I’ve always wanted to catch a large tarpon. In planning a trip to south FL with the family I wanted to include a fishing trip. Not being from there, I did some research about when and where to fish for them. My research led me to fishing the middle keys in May. After reading reviews I settled on captain Jeff through fishingbooker. He was great to deal with prior to the trip and setting up the time and meeting place. He sought to understand what I wanted from the trip. I wanted to catch a “Bucket list” tarpon, and I wanted to have my wife and kids to come along and fish. He made several suggestions, and he told me he would work hard to get me that fish and accommodate my request. Captain Jeff was a great guide. He was pleasant, kind to my family, helpful in explaining how to fish for tarpon and knowledgeable about the area and the fish we were targeting. We hooked 7 fish and boated 3 tarpon from 50-100 lbs. I caught my “bucket list” tarpon, and both of my kids caught one. Captain Jeff was great at maneuvering the boat and giving instructions throughout the 30min battle. After boating 3 nice fish, my last cast hooked a monster tarpon. The fight was on, and the massive fish went airborne once so we could see just how big he was. After a mere 10 minute battle the ferocious fighter wrapped my line around a piling snapping my line like a thread. What an exhilarating morning on the water. We only saw a couple of hookups on the other boats around us, but we were blessed to have so many hookups and to boat 3 of the fighting giants. Captain Jeff said he would work hard for us, and he did just that. I’m sure there are other guides out there that do a great job, but Captain Jeff will be my choice in the future. He certainly kept our lines “Tight” for most of the morning; I can’t recommend him high enough.

I wanted my wife to experience the thrill of hooking up on a Tarpon. We booked a half day morning trip with Captain Jeff Sellers of Tight Lines Charters. It was mid April…not prime for Tarpon, but Captain Jeff worked back and forth through the pylons of the Bahia Honda bridge; determined to put us on fish.  The cool thing was, he actually TAUGHT us how to catch them.  It was ALL HANDS ON. His boat is also equipped with a fighting chair, which was PERFECT for my wife.  There were about a dozen other boats under the bridge that morning and I’m proud to say that our Captain Jeff had the only Tarpon hookups that morning.  No other fishermen hooked a Tarponin in those four hours… Only my wife, Terri. We stayed eight days in the Keys.  That week and our Tarpon fishing trip with Jeff was an experience we will never forget. We could tell that he was having as much fun watching us fight the Tarpons as we were catching them!!!  Thanks so much,  Captain Jeff Sellers!  We could tell that he was having as much fun watching us fight the Tarpons as we were catching them!

Eddie & Terri Davailus

Jeff was very experienced, professional with all the appropriate equipment. We caught targeted fish at all our stops. When we struggled with a unfamiliar technique Captain Jeff was able to quickly and gently teach us the proper techniques to keep us catching fish. I highly recommend Captain Jeff for all experience levels. We fished four people, two couples, two with experience and two beginners. All four of us caught all the fish we wanted. Trout and redfish were the bulk of our catch along with a few random species that added to the excitement with the element of the unknown. Thanks Captain, we will be back.

Capt Jeff gave us a great trip, for a 1/2 day charter we had a full day of fun and fishing.
I will definitely be seeing him again.

Awesome experience! We had 4 solid hook ups and 2 short hits, totaling 6 in 4 hours. All fish were 60”+ trophies. Jeff is very experienced and a lot of knowledge is to be gained on Tarpon from him. Out of the 20+ boats around us we had the most action (in 2 different spots). Not that it’s a competition, but Jeff puts you on them! Unfortunately when we were within minutes of landing one after a long battle we had a 15’ hammerhead steal our Tarpon boatside. Unfortunate, but awesome encounter! Awesome trip!