Capt Bo Johnson of Tenacity Guide Service is featured wearing a sterling silver hook necklace by Anisa Jewelry in the 2014 November issues of both Florida Sportsman Magazine and Coastal Angler Magazine!!

Check out all of Anisa Jewelry’s ocean inspired designs at AnisaJewelry.com !!

Capt. Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra of Tenacity Guide Service represent AnisaJewelry.com in an ad for this month’s Coastal Angler Magazine!!

Here, Bo and Deidra are embellished in sterling silver hook jewelry. They personally own several pieces from Anisa’s fishing jewelry line and love to wear them both ON and OFF the water!

Anisa’s sea-inspired silver and bronze jewelry designs are gorgeous, one of a kind creations!!

Check them out! ——->ANISAJEWELRY.COM

Tenacity Guide Service is featured in WaterLife Magazine’s OCTOBER issue!!

Mallory Herzog of BigBully.net recaps her recent salty adventure with her husband and son as they chartered Tenacity Guide Service’s Capt. Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra in sunny SW Florida. It was a successful day conquering goliath grouper, shark and snook!

Read the article on page 6 of WaterLife ONLINE —-> HERE

Watch Mallory and Deidra battle this monster Goliath Grouper!

Watch Andrew battling his goliath grouper!

How about this young man boating a big ol shark!? Way to go Aiden!!

You can also check out Mallory’s blog she wrote for BigBully.net! ——->  http://bigbully.net/2014/09/08/august-trip-with-tenacity-guide-service/

We recently had the pleasure of guiding Beka Garris. This talented and beautiful lady has made a name for herself as an avid bowfisher-chick and huntress, but time had come to let out her inner lady angler! She won TheLodgeman.com’s photo contest and next thing ya know, she was off on her first ever salty fishing adventure with Tenacity Guide Service!

Beka successfully captured tarpon and goliath grouper species, along with bowfishing rays and enjoying dolphins putting on a show. She wrote a recap of her experience with Capt Bo and First Mate Deidra in the Sep/Oct issue of Lady Angler Magazine. Check it out!!! ————–>>>>>

**Click photos below to enlarge OR click HERE to read via the online magazine

Capt. Bo Johnson was recently interviewed by Scott Butherus of Naples Daily News for a segment in conjunction with the world renown “Shark Week” series on the Discovery Channel. In it, he discusses the qualities that make this species of shark – The Hammerhead Shark – such an impressive specimen. He also discusses the legend of Old Hitler!

“The search for Old Hitler, Florida’s legendary hammerhead shark”

In honor of Shark Week and the majestic Hammerhead Shark, we put together an album on the Tenacity Guide Service facebook page with highlights of our Hammerhead shark catches. Click on the banner below -ENJOY!

Tenacity Guide Service‘s Capt Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra are enthused to announce we are officially part of the passionate and talented Marolina Outdoor INC family!

Our recent launch at ICAST 2014 proved successful for the HUK Performance Fishing and Spanish Fly brands. Founded and headed up by an incredibly motivated bunch with extensive careers at top performance apparel companies, and partnered with bass powerhouses like Kevin VanDam, Skeet Reese – Professional Angler, Gerald Swindle / GMAN; BigWater Adventures / Mark Davis; KScott Art; Tenacity Guide Service; Brooke Thomas; and more, the momentum is full speed ahead to make a positive impact in our great fishing industry!   ***See Press Releases BELOW

Capt Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra are particularly excited for the technical gear. Working long days on the water and filming multiple shows requires great gear to keep us looking and feeling good. Huk Performance Fishing gear will enable us to perform no matter the elements, which in affect, provides the best experience for our clients and our viewing audiences.

RELATED LINKS ————>

HUKgear.com

Marolina.com

KVD Joins Marolina Outdoor Team

Skeet Partners with Marolina and HUK Performance

Elite Pro Gerald Swindle Partners with Huk Performance Fishing

Mark Davis of BigWater Adventures Joins Marolina Outdoor/Huk Performance Fishing Brands

Tenacity Guide Service joins the HUK Peformance Fishing Team

Tenacity Guide Service and MOTE Marine lands cover and feature in this month’s issue of Water Life Magazine!

Check out the article on PAGE 7 of June’s Water Life Magazine written by Mallory Herzog of Big Bully! —–>

Read our full overview on the events of that day from start to finish! ——->

http://fishtenacity.com/massive-hammerhead-shark/

Tenacity Guide Service‘s Capt Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra were recently featured on the World’s Greatest Fishing Podcast!

World’s Greatest Fishing Podcast’s goal is to provide the most inspiring, fun, and uncensored interviews with the biggest names in fishing. Discover the latest fishing tactics, techniques, strategies, and gear for catching monster fish…from large mouth bass, to trout, tuna, halibut, salmon, steelhead, crappie, tarpon, and more!

On this podcast, Capt. Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra, tackle the inaccurate reporting by Field & Stream Magazine. and discuss shark fishing strategies, tactics, gear and more!!

You can listen to their conversation right now for FREE =

“Love and Sharks with Capt. Bo Johnson and First Mate Deidra Bridger of Tenacity Guide Service”

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-fishing-podcast/id831778716?mt=2

<<((()))><  Landing a 13 1/2 ft massive hammerhead shark, and satellite tagging her for research, was not what our clients from Missouri, Patrick and Laura Murphy, expected when they stepped aboard the boat Friday morning with Tenacity Guide Service!  <<((()))>><

It was May 23rd, 2014, and the morning couldn’t have began any better. The weather was gorgeous and water clarity was perfect for stickin’ a few rays with our Athen’s Harpoons for shark bait. A live well full of baby blue and pass crabs and Team Tenacity was equipped for both shark and tarpon fishing. With an incoming tide, we hit The Hill of Boca Grande and quickly came upon several pods of tarpon. It didn’t take 5 minutes before the first big shadow cut through the surrounding charter boats. Some of the other guides were desperately trying to land their clients a tarpon without it being torn to shreds. Last year, sharks were thicker than ever, and this year might even trump that. Not only do sharks hone in on a hooked up tarpon and often prove an imminent silver death, but they affect the pods where they are less likely to eat.

Being a win-win situation for the tarpon anglers and our clients seeking sharks, we pitched a ray out the back at one of the many big shadows cutting through the water. Suddenly, the first one honed in on the bait, and it was HOTTT! Pushing a wake off its dorsal like a tsunami, this bull shark chowed down with full force! (see video of eat) FISH ONNNN!!! We handed off the rod to Laura Murphy who persisted almost 1 hour before boating her big, beautiful bull shark. It was a HUGE accomplishment!!!

Ecstatic with having such a great start, we went right back over to the pods of tarpon and picked off yet another bull shark! Right after it ate, Capt. Jamie Goodwin hollered over to us “Hammerhead!!! Bo! Here he comes, one of the black ones!”.. Luckily we had our Sewell Custom Rod made especially for targeting hammerhead sharks along with the Canyon EX-30 Reel. It was obvious by this massive shark’s body language that it was ready for some action! Zig-zagging in the eloquent manner a hammerhead shark does, this beast came up to our ray and circled a few times before deciding to eat- MUCH different from the bull shark! (see the hammerhead eat)

Figuring we would upgrade, we handed off the bull shark, who was peeling off line, to Capt. Jamie’s client and away we went with the massive hammerhead shark! Patrick Murphy was in the hot seat, cranking away while we put the boat in gear to catch up some line. The intensity and power that this fish had in it was no match for a single person (in any duration less than several hours), so Capt Bo jumped in and fought, and then First Mate D, and the rotation began. At one point, both Laura and First Mate D were heaving and hoeing in unison!

Having tagged sharks with MOTE Marine in the past, their Associate Vice President, Dr. Bob Hueter, just so happened to touch base with us that morning so we knew they were out on their research vessel. Hooking up on a stud like we did, we immediately called them to let them know we hooked a giant in hopes of providing an opportunity where instrumental research could profit if we could boat this fish! They showed up with their crew of scientists and watched the battle unveil. It was truly impressive that this fish could drag all 4 of us and the boat at 2.5 mph into the tide! About 1 hour into the fight, Senior Biologist, Jack Morris, hopped on board with a buoy we could clip to the leader once we got the shark close enough. He unknowingly also signed up for the tag-team efforts on the rod! 1 hour and 45 minutes later (after lots of sweat and grunting, 4 people on the rod, and Capt Bo’s full body handlining), the massive hammerhead shark surfaced in the middle of Boca Grande Pass. The crew of MOTE Marine scientists wasted no time gathering their crucial data while boatloads of people joined the audience. At one point, there was nearly 20 boats watching the action!

Marine Specimen Collector, Dean Dougherty, satellite tagged the massive hammerhead shark and asked what we would like to name her! That’s right – what a privilege! The consensus was “DBO MURPHY” after the Captain n’ Mate, and last name of the clients. The final measurement was 13 1/2 feet long and estimated 1,000 pounds! With all data collected, it was time to send this gorgeous, mature hammerhead shark back to her sea. A huge applause filled the salty air and smiles abound, we felt our adrenaline release us back to a state of utter contentment at the day’s accomplishments.

It was time for some food and drinks before parting ways on North Captiva Island. We all knew we would be sore as heck the next day- and we were!!! The memories will last a lifetime 🙂 THANK YOU PATRICK AND LAURA MURPHY!

Whether you love to fish for tarpon, or have always wanted to, you probably are familiar with Southwest Florida Tarpon fishing. If “Boca Grande and May / June” have visions of silver dancing in your head, there is something you should know! The opportunities to catch this world renown trophy fish are more numerous than ya might think. Most people don’t realize but some of our best tarpon fishing is actually July, August, September and even October in Pine Island and off the beaches. Read on to find out how YOU can enjoy Southwest Florida Tarpon fishing to its fullest!

Tarpon are one of the most sought after trophy fish in the world. Fisherman travel to Southwest Florida from all around the world for a chance at fighting and landing the mighty Silver King. Leaping like a lightning bolt from below, these fish put on one of the best aerial shows that there is to be seen! This is the ultimate angling rush!

There are a variety of locations throughout our Southwest Florida fishery where we can target these fish depending on the time of year.  From the first tarpon showing up, we primarily catch them off the beaches of Ft. Myers and the Barrier islands (Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, North Captiva Island, Cayo Costa Island, and Boca Grande Island). These fish travel south to north and disperse throughout the estuaries of Pine Island Sound and up through Charlotte Harbor. As the months go on, these fish will pour into our passes such as Captiva Pass and Boca Grande Pass.

We apply a mixture of tactics to capture these fish accordingly. On the flats, tarpon can be found in 2-10 ft of water, laid up in potholes, floating like silvery logs. Anchored up, dead-baiting is our strategy here, predominately using fresh cut bait. With such shallow water depths, the tarpon have no where to go but out and up, creating a very thrilling fight with lots of leaps! Get ready to BOW to the Silver King!! Nearshore the barrier island beaches and throughout the passes and harbor, drifting and pitching live bait, such as threadfins, pinfish, and crabs, is the name of the game. Here, the ‘rolling’ schools of tarpon can be very visual, frolicking and feeding on the water’s surface. Keep your eye out for free-jumpers!

Tarpon will start showing up anywhere from mid March to April depending on cold fronts. This is the time when thousands of fish make their way from the south as they come up to the spawning grounds, taking place mid-May and June, both on new and full moons and during the hill-tides. At these times, these fish can be caught on out-going tide with live bait. Most people don’t realize but some of our best tarpon fishing is actually July, August, September and even October in Pine Island and off the beaches. This gives the avid tarpon angler or family alike almost an 8 month window to book a trip of a lifetime.

*** Contact NOW to secure your dates for Tarpon season!! ***

239.633.4662     FishTenacity@Gmail.com

Best Months: MAR – OCT

Price: $400 – $1200. Depends on # of people, length of trip and month of the year. Discount for Veterans. Call 239.633.4662 to discuss with us.

See more incredible pics of the mighty silver king on the Tenacity Guide Service Facebook Page!