Summer fishing at its finest!

Lots of action and variety to be had. Tarpon are biting well at the bridge channels. The outgoing tide has been the best time to be fishing for them even in the middle of a hot day. My clients have been averaging 2 to 4 releases a trip using Fox Sport Fishing tackle. The Tarpon Spincast 5 piece rods fitted with EOS 30 reels are really nice and light and perfect for fishing live mullet. For free-lining crabs and fishing mullet on the bottom we have been using the Sailfish Trek rods fitted with Diablo 750 fixed spool/spinning reels. These are easier to let line out in a rapidly moving current and honestly most of my guests prefer this tackle for Tarpon fishing.

Jim Riscky released 3 Tarpon

Kenny Russell films Jim Risckys tough Tarpon.
Jim used the Fox sport fishing Sailfish Trek rod and Diablo 750 spinning reel

Roddy Rodgers' caught and released this beauty of a Tarpon on his Flyrod

Sightfishing for Tarpon with a Fly is the best.
Roddy cast to many fish before getting a take

Tom fighting his 3rd Tarpon of the day on a
Fox sport fishing Sailfish Trek rod and Diablo 750 spinning reel

Wendy Sims released her Tarpon using a
Fox sport fishing Sailfish Trek rod fitted with a Diablo 750 fixed spool reel

Bull Shark at Channel 2 caught by Wendy Sims
on the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Fred and Gene Kohly used Fox sport fishing
Tarpon Spincast 5 piece travel rods and EOS 30 reels
to release 4 Tarpon on a sunset tide

In the backcountry schools of bay-ballyhoo have  moved in and I have been castnetting these for live bait. Everything in the bay likes to eat them. Snook, Redfish, Seatrout just love them. As the schools of ballyhoo have invaded the grassflats loads of Ladyfish, Spanish Mackerel, Mangrove Snapper , Crevalle Jacks and Seatrout are biting on most every cast using these for bait. We are using the Fox Sport Fishing Bonefish Trek rods fitted with the Diablo 350 spinning/fixed spools for the light tackle action. We are taking home our limit of Mangrove Snappers while catching and releasing the rest. Then we have been running back to Islamorada and fishing the outgoing tide for Tarpon in the channels.

Tom and Wendy Sims had plenty of Seatrout action on
Bonefish Trek rods fitted with Diablo 350's

I celebrated my 60th birthday and went flyfishing for Tarpon with my Fox Sport Fishing Cellmax fly reel and 9 weight fly rod. My wife Cyd joined me and we had great fishing but did not get any to the boat. I had 3 takes and jumped them off. That's fishing.

Cyd Nielsen caught this Bonefish on a
Fox sport fishing 9 weight fly rod at a secret lagoon in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Life is good.

Captain Skip Nielsen