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A Silver King doing its signature head shake, attempting to throw the hook. Tarpon demand respect, thus the saying, “Bow to the Silver King!” So excuse the fuzzy phone picture. It hardly gives that whopper due credit. But it was all I had time for yesterday as I blazed through a busy half-day charter whereRead more

Capt Steve Friedman captures on video Shane Kelly’s tarpon jumping after demolishing a bait near Flamingo, Fl in the Everglades National Park. This fish broke the line on the jump when the angler doesn’t “bow” to the Silver King.

Flat calm days in the Florida Keys allowed us to fly fish for redfish and black drum in the Florida Bay with Capt. Steve Friedman on his 17.8 Whipray Hells Bay Skiff. Music: “Blue Sky” by Big Head Todd and the Monsters and “The Tide Will Rise” by Bruce Hornsby

Take a ride along with Capt. Steve Friedman and his angler and father, Greg Friedman, for the 22nd annual Swamp Guides Ball tournament benefiting the Guide Trust Foundation (formally the Don Hawley Foundation). Target species are redfish, bonefish and snook. Fishing headquarters at the Lor-e-lei in Islamorada Florida Keys.

Ben wanted to catch a redfish. He did some research at Worldwide Sportsman, practiced his casting and demonstrated patience. On a gorgeous fall day recently, we set out for the backcountry of Florida Bay to find his prize. He got his redfish and I got my prize; a great big prideful smile.

Capt. Steve Friedman fishes with the Levy family and have a fun day on the waters near Islamorada Florida Keys.

Tiernan Ely battles a large black tip shark in the Everglades near Flamingo and then does some work with an Islamorada oceanside tarpon caught on a live crab while fishing with her father, Randy.