Tarpon are some of the biggest and most-powerful fish around, but shoe leather might taste better than these bony monstrosities. While every fisherman might like to take his fish back to the house, tarpon offer little delight at the dinner table.
Tarpon are believed to live well over 50 years, and all of the tarpon in South Carolina waters are adults, with very few fish arriving less than 50 pounds. Additionally, few portable weight scales exceed the 100 pounds capacity.
Anglers wishing to validate their catch with a true and accurate weight of their tarpon can easily obtain their answer from measuring the fork length and girth. These measurements can be easily-entered into a formula to determine the weight on a variety of websites, but the best calculator can be found on the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s website: www.bonefishtarpontrust.org/btt-publications/tarpon-weight-calculator.html. Apple users can download a portable application, called Tarpon Master, to quickly calculate their tarpon weight on the spot — https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tarpon-master/id482489315
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