Summertime Action Heats Up In Everglades Park

David Kubert and his 2 sons, Joe and John had an exciting 3 days of fishing last week. Lots of big fish and big action out at the Gulf of Mexico wrecks. Goliath Grouper, Bull Sharks, Lemons were caught on every drop. Surface action was good as well. On a slick calm day Permit were waking about. John Kubert casted a crab using the Fox Sport Fishing Permit Trek rod and Diablo 550 spin reel to catch a beautiful Permit. Great job John. Also John caught his first ever Tarpon. Joe released a Hammerhead Shark. Many jumping Spinner Sharks were caught also.

After his sons went home David was joined by friend Steve Kost. We fished for Snook and Redfish  on day 1 and released 14 Snook and 3 Reds. All were caught on Bonefish Trek Diablo 350 combos.

On day 2 we spent the morning fishing 9 weight Fox Sport Fishing Bonefish fly rod. Using red and white flies we had a blast catching Seatrout, Mangrove Snapper, Crevalle Jacks, Ladyfish and Spanish Mackerel. We used diced Ballyhoo to chum the fish in and both fly anglers got bites on almost every cast.

That afternoon I moved to Cape Sable and we had 3 incredible hours of Tarpon fishing. We should have rigged the fly rods for this action but the wind was up and the big incoming tide was hard into the wind. Casting straight into 15 to 20 mph was not doable  So Fox Sport Fishing Sailfish Trek rod fitted with Diablo 750 spin reels were used. David and Steve jumped over 20 Tarpon and released 11 of them. Most of these fish were in the 50 lb range. This was so much fun. Medium sized Tarpon are jumpers. I was also able to get DNA samples for the database Mote Marine laboratory is keeping.

Next morning we came back to the spot on an outgoing tide and the wind was down and we could cast fly rods downwind. Each of my anglers jumped a Tarpon off on fly but it was slow. That's fishing for you.
Tarpon fishing is crazy good one day and tough the next. But so much is going on in the backcountry there is always fish to catch.

Captain Skip Nielsen

Bonefish Trek rods and Diablo spin reels were perfect for
catching Snook along the beaches of Cape Sable

brothers John and Joe caught numerous Goliath Groupers using Fox Sport Fishing XT Travel Rods fitted with EOS reels

David Kubert got 5 jumps from this Spinner Shark he caught using a
Sailfish Trek rod and Diablo 750 spin reel

David Kubert released 7 Tarpon on this frantic afternoon.
All using the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

DK caught this Pompano

DK used a Fox Sport Fishing Bonefish Trek rod
and Diablo 350 spin reel on this Snook

fishing along sandbars at low tide Joe released a few Snook

great summertime Tarpon action on the Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

Joe catching a Hammerhead Shark on the versatle
Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo

John Kubert with his first ever Tarpon. Over 100 lbs he used the
Sailfish Trek Diablo 750 combo to make the catch

John trying to turn around a Goliath Grouper.
The Fox Sport Fishing XT travel rod does the job for him

Lemon Shark for Joe Kubert

One of 7 Tarpons for David Kubert

this big Croc warning us to stay away

using the Permit Trek spin rod and 550 Diablo reel,
John Kubert caught this beautiful Permit