arrived in Sanibel (fshing charter)
 

Well we left the three feet of snow in Ma and. Are now relaxing in Sanibel.To late to ask now, but my son booked us a four hour fishing trip with Captain Bill, (endless summer) for some inshore fishing.Anyone know anything good or bad about him?
I'm just glad to escape the snow and cold of New England for some warmth.I hope we catch some decent fish.
I do know however that I'll be wearing my Classic Seacraft tee shirt, and I'll get the chance to compare my 23 Tsunami to his 25 Blue Wave.

Good luck John!!! Those new Blue Wave boats are pretty nice, there's a guide not too far from me that has one of the 25'ers like you are going out on, pretty sweet. I was going to upgrade my 22' Pathfinder bay boat to a 25'er, however I figured I would just wait until they start making a 30' bay boat with twin 350 hp engines, 15' power pole and a 40' dual station tower.....jeeeez how big does a bay boat need to be!!! I see SeaVee now has a 27' bay boat, good God!!!

Have fun!!!

Thanks Don
I walked the beach today and saw a few people fishing.They said that they were catching mostly flounder and Whiting.
I may kill a few hours this early evening giving it a try off Bowmans beach just for the heck of it. Looking forward to wednesdays trip.

John, Don't forget about Doc Ford's one night. Those boys can cook some fish.

That's definitely on the list.Hopfully my sons blowhard brother in law will get seasick and fall off the boat .Two days now, and Im already sick of him.

I really like their Yucatan shrimp.

Do not let him ruin your trip....;)

I love Sanibel!!

Just remember, John, you can pick your SeaCraft Friends -
but you can't pick your family!

That's kinda like the saying,

"God picks our family,
Thank God we can pick our FRIENDS!"

Two words.
Falcon Horn.

He actually aplolgized last nite to me for being so obnoxious and being a general know it all.Part of it was leaving him alone to check out the drinking establishments of Sanibell for half a dayYou might say he was a bit cackeled.
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Well, I'm off now to go catch some whiting for dinner, and hit the sack a little early for tomorrows charter Hopefully it will be a good day.Thanks all for the help.

Sanibel "Post Op" Report John?

Well it actually was a pretty good fishing trip, and everyone had a good time.
The captain of the boat ran a 25' blue wave cc with a 250 Yamaha on a bracket, and I must say it was a pretty nice boat and gave a good ride, although we may have only had a 2' chop at the most.I was surprised how fast it was, we were in the mid forties for part of the ride, and he said he tops out at the mid fifties.There were five of us on board counting the captain, and casting from it was very stable.

Now for the fish, we spent the half day trip fishing around the mangrove islands in the ding darling area wth shrimp on jig heads.
We caught lots of sheepshead, a half dozen red fish, a bunch of trout, two lady fish, two snook, and some long fish (I think needle fish).
The red fish were all under size, about 17 inches, so we ended up keeping about ten of the sheepshead for dinner, as well as two trout.They both were delicious on the grill.

This was something entirely different from the down rigger trolling that I do for Chinook, and Coho Salmon on the great lakes.Its been a long time since ive spent a day casting with a spinning reel, but I had a blast, although my aim with a spinning reel was rusty, so I did get hung jp twice in tbe mangroves. This was also the fjrst time in my life that I caught any of these species.Im looking forward to the time when I can do it all winter.

Pardon me for not posting any pictures (ill do it when I get home) but I was chasing my grandson around the house in a game of tag, when I actually heard a pop and was brought to my knees with a torn calf muscle.The pain was unbearable, but my daughter and daughter in law took good care of me.We're flying out of Ft.Meyers tomorrow (saturday) and will be stopping at the walk in clinic in Sanibel to have a doc bandage it up, give me some pain meds, and see if he will give me a note for a wheelchair for the airline (southwest) as there is no way I can walk even halfway decent on it.

To make matters worse, we're flying into massachusetts to my home where its now very similar to places north of the artic circle.I can see why you Florida boys prefer to remain there.

Enjoy the winter you lucky bas-tards hopefully, Ill be a winter long resident next year.
Thanks all for your help, and info.