An amazing tale

Angler Bill Homan, 30, from Texas, was fishing under the Sunshine Skyway south pier less than two weeks ago and landed a 30-pound tarpon.

Sounds normal, right?

Well, Homan was injured in Iraq years ago, resulting in many injuries, including a missing right eye. He was a member of the Armed Forces.

Homan always had wanted to catch tarpon, and he caught this first one 10-minutes in with local Capt. Jason Ramsey.

And guess what? The tarpon was missing its right eye as well.

Look for the story, with a photo to prove it, in this Sunday's Bradenton Herald.