Dad brings his daughters fishing to Islamorada

Some great memories for this family. Stanley McJunkin and daughters Whitney and Chezney spent May 6,7 and 8 fishing with me here in Islamorada. We fished different areas for different kinds of fish all 3 days.

Tarpon fishing on day one was successful with 4 releases. Chezney caught her first ever and Whitney released a huge Tarpon estimated over 150lbs. Day 2 we rode over to Cape Sable. Plenty of sharks but no Tarpon. No problem, we went Snook fishing and had 17 releases. We spent some time each day procuring enough Mangrove Snappers for dinners at local  restaurants. Day 3 we headed out to the Gulf and fished a few choice spots for Goliath Grouper, Bull Sharks , Cobias and Crevalle Jacks.  On the way back we stopped at the Arsnicker Keys and released small Barracudas and nice sized Lemon Sharks.

Everyone had a blast.

Chez catching a Lemon Shark on the Permit Trek Diablo 550 combo

Stanley with 1 of 4 big Snook he caught on the Permit Trek Diablo 550 combo

we definetley put the Foxsportfishing tackle to the test

Whitney and Chez let Dad catch a few

Whitney stops a big Tarpon in its tracks using
the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Whitney takes a close look at her Goliath Grouper
caught using a Boatrod XT travel rod fitted with an EOS 30 Trolling reel

Whitney's tail-walker

Chez caught this Snook on the
Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combo

Chez putting a lot of pressure on a big mean
Tarpon using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Chezney catching her very first Tarpon

Dad lets one go for his daughters

Snapper dinners were had every night.
note the Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combo

Stanley holds Whitney's biggest Snook caught on a
Rage ultralight rod and Diablo 350 spin reel

Stanley leaders a Lemon Shark. what weather we had these 3 days

Stanley winching up a big Goliath on the
Boatrod XT  EOS Trolling Reel combo

The weather was slick calm all 3 days which is pretty rare in May. We used Bonefish Trek, Permit Trek, Sailfish Trek travel rods.These rods have been in my arsenal for a few years now with a few scratches here and there but holding up wonderfully. The Diablo spinning reels, 350, 550 and 750s are virtually bullet proof. For the really big stuff we used EOS 30 and 50 Trolling Reels fitted on Trek Boat XT rod and Tarpon Spincast rods. For some more fun I have a few Fox Rage freshwater rods which are really tough rods.

Captain Skip Nielsen