Plenty Of Variety Available Here In The Keys

It was a fun week for me, Long time clients that have become great friends made it down to fish this week. Tony Honour and Andy Dempster travelled all the way from Pagham, UK. Andy caught his first ever Tarpon on a sunset trip.

great way to end the day.
Andy Dempster catching his first Tarpon
using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

On day 2 we had flat calm seas and decided to make the long run to the Gulf of Mexico and fish some wrecks. Fishing was great. At the first wreck a school of Bull sharks shadowed by a school of Cobia were circling the boat. We kept 1 Cobia for dinner and released a few more, Unfortunately the Bull Sharks ate a couple as well. Andy spent over an hour battling a huge Bull Shark I estimated at well over 350 pounds. This beast was caught using the Fox 4 piece XT Boat rod fitted with the EOS 50 Trolling reel. At boatside the shark tried to take a bite out of my boat.

Andy Dempster spent an hour fighting an estimated 350lb Bullshark.
He used the EOS 50 paired with the Fox Trek Boat rod XT to make this catch 

350lb Bull Shark tries to eat the boat

after a long battle the Bull Shark at the boat 

big smiles all around

Cobia gets pack attacked by the Bull sharks

Tony putting full pressure on a Bullshark using
the Fox Trek 4 piece XT Boat rod fitted with an EOS 30 reel

Later in the day Tony Honour spent over half an hour fighting a 35 to 40lb Goliath Grouper on the Rage Ultralight spinning rod fitted with a Diablo 350 reel. Can't say enough about the Fox Rage Ultralight rods. They are incredibly tough and my clients love using these light tackle rods. Bull sharks, Goliath Grouper, Cobias and lots of Crevalle Jacks with a few Pompano and Tripletail made this a very exciting day of fishing.

Tony and Andy really got into a school of hungry Seatrout

Tony Honour caught this Snook on a Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combo

Tony Honour releases a 40lb Goliath Grouper he caught using
the Fox Rage Ultralight spinning rod fitted with a
Diablo 350 spinning reel. a GREAT catch

Tony Honour with a nice Cobia  the Permit Trek rod and
Diablo 550 spinning reel were used to make the catch

On the next day we headed around Cape Sable to fish the "creeks". We found a honeyhole loaded up with Seatrout and a few nice Snook. On the way back we checked out the birdlife, Another great day.

Birdwatching on the ride home

Another good friend is in town. Tom Cola and his charming wife Mary Ann and their friend David Wasinski. David had a great time catching his first ever Tarpon. Mary Ann added to her many Tarpon catches another that she caught on a sunset trip. The Tarpon bite this week was a little tough but we managed to catch at least 1 on every trip.

MaryAnn Cola caugth her Tarpon with the Tarpon Trek Spincast
EOS 30 combo and I got wet while taking a DNA sample

MaryAnn Cola gets her Tarpon release using the
Tarpon Spincast rod  fitted with an EOS 30 reel

Mary Ann's Tarpon put on a  show

Dave caught his first ever Tarpon using the
EOS 30 Tarpon Spincast combo

Last night I had my good friend Scott Barco and daughter Lexi with me. Right at sunset Lexi hooked a very larger Tarpon that she fought for an hour. A very tough battle for this 15 year old but she loved every minute of it and got her release well into the dark. She used a live crab free lined on the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo.

Offshore plenty of Dolphin fish are showing up. The calm seas ended during the night and the wind is back.

Captain Skip Nielsen