AIRTIMES THIS WEEK

Sun Sports Network
Thursday, 8/14, 6:00pm
Friday, 8/15, 11:30am
Sunday, 8/17, 7:30pm

The Sportsman Channel
Wednesday, 8/13 , 12:30pm
Friday, 8/15, 9:00pm
Sunday, 8/17, 6:00am

SHOW DESCRIPTIONS

Tarpon are living dinosaurs. Not just because they’re the biggest fish on the flat, but because they’re actually dinosaurs. They’ve been on earth longer than any other popular gamefish—65 million years. Tarpon can live up to 80 years, and spawn many, many times.

Tarpon can be really stubborn, a veteran angler once joked, tarpon seemed a tougher code to crack than woman. “The more I fish for ‘em, he said, “the less I understand them.”

Tune into this week’s episode of Shallow Water Angler and learn some of the secrets of catching the “King” of the flats. We’ll have great action and tips from the Keys, Miami, the southeast coast and the west coast of Florida. And then we’ll head with Blair Wickstrom to the number one tarpon hole in the country, Boca Grande Pass.

On the Conservation Front-Founder Karl Wickstrom explains how wily commercial fishermen are trying to sneak through laws that will overturn the ban on deadly gill nets.

SEGMENT #1

Target Species: Tarpon
Sponsor: Alumarine
Location: Various
Host/Editor: Terry Gibson

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: Berkley
Rod: All Star 7’ medium-fast
Reel: Pflueger Medalist 14lb
Line: Berkley Fireline 14lb
Bait: MirrOlure Popa Dog

BOAT SPEC
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: 22’ Bay Ranger
Engine: Mercury 275hp Verado

SEGMENT #2

Target Species: Tarpon
Sponsor: MirrOlure
Location: Boca Grande, FL
Host/Editor: Blair Wickstrom
Guide: Phil O’Bannon www.obannonscharter.com
Lodging: The Tarpon Lodge www.tarponlodge.com

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: Berkley
Rod: Shakespeare Tiger Stik
Reel: Pflueger Trion GX7
Line: Berkley Fireline 30lb
Bait: Pass Crabs

BOAT SPEC
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: 24’ Yellowfin Bay Boat
Engine: Mercury 275hp Verado

SEGMENT #3

Sponsor: DOA
Conservation Minute: Mercury