May 1 through May 7

Solid week of Tarpon fishing the past 7 days. We exclusively used the Sailfish Trek 4 piece travel rods and Diablo 750 spinning reels. I'm happy to report(as usual) no tackle failures of any kind. Just a few Tarpon here and there jumping off the hooks.

What a week it was. We averaged 2 to 3 Tarpon a session and in between caught quite a variety as you will see in the pictures attached.

I can not say enough about the Sailfish Trek rods. At eight feet long you save many a fish being able to clear the bow or stern with the long reach. And the Diablo spinning reels. Never had a broken handle or a stripped gear,EVER. Pretty incredible. After a long tough week of battling giant Tarpon and big Sharks I took a little time today to write this blog and oil my reels.

Thanks to all my anglers this past week and FOX Sport Fishing

Captain Skip Nielsen

Tony McKinnis catching his first ever Tarpon .
He used the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Brian Goerges using Fox Sport Fishing tackle Tarpon fishing

Cyd sight fished this Tarpon with her
Fox Sport Fishing fly rod early May 2

Derek DeLoreto catches his Tarpon while Nick  snaps away

Fred Clany Sr. battles a Tarpon we estimated
over 150lbs while Fred Jr. coaches on a
May 2 sunset trip

Here is Tommy Taylor catching the 2nd Tarpon of the day, May 5

here's Brad McKenzie battling a Tarpon at
Long Key bridge using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

in between releasing 4 Tarpon  Brian caught a
limit of tasty Mangrove Snapper to take home

Jeremy Meiers and Neil Stewart after a big successful Tarpon battle

Jeremy Meiers spanks a big Tarpon using the
8 foot 4 piece Sailfish Trek travel rod and Diablo 750 spinning reel

Jeremy with some Tarpon By-catch. Jack Crevalle, a very hard fighter

later on Tom Berry had an hour battle with this
monster Tarpon at Downtown Islamorada

Look Out, you never know what you will catch
while Tarpon fishing picture taken by Neil Stewart

Mark Huling catching the Big One on
Fox Sport Fishing's Sailfish Trek rod and Diablo 750 spinning reel

Mark Huling's Tarpon towed us across the flats

Mark Quinn and Skip pose with my favorite
Tarpon gear just after releasing a 100lber

Mark Quinn safely navigates his Tarpon thru channel 2 bridge
the 8 foot Sailfish Trek rod is a big help

Neil Stewart caught this Cuda while Tarpon fishing

Nick Charek battling a Spinner Shark

Nick Charek catches the first Tarpon of the day

 

Nick Charek had wanted to catch a  jumping Spinner Shark and he did

Nick got a great release shot of Dwayne's Tarpon

Rob Hilman catching his Tarpon at Long Key bridge and of
course, using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

shot by Nick Charek

sightseeing in between catching 3 Tarpon for the day

Tom Berry caught this Tarpon early morning May 7

Tom with his Tarpon after an hour battle traversing 3 miles