A group of four men caught a massive tarpon on June 3 in the Gulf of Mexico off the beach in Longboat Key near the Positano condominiums.
It took Clark Wright and his charter of three men about 45 minutes to reel in the fish, which weighed about 150 pounds.
“I’m 38 years old. I’ve been tarpon fishing since I was 7,” Clark Wright said. “I’ve caught a lot of them. That fish is well above average. That’s a full-grown one.”
Wright owns and operates Wrightstuff Fishing Charters. He said the largest fish he’s ever caught was between 210-220 pounds.
Cedarville duck parade thwarted
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
The staff at Cedarville Elementary School thought the mama duck living in the school s courtyard with her ducklings knew the drill.
After all, the spring duck parade – an event designed to help usher the waterfowl through the school to the wild – is a Cedarville tradition.
Like in past years, students on Wednesday afternoon lined a path for the birds to follow, but the mother duck apparently wasn t ready for a showy sendoff.
She flew to the roof almost immediately after about six employees – including Principal Brad Bakle and second grade teachers Julie Roberts and Jennifer Elrod – began trying to coax the ducklings from the only home they ve known.