These are perfect setups, I fish them a few hundred yards off the beach in 20 foot of water. My setup is a Van Staal VR201 spooled with 450 yards of 50lb braid on a Heavy St. Croix 8ft. Avid Inshore. Typically use a similar float setup on 80lb FC snell notting 7/0 circles. Absolute best (reasonable) baits for the big boys are 7-8 inch mullet but bigger pins generally do the same trick. I fish by myself and it’s always a bit tricky, I’ve hooked into fish where the above setup comes close to being inadequate so I can’t really go lighter as chasing is very difficult. Just want to add a fool proof method, if you find them on the bait pods, you can chum them up to where casting/finesse is zero issue, they are finicky at status quo but fired up have zero qualms about literally anything. I’ve just thrown a baited hook off the back of the boat on my big senator rig and they take it 20 feet from the motor, those big tuna/shark setups are definitely healthier for them and those first 5-6 minutes are just as exciting. Thanks Captain, love the videos.

Teramar is a beast of a rod hooked a tarpon with a smaller rating and handled like a champ ..

Those Teramar double X’s really are fantastic rods. Huge backbone while still having great action and feel. They also cast a mile.

Great tips! I love going after tarpon but honestly I normally get beat by the fish lol

Lots of great tips. Thanks 👍

Great information! Thank you.

excellent tips

Excellent video

Thanks for the tips

I’ve started to hook them on 5 inch paddle tails off of bridges lately

Thanks Captain!

Blue PowerPro doesn't "blend in" in Charlotte Harbor! Wish they'd reintroduce Timber Brown again!! Till then it's their competitors mono. Looking forward to your episode on baitcasters, can't imagine holding a 8,000, 10,000 size spinner...

I have the 2nd setup but with a 6000XG TwinPower SW. I think ima have to go and get a 8000 Saragosa.

I just wish all of this stuff wasn’t made in China.

You should mention about reverse gear is it necessary or ? And what about Shimano nasci model 5000 how good is it??!

So I’ve been curious so if you use this tarpon setup can it basically catch anything in the bay or inshore fishing Like drum snook obviously tarpon do you think Black tips and other smaller sharks could be caught on these Combos ?

Do you think the fishing season for tarpon is the same throughout the Gulf of Mexico? I live in Yucatan by the way. Nice video!

Which of these setups would be ideal for tarpon specifically down in the keys?

In one shot you have a Kicker Crab, then another with a Paddle Tail.. both nose hooked.. is there another video showing that rigging or can you explain ?

What line would you recommend for a 40-80 pound line rating rod? For tarpon

what happened to the mercury outboard dont tell me you had problems

Could the 10k be paired with the xh just as well as the xxh? Looking to purchase one of the two tomorrow.

What about shrimp?

Why double Paloma’s in one and a snell in the other?

The tip about not letting the tarpon get a breath sounds good for landing them quickly but could it kill them? I know they have to breathe air to survive.

CA, what brand of floats are those?