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Unique Tarpon

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 2:46 pm
by noles
Saw this on another site. That would be an awesome catch! Hell, Bill Ambrose could probably see this one coming down the beach!
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Re: Albino Tarpon

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:22 am
by DaveR
Not albino but sure is a strange color morph. Thanks!

Re: Albino Tarpon

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:32 am
by jbdba01
Looks more like photoshop. Very odd dorsal fin. Looks like a Koi/Goldfish tail. That "tail" is not a part of the first pic so it's not in the watermark "Clark Wright".

Re: Albino Tarpon

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:23 pm
by John
Its from Captain Robert McCue, I'd say he's pretty bonafide.

Not albino, but it is a piebald

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:57 pm
by Rik
I've been piebald. I think.

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:35 pm
by Norm
Rik wrote:I've been piebald. I think.
No Rik....that's pie eyed :lol:

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:32 pm
by shamus
Hell, Bill Ambrose could probably see this one coming down the beach!
Why you little rat bastard, spotting fish is what I have you around for.

Re: Albino Tarpon

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:49 pm
by DaveR
jbdba01 wrote:Looks more like photoshop. Very odd dorsal fin. Looks like a Koi/Goldfish tail. That "tail" is not a part of the first pic so it's not in the watermark "Clark Wright".
Not the first time I've seen the photoshop card pulled around here. One was a photo of me that I know was real. So, prove it.

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:19 pm
by John
Can't see the point in making the effort to photoshop this? But you never know

Re: Albino Tarpon

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:49 am
by jbdba01
DaveR wrote:
jbdba01 wrote:Looks more like photoshop. Very odd dorsal fin. Looks like a Koi/Goldfish tail. That "tail" is not a part of the first pic so it's not in the watermark "Clark Wright".
Not the first time I've seen the photoshop card pulled around here. One was a photo of me that I know was real. So, prove it.
I can't prove it, but there are some irregularities in the photo.

Start out with the pic itself - it has a watermark of Clark Wright; hence it has been altered.
There's no exif info in the picture itself so we don't know the shutter speed, date taken...all the technical stuff behind the photo. Frankly even that is "editable", but it might add some details.
The section between the l and the k in Clark has what looks like a tail of some type. Perhaps water got on the lens, but it looks quite odd. It's in one pic and not another.
The jacket - assuming the photo was taken in June - why would someone wear a jacket in 80-90 degree heat? Perhaps it was raining and it's foul weather gear. Dunno...just seems odd to be wearing a jacket in June.

As for why would anyone do that. I don't know, perhaps business was slow, perhaps notoriety, perhaps it's a way of standing out among Tarpon guides, perhaps someone was goofing around and the picture took a life of it's own. From what I "hear" the guy is a stand up guy and really doesn't have much of a reason to do it.

A fellow Tarpon angler and I discussed it and he says it's legit. I guess I'm more of a doubting Thomas. At the end of the day it really doesn't matter what I think. It's just a picture of a Tarpon with some odd colors.

If it's real - that's pretty cool; if not no big deal.

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:43 am
by Rik
Is it really wrong to believe in unicorns?

Re: Unique Tarpon

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:47 am
by DaveR
I'm just still pissed off at him for killing snakes. :rr: