Captain Skip's Fox Sport Fishing Blog: A Good Fishing Trip for the Ambulance Crew

On April 16-19 I had the the so-called ambulance crew fishing with me. These fine fellows have been coming to Bud n Marys Marina now for a few years with trip organizer Dave Lewis. I had Del Eliott, Ray Jennings, Martin Campbell and Bob Clements fishing with me.

Del and Ray use the Fox Trek XT Boat rods to catch Sea Monsters

Del was looking to add some new species to his lifelong list. We spent the first day fishing channels out in the backcountry. We were hoping for some big Sharks and possibly a Stingray. Well Del got his wish and more. Not one, but 3 Sawfish took his shark baits and were carefully released after giving Del some serious pulling. Using the Fox Trek 5 piece XT Boat rods fitted the new EOS trolling reels really made the difference. These are some tough rods and very easy on the user. I have taken these rods on my travels to Panama to catch Marlin and Roosterfish trolling with live Tuna as bait. Being that they are 5 piece makes them super easy to travel with. We spooled the EOS reels with 65lb Horizon Fox braided line to do the job. Lots of Sharks were released as well on this day.

up periscope

watch out

wrapped up

On the second day Del and Martin fished with me. We did the backcountry flats and island moats. Redfish, Snook, Trout, Tarpon were part of the day. Del got a backcountry grand slam consisting of Redfish, Tarpon and Snook in the same day. Martin casted a bait to a 6' Lemon Shark sightfishing on the flats giving him a very exciting battle. He used the Sailfish Trek rod fitted with a Diablo 750 spinning reel for this. Del sight fished and casted a bait to a large Southern Stingray for another species to add to his list.

Martin Campbell caught his Snook on the
Fox Rage Ultralight Diablo 350 combo

Del and Ray had plenty of action at the Bomb Craters using the
Rage Ultralight rods fitted with Fox Diablo reels

Del caught this Snook on a Fox Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combo

fishing around mangrove island moats was fun using
Fox Rage ultralight rods and Diablo 350 reels

Day 3, I was back on the boat with Ray and Del. These guys must really like fishing with me. We spent the morning Tarpon fishing and were rewarded with some great action using live mullet for bait. Crashes and splashes. Del and Ray successfully landed a Tarpon each. For the afternoon we fished the bayside for light tackle variety. 3 species of Grouper, Mangrove Snapper were caught using Fox Rage Ultralight rods fitted with the Diablo 350 spinning reels.Fixed spool across the sea. We caught some more mullet on the way home .We tried a couple spots for Tarpon but the bite was off. As I was headed for the dock I spotted mullet being chased and it was Crevalle Jacks going crazy. We used all our mullet and had a blast catching these super tough fighters. A great ending.

Ray and Del caught these Crevalle Jacks while on a sunset Tarpon trip

Ray Jennings had 2 Tarpon releases using the
Fox Trek Tarpon Spincast EOS 30 combo

Ray Jennings Tarpon

Del Elliot uses the Fox 5 piece XT Boat rod to catch
3 Mud Marlins This rod can do it all

Del added another specie to his list. Southern
Stingray caught on a Fox Trek Sailfish Diablo 750 combo

On day 4 I had Martin Campbell and Bob Clements. These guys requested Tarpon fishing. Fine with me as it is my favorite. After catching a livewell full or frisky mullet with my castnet we anchored in closeby Indian Key channel. The Tarpon were in a feeding mood today. Bob and Martin each released 2 Tarpon making it 4 for the day. We had more bites and some that got away but that made for lots of action. My crew (ambulance) used the Fox 5 piece Tarpon spincast rods fitted with EOS trolling reels for the Tarpon fishing. A fantastic piece of kit.