Diablo - A Reel Workhorse

Well the seas have settled and the Tarpon bite has improved. I had Doctor Hugh Dennis and Ken Totherow out after a couple days off and quite the change. We were able to catch plenty of Mullet for bait and had a nice incoming tide. Immediately after anchoring we had rolling and freejumping Tarpon near the boat. It only took a few minutes before Hugh was hooked up to the first Tarpon of the morning. It was non-stop until we ran out of mullet. 8 Tarpon were jumping behind the boat and 4 were leadered. Each angler had 2 releases. Many Sharks were landed and lost as well. No wire trace was used. Its great to have the Tarpon bite back on. My anglers used Fox Sport Fishing Sailfish Trek rods fitted with Diablo 750 spinning reels for all these fish.

8 Tarpon were jumped and  4 landed by Hugh and Ken
using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combos

rare picture of a jumping Spinner Shark

Tarpon of all sizes were jumping behind the boat today

We made a special dinner stop on the way home

Dr.Hugh Dennis fights a jumping Tarpon using the
Fox sport fishing Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Hugh Dennis with a very large Mangrove Snapper
caught on the Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combo

Hugh with a flying Tarpon

Hugh with a Lemon Shark on the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Ken brings a nice 80lb Tarpon in for release

Ken Totherow shows off the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Ken Totherow used the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo
on this jumping,spinning Spinner Shark

Ken with one of 3 jumping Spinner Sharks

I am still using my original Diablos day after day and fish after fish. These reels are INCREDIBLE ! Its been well over 3 years now of big fish action and I have had only 1 handle broken and that was serious angler malfunction. The reels themselves are bullet proof and the Sailfish Trek rods are the best. Well the summertime bite is on here in Islamorada but I am running way out in backcountry for the action. The action near the bridges is now a pretty much night time event. Offshore the Dolphin fishing is going well and the boats targeting Swordfish are getting them on almost every trip.

Enjoying nice weather and great fishing now.

Captain Skip Nielsen