Television Action

Roland Martin gave me a call last week and we arranged to go fishing aboard his boat on Wednesday. Roland does a weekly television show shown on Versus network an affiliate of NBC sports. I gently asked Roland if he would mind if I brought along my Fox Sport Fishing tackle for the episode and he agreed. I was a little worried we might upset his sponsors but he said it would be fine.

We wanted Shark action. Our first stop was to catch bait and nothing is a better shark bait than a Spanish Mackerel.

With the camera rolling we used Bonefish Trek rods and Diablo 350 reels for this action. We also used the new Fox Cellmax flyreel and Trek 9 weight flyrod. Needless to say Roland had a fine time and loved the tackle.

Roland Martin puts a hurtin' on this Blacktip Shark

We then proceeded to a spot further to the west where I hoped the sharks would be. To really show the action I flew a kite from which we suspended a butterflied mackerel for bait.

Roland Martin uses Fox Sport Fishing Tackle for his
television show  our cameraman was Jason South

we used Fox Sport Fishing tackle to film a TV show
on catching Sharks using a kite

using a kite with a bait suspended on the surface we got some
incredible shots of Sharks coming in and taking the baits

For Shark tackle we used the new Fox EOS reels. 30's and 50's. On the 30 we matched it with a Tarpon Spincast Trek rod and on the 50 we used the Trek Boatrod XT. Our cameraman Jason South got some incredible action shots of the Blacktip Sharks getting the scent and rushing about then honing in on the bait. I was able to postion the bait 25 feet off the stern of the boat. Fishing for Sharks in Florida Bay using a kite is full on sight fishing and very exciting. We released at least a half dozen sharks and the crew said they will have a great show.

Roland Martin has his hands full battling a Blacktip Shark
using Fox EOS reels and Tarpon Spincast travel rods

Roland Martin was very impressed with the
Fox Sport Fishing EOS reels and Tarpon Spincast Travel rods

Watch for this episode in the new year on Versus TV. Fishing With Roland Martin.

Captain Skip Nielsen