. <GUIDE> EASY. <BLAIR>

EASY OVER A HUNDRED. <GUIDE> EASY, BIG FISH. <BLAIR> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE RE

GOING TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW AND PAY TRIBUTE TO SOME OF OUR SPONSORS OUT THERE. WE LL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH SOME MORE ADDICTIVE FISHING AND WE LL SHOW YOU THIS BEAST! <ANNOUNCER>

LET S GO THEN. MUSIC <ANNOUNCER> ADDICTIVE FISHING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY D.O.A. LURES,

THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. FLORIDA S SPACE COAST, ORLANDO S CLOSEST BEACHES. STAR BRITE, THE

WORLD-WIDE LEADER IN MARINE, AUTOMOTIVE AND RV CARE PRODUCTS. FINS, THE WORLD S FIRST

SITUATIONAL SPECTRA-FIBER FISHING LINE. COSTA DEL MAR SUNGLASSES, SEE WHAT S OUT THERE AND

BY SEAGUAR, THE INVENTOR AND WORLD LEADER IN FLUOROCARBON FISHING LINE. <ANNOUNCER>

RIG IT RIGHT BY WRIGHT AND MCGILL. <BLAIR> ISLAMORADA, WHAT CAN I SAY AND WITH THE BUGGY

WHIP. THERE S NO BETTER WAY TO CATCH A TARPON THAN WITH A FLY ROD. THE NEW WRIGHT AND MCGILL

FLATS BLUE FLY RODS, THEY RE COMING OUT SOON, SO Y ALL CHECK EM OUT THEN THEY HIT THE STORES.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EM. WE RE USING ABOUT 7 FEE OF SEAGUAR FLOROUCARBON LINE AND WHAT

THE SEAGUAR DOES, IT S GOT A GREAT WHIPPING ACTION THAT WILL ACTUALLY LAY THE FLY OUT

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YA AND IT JUST LAYS IT OUT PERFECTLY. DOESN T REALLY MAKE IT SPLASH AND

HIT AND SPOOK THE FISH AND IT WAS DEFINITELY GETTING THE JOB DONE TODAY. AND FINS, THEY

MAKE A GREAT LINE, THIS IS THE XS. YOU VE SEEN ME USE IT OUT COBIA FISHING. YOU VE SEEN

ME USE IT ON ALL MY SPINNING GEAR BUT WHAT IT WORKS WELL ON ALSO IS FLY REELS. IT S REAL

TIGHT IN DIAMETER AND IT HOLDS A LOT OF IT AND YOU DON T HAVE TO SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY

ON A DACRON OR ANY EXPENSIVE FLY LINE ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE BIT OF XS TO PUT ON THERE