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With just a few weeks away from Christmas give the gift of an unforgettable experience!

Purchase a gift certificate for any of our cruises, whether it’s to watch the dolphins play on the Sunset Dolphin Cruise, or having the kids explore Picnic Island and net for seahorses, starfish and pufferfish on the Sealife Encounter Cruise. A gift certificate can also allow your friends or family to board the “Dolphin Waters” and embark on an all day Shelling and Lunch Cruise. If fishing is more their speed, then have them join our professional fishing crew and catch something spectacular on the all inclusive Backwater Fishing Trip!

Not sure about a specific trip? Thats okay too! You can purchase a gift certificate in the amount of your choosing. It's the perfect gift! 

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The Sealife Excursion rocks!

On today’s trip we started off with a very impressive dolphin show. We got to see a pod (group of dolphins) up close and from about a hundred yards out we were able to catch another group of dolphins performing a long series of acrobatics. 10 feet out of the air! Half a dozen times! Not kidding. 

Before the trip the weather was looking a little intimidating, but as soon as we took off, the wind died down some and the clouds parted, making for a beautiful afternoon.  Good thing the AIP Outfitters store made the order for sunshine this afternoon. ;-)  When we made it to picnic island, we waded into the water and were able to find a large assortment a little sea critters. We all found shrimps, pin fish, pipe fish, hermit crabs and fish egg sacks (they look like gobs of slim with specs inside them). One gentleman caught not one but two baby seahorses! 

We had a great time with Capatin Bob2 and to the rest of the folks on the trip we hope you all had a great time and good job on finding such a diverse group of sea life!

-Naturalist & First Mate Josh

A seaworthy crew today!

Aboard the Miss Paradise on our Sealife Encounter! We caught a ton of stuff in the scoop nets on picnic island. We caught baby seahorses, pipefish, grass shrimp, lots of hermit crabs, mollusks, flounder, pufferfish, blowfish (striped burr fish), and one feisty cat fish! We also learned about the areas habitat forming mangroves, the importance of healthy clean water quality, and the under water prairies, the seagrass beds.

Many thanks from Capt Bob and first mate Josh, and a great job to everyone on today's catch. Also, a special note to young tie-die wearing naturalist in training, Noah keep up the good work and keep taking those Nature classes !

Wonderful day of cruising!

We had a very good fishing trip with a large family of 11 from Illinos and a family of 4 from Virginia. The weather has changed, we are now getting 10mph out of the NW and the water temp has dropped from 74 to 71. Air Temp in the upper 70,s. Trying to hide from the wind, we still did ok, catching some Sugar Trout, and small Sea Trout at the first stop. Then we moved not more than quarter mile and there we caught several Spanish Mackerel, a few Spotted Trout and a Flounder..and a few unmentionables such as Lizardfish and Catfish (and a pretty little Squirrelfish)

On the SeaLife Encounter: Almost routine, Dolphins several times, great fun for folks at Picnic Island catching all the small creatures that we usualy catch,fish shrimp,etc.. Then in the Big net drag, we caught several fish, pinfish, sugar trout, and a cute little Southern Puffer.

The Sunset Dolphin cruise got a little chilly (about 65 degrees and dropping fast), but 36 brave folks went with us to see the Sunset and find some Dolphins. Because the wind was coming out of the NW, decided to go up the River with the wind to our backs. Checked on our active Osprey nest..still can't see the chicks. Spotted a Bald Eagle on BigShell Island then on up to Little Shell Island (very Interesting) we found a Dolphin and we got to look at him for awhile, even though it appeared he was having dinner. We had a beautiful Sunset from Big Shell Island. A good day..but make it warmer..Please!

Capt. Bob

Fishing, Fishing & More Fishing!!

This is what we started out in this morning.

But it wasn't as bad as it looked, we could see well enough to find some pretty good fishing spots. We had a great time, the Ladyfish were everywhere and trout and a few other fish put in appearances. Young man with first Ladyfish.

A Lady very happy about catching her Ladyfish.
We had the "Lizardfish Lady" on board catching several Lizard fish until she decided to become "Ladyfish Lady" and caught several Ladyfish.

Then near the end of the trip a Spanish Mackerel showed up and the Lady who caught it invited it to dinner. :)

The Fog had lifted just in time for the Sealife Encounter uncovering a beautiful blue sky with a few clouds and with the 83 degree temp, a very nice day. Water temp was 73 degrees and just a slight breeze out of the South. We did have a chance of rain today..6% up from 4% yesterday and 2% the day before..needless to say, we didn't worry about rain. No photos as camera on the blink. We had a great time with Dolphins swimming along side the boat so that they could get a good look at us. Everyone had fun dip net fishing at Picnic Island and pretty much caught the usual, crabs, lots of shrimp, pipe fish, hermit crabs and jellycombs. The deepwater net drag revealed may pinfish, file fish and striped burrfish (puffer). A nice afternoon boat trip with a great bunch of folks on board..we had fun..

Capt. Bob

Comb Jelly's, Pipefish, King Crowns & More found on the Sealife Encounter!

Before the Sea Life encounter, I kayaked out to the end of the Port Sanibel channel. At the end of the channel I found a flock of the "true Snow Birds" resting on a sand bar.

White Pelicans from way up North here for the Winter. Also, along the way, I noticed this brown Pelican being very idle on an Idle sign.

We had a great Sea Life Encounter. The Temp was about 75 degrees and water warmed up to 68 degrees. A bit breezy about 15 out of the SouthEast. A nice group of folks on board from Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois. Entering San Carlos Bay we stopped to look at our Osprey Nest.

Mom is sitting on the eggs now.. but it won't be long and we will get to see some fuzzy heads sticking up looking around to see what is going on. Continuing our journey we encountered a pod of very active Dolphins near Kitchel Key.

Our adventurers posed for a picture before setting out on the mission to collect creatures in the shallow grass bed at Picnic Island. They found lots of shrimp, and crabs, comb jellys, pipefish, kings crowns, and more. Our deep net drag turned up a beautiful Cowfish, a couple of female Blue Crabs, a File Fish and lots of Pinfish.

Capt. Bob