Friend Jason and I were lucky enough to be able to take our
boys out fishing for a day, on a weekday when the boys were out of school on a
holiday.
After getting the boat splashed and everybody picked up and situated
we spent the first part of our adventure searching for bait. We had plenty of
live shrimp, but still wanted to see if we could find some pilchards.
The red
tide was bad in some areas, and when we finally netted bait at the tripod, most
of it died pretty quick. With that we went in search of cleaner water back into
the base of Matlacha, and Pine Island Sound.
The bite was tough but the kids
had a great time.
We did manage a few small spotted sea trout and ladyfish,
along with 1 giant puffer.
And the dolphins gave us a great show, which seems
to happen every trip now.
Big thanks to Jason for sharing some great pictures
he took as well as video of the dolphins you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zELDGpTNiXU
Another video rotated here, but pretty entertaining
commentary and some good jumps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMU1TgaFR8
