Sunset: Overusing the word Beautiful..but that is what it was, along with spotting our amazing Dolphins in several spots along the way. What would one call this Sunset over Pine Island? Beautiful!
Capt. Bob
Friday, March 25, 2011
Beautiful Day Out Here!!
Just being here is great..the fishing a plus. We caught many Ladyfish, some Spanish Mackerel, young girl caught 2 nice Spanish. Young man caught a fighting small Bullshark 
and Lady with a regular resident Sea Trout. 
We had several Dolphins swimming around the boat, but apparently they didn't scare off all the fish.
On the Sealife Encounter alot of baby creatures scooped up at Picnic Island and put in the Touch Tank.We got a nice Dolphin show nearby Picnic Island, then did the deep grass net drag, and caught pretty much the usual suspects. On the way back to the Marina, noticed some young people studying the shell charts. They had been to Shell Museum and were very interested. Found a box of sea shells under the console, so we had a game of identifying shells and winners received the shell. It was fun for them and me.
Sunset: Overusing the word Beautiful..but that is what it was, along with spotting our amazing Dolphins in several spots along the way. What would one call this Sunset over Pine Island? Beautiful!
Capt. Bob
Sunset: Overusing the word Beautiful..but that is what it was, along with spotting our amazing Dolphins in several spots along the way. What would one call this Sunset over Pine Island? Beautiful!
Capt. Bob
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Two full boats for the Sunset Cruise!
Nice warm evening, windy out of the SW. The wind makes it a bit harder to spot Dolphin, so we headed up river where the water was not so choppy. Turned around at Little Shell Island. 
We did spot one lone Dolphin near Big Shell Island. Here is the Sunset tonight over Bird Island.
On entering our channel, another lone Dolphin was spotted and appeared to be chasing his dinner.
Capt. Bob
We did spot one lone Dolphin near Big Shell Island. Here is the Sunset tonight over Bird Island.
On entering our channel, another lone Dolphin was spotted and appeared to be chasing his dinner.
Capt. Bob
Friday, March 18, 2011
Full day of Adventure!
Fishing, Sea Life & Sunset!
Fishing:
Lady from Naples with Ladyfish.
Lady from Kansas City with Spotted Sea Trout.
Gentleman from Kansas City with Bull Shark, and 4th Photo- Gentleman with Spanish Mackerel.
Sea Life: Folks enjoyed Dip netting at Picnic Island, seeing the Dolphins nearby the Island.The deep net drag turned up lots of Pin fish and several Striped Burrfish also known as puffers.
Here is a beautiful Sunset tonight.
Capt Bob
Fishing:
Lady from Naples with Ladyfish.
Lady from Kansas City with Spotted Sea Trout.
Gentleman from Kansas City with Bull Shark, and 4th Photo- Gentleman with Spanish Mackerel.
Sea Life: Folks enjoyed Dip netting at Picnic Island, seeing the Dolphins nearby the Island.The deep net drag turned up lots of Pin fish and several Striped Burrfish also known as puffers.
Here is a beautiful Sunset tonight.
Capt Bob
Friday, March 11, 2011
Lots of Brown Pelicans seen on the Sunset Cruise!
Considering the cold it was a pretty good trip tonight..always beautiful here.
31 hardy passengers from various states including Indiana, North Carolina, and as far North as Minnesota. But it was chilly for all. A 15MPH wind out of the NW. We went up the Caloosahatchee (river), to help keep the wind to our backs.
Beaching the boat at Big Shell Island, we sat and watched the sunset along with about a dozen brown pelicans sitting nearby on the sandy point of the island Continuing up river, we soon spotted two dolphins and spent some time with them. They would appear, then dissappear many times, but never went very far from the boat. The water here is relatively deep and the air is cold, perhaps they kept warmer staying down a little longer. We turned around at Little Shell Island, which is a subject of interest by itself.
Capt. Bob
31 hardy passengers from various states including Indiana, North Carolina, and as far North as Minnesota. But it was chilly for all. A 15MPH wind out of the NW. We went up the Caloosahatchee (river), to help keep the wind to our backs.
Beaching the boat at Big Shell Island, we sat and watched the sunset along with about a dozen brown pelicans sitting nearby on the sandy point of the island Continuing up river, we soon spotted two dolphins and spent some time with them. They would appear, then dissappear many times, but never went very far from the boat. The water here is relatively deep and the air is cold, perhaps they kept warmer staying down a little longer. We turned around at Little Shell Island, which is a subject of interest by itself.
Capt. Bob
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Paddling Larry's Lagoon!
We have a beautiful area in which to kayak/canoe, not far, but away from civilization where the Calusa Indians once roamed. Some call it a "secret garden" among the Mangroves. It is worth experiencing. It is an adventure, but a safe adventure (in Paradise).
Today was a typical beautiful day here, with clear blue sky starting at 65 degrees and warming up to 80, wind out of the East. We had folks from Maryland and Ohio eager to get out there, not knowing what to expect.
These are the folks from Maryland before setting out on our great adventure. (There were also two young ladies not shown, college freshman from Ohio colleges.):
Here is when they returned:
We paddled to the Northside of Connie Mack Island where we saw at least 3 Manatees playing. Caught one sticking his nose up for a breath of air. After making our way through a very tight and challenging Mangrove tunnnel we paddled out to the large Sandbar bordering San Carlos Bay.
Everyone got out of their kayaks and wandered around taking a break from paddling and enjoying the sights there. Heading back, we got a good workout against a 10 mph East wind. We caught a little break from the hard paddling as we traveled through another challenging Mangrove tunnel close to home. I heard some shouting and laughing throughout the trip and the Mangrove branches took a beating they will never forget.
Special thanks to the Maryland folks who are great sports..and very good actors! We had a lot of fun.
Capt. Bob
Today was a typical beautiful day here, with clear blue sky starting at 65 degrees and warming up to 80, wind out of the East. We had folks from Maryland and Ohio eager to get out there, not knowing what to expect.
These are the folks from Maryland before setting out on our great adventure. (There were also two young ladies not shown, college freshman from Ohio colleges.):
Here is when they returned:
We paddled to the Northside of Connie Mack Island where we saw at least 3 Manatees playing. Caught one sticking his nose up for a breath of air. After making our way through a very tight and challenging Mangrove tunnnel we paddled out to the large Sandbar bordering San Carlos Bay.
Everyone got out of their kayaks and wandered around taking a break from paddling and enjoying the sights there. Heading back, we got a good workout against a 10 mph East wind. We caught a little break from the hard paddling as we traveled through another challenging Mangrove tunnel close to home. I heard some shouting and laughing throughout the trip and the Mangrove branches took a beating they will never forget.
Capt. Bob
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