The Tarpon are moving out into the ocean as the water is cooling along the pamlico, neuse and intercoastal and I think they are pretty much out of here until next year. I've also seen them school up on the surface in front of my dock on the intercoastal and but I can't get them to hit anything . I saw some big ones caught last month in front of Oriental but still In the Neuse river by guys bottom fishing at night with cut mullet. I had a couple big ones on but its hard to get a hook through the jaw bone and usually you catch puppy drum along with big black drum in the same spot which is OK by me but I would like to get a big tarpon. I'm glad you got some spanish and I hope they stick around for a while but a cold snap will also send them moving out into deeper water. Mr. Dudley is quite a character with his talking parrott crapping all over the floor and his old deaf coon dog, live shrimp etc. and he has everything including good fishing advice...He could probably get a fortune for the marina .......Frank