Sunset Fishing for Tarpon

Tarpon are getting back to normal, for a week the migration had slowed down with abnormal weather. But now the Tarpon are back on track and fishing is good. Especially right around sunset.

Fred Clancy and his son Fred Jr. come down every May for 2 evenings of Tarpon fishing. On the first afternoon Fred Jr. hooked a very large Tarpon near Teatable Channel that he fought for over an hour. Fred is a very good angler and put as much pressure as he possibly could at all times. I estimated the fish over 150lbs. Fred used the EOS 30 trolling reel and the 5 piece Tarpon Spincast rod to catch this fish. I had spooled a 100 meter piece of Horizon 50lb braid on the reel and we needed it. What a battle. Of course the Fox sport fishing tackle took all we could give it. At boatside we got a DNA sample and also got very wet as this fish was still not finished. Great going Fred. On afternoon 2 Fred Sr. got into the act and released 2 Tarpon for another great afternoon.  Fred Sr is in his eighties and is a former Charter fishing skipper from Nantucket.

big battle

Fred Clancy fought this estimated 150lb Tarpon for 1 hour
before getting it boatside for a DNA sample

Fred Sr. doing battle on one of his Tarpon at Channel 5

Fred used the EOS 30 Fox trolling reel and
5 piece Tarpon Spincast rod  to release 2 Tarpon

releasing Fred Clancy Sr. Tarpon

Tarpon Spincast Trek rod fitted with the EOS 30
beat this Tarpon after an hour battle

The boys had a great time as usual and I look forward to seeing them next year.

Captain Skip Nielsen