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We booked Capt. Jeff Shelar out of Marathon Key. Jeff was GREAT! I recommend him for Poon Tangling with live bait, offshore angling (fins, sails, etc), as well as gulf-side wreck fishing. Here are some notes and pictures of our adventure with Jeff.

Day 1:

• Fished 7 Mile bridge until around 10am. Had several swipes by large tarpon. We were fishing livies (mullet and goggle eyes) on the down current side of the bridges. Hooked one and Stevo fought it for around 10 minutes. Then the poor 'poon was nailed by a 15' Hammerhead Shark! He ate it in 2 bites!
• Went offshore after fueling up and getting some more rigs and hit some schoolie dolphins. We were on the order of 20 miles south of Sombrero in the damn shipping lanes - huge container ships cruising by! Jeff expertly tracked birds and found a large school of dolphins. We caught around 20 and kept 6 for fine dining! Jeff called a buddy captain who had a charter in the area and that boat pulled in 30-40 (they had 4 or 5 folks fishing) off the same school. It was EXCELLENTE! That night Hooley and I took a bunch of the mahi mahi to Castaways restaraunt and they prepared it in 6 different ways. We feasted!

Day 2:

• AM: Hit the bridge for poons again. Several swipes but not a one taker! :-(
• PM: Went around 10 miles west of Marathon into the gulf to a wreck in about 15' of water. Caught some small blue runners and used them to bait larger fish. Gil nailed a monster Goliath Grouper; 200lbs! It was quite a beast! Bill dance ain't got nothin' on this busta! Stevo exacted vengence on the sharks by catching a 5 1/2 foot Black Tip shark, and both Steve and Gil caught the SAME nurse shark (hooked it twice). We also caught a handful of nice Mangrove snapper (15-17 inches). We released them since we had mucho mahi mahi in the fridge.

Where's our luggage?	Old Wooden Bridge	Pics from our room	Pics from our room
Stevo fighting the 90lb Poon!	Stevo fighting the 90lb Poon!	Stevo fighting the 90lb Poon!	Stevo fighting the 90lb Poon!
Stevo fighting the 90lb Poon!	What's that in the water?	Jaws eats my poon	Jaws eats my poon
1/2 a poon	Jaws eats my poon	Jaws eats my poon	Deep blue sea
Deep blue sea	Deep blue sea	Fighting Schoolie Dolphins	Fighting Schoolie Dolphins
Fighting Schoolie Dolphins	Fighting Schoolie Dolphins	Fighting Schoolie Dolphins	Schoolies are a TASTY TREAT!
Schoolies are a TASTY TREAT!	Caught around 20, kept 6	Caught around 20, kept 6	7 Mile Bridge aka Tarpon Alley
Capt Jeff	Stevo watching his mullet	Anchor's away!	At a wreck in the gulf
Gil vs The GOLIATH GROUPER!	Round 2, Gil's still smiling	Round 3, Wow, this beast is big!	Round 4, Good God!
Round 5, Ouch ouch ouch	Round 6, The pain continues	Round 7, When will it ever end!	The beast, defeated
200lbs	Eats small babies	Bill Dance ain't got nothin' on this!	Check out the hook!
One last pic	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks
Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks
5 1/2 Black Tip Shark	Stevo exacting vengence on the sharks	Hooley with a Nurse shark	Hooley with a Nurse shark
Catchin' Blue runners for bait	Catchin' Mangrove Snappers too!	Capt Jeff	Gilligan's Island
More gulf	Capt Jeff's 26' Robalo	The shark rod	More Snappers
Say Cheese!	The bridge to No Name Key	Sun set	Sun set
Gil and Stevo's Tiki Bar	Gil and Stevo's Tiki Bar	Gil and Stevo's Tiki Bar	Gil and Stevo's Tiki Bar
Gil and Stevo's Tiki Bar