No complaints on the weather and fishing this week!

May 7-10 2012  
Monday Evening Craig Sudbrink released a Tarpon right at sunset, Craig was fishing with live mullet and a Tarpon Spincast Trek rod and an EOS 30 reel. We had fished live crabs for awhile on a hard outgoing tide but no bites until the current let up. We missed a couple more bites before calling it an evening.

Craig Sudbrink released this Tarpon after catching
it on a Fox Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Craig Sudbrink used the Fox Sailfish Trek Diablo 750
combo to release this Tarpon

On Tuesday Gary Pollock joined me for a day of backcountry fishing. First fish of the day was a 100lb Tarpon near Sandy Key. Gary used the Sailfish Trek rod fitted with a Diablo 750 reel for this catch. We spent the rest of the day light tackle fishing with Bonefish Trek rods and Diablo 350 spinning reels. Lots of Seatrout, Ladyfish, Spanish Mackerel and a limit of tasty Mangrove Snapper.

Gary Pollock of England released this Tarpon near Sandy Key

Fox Sailfish Trek travel rods fitted with Diablo reels
are perfect for Tarpon fishing anywhere

On the way in I got some exersize throwing the castnet and loaded up on mullet for my sunset trip with Neil Stewart and friends. The sunset bite was on fire. The boys had 3 Tarpon releases and a bunch of "cheap shots" on the live mullet. So exciting... We used 5 piece Tarpon Spincast rods and EOS reels for this action.

Neil Stewart  and friends Tom and Doug from Canada had 3 Tarpon
releases this afternoon using Fox 5 piece Tarpon Spincast rods

Neil gets his release

On Wednesday it was Tom Berry and Craig Sudbrink. We spent the morning trying for a Tarpon near Sandy Key but not even a shark bite. I had a feeling and we moved to Cape Sable off the beach. As the tide started rise Tarpon were showing all around us, Rolling and freejumping, Only problem was small Blacktip sharks. Glad I had lots of mullet because in the next 3 hours we released 3 Tarpon out of 6 bites and also at least 25 sharks.  It was special to see a fresh school of Tarpon had moved in from the Gulf and not another boat in sight. On the way home we spent an hour securing more mullet for the trip tomorrow. Craig and Tom had had a blast catching Tarpon and wanted another go at it.

Tom Berry gets a jumping release

we had 3 hours of constant Tarpon and Shark action

the spray was flying with these fiesty 60lb Tarpons

But Thursday morning was a different day. The wind was up out of the west and that was not a good thing for Tarpon fishing at Cape Sable. We changed gears and spent the morning rising tide fishing moats around backcountry islands. It was a good move. We got into good sized Redfish at 3 different locations. Using Fox Bonefish Trek rods fitted with Diablo 350 reels the boys released at least a dozen big Reds. Once the tide started rolling out the action was over so we spent the rest of the afternoon fishing the Transition Zone for action and some dinner. Mangrove Snappers up to 2 lbs were kept for later and plenty of Seatrout, Ladyfish and even a rare Rabbitfish was caught.

Craig used the Fox Bonefish Trek Diablo 350
combo to catch 8 large Redfish

Tom Berry and Craig Sudbrink got into a bite a Redfish

heres' one you don't catch every day.
Rabbit Fish Puffer and Bonefish Trek rods and Diablo 350 reels

the hard fighting Rabbit Fish very rare catch

Of course while I am home this morning it is slick calm but at 2 pm I am back on the water catching live mullet for a sunset trip, Can't wait!

Also I want to say that I am still using all my original Fox Sport Fishing Diablo spinning reels and EOS trolling reels. I put this tackle through day after day of constant fish battles and it refuses to break..... It is the toughest there is.


Captain Skip Nielsen