Oscar Scherer SP (Jan 10-23)

Tuesday - We are back here for two weeks. We love this area. After getting set up, we headed to Walmart to get resupplied. We brought our food home, then went to North Point Jetty to fish and enjoy the sunset. John caught a small flounder from the jetty, then we went over to the beach to fish the surf and view the sunset. No fish, beautiful sunset.
Wednesday - Rainy day today. We got some financial stuff taken care of and walked the campground a couple of times between raindrops.
Thursday - We drove the 70 miles south and attended the Tampa RV Supershow. We enjoyed the booths of products and services, and seeing the new RVs on the market. We didn't see anything we liked enough better than what we have to buy anything, but it was still fun to look. We did see a fifth wheel that was beautiful, made by Excel. If anyone is in the market look at them, plus the Bighorn, which is what we have in north Georgia. On the way back, we stopped at Cracker Barrel and had a great dinner with wonderful service.
Sunday - We appreciated an excellent contemporary service at Christ UMC in Venice. After, we had breakfast at Ophelia's Pasta House, which is an odd name for breakfast. However, it is a popular spot for good reason. It has been quite cool, so we have enjoyed watching football instead of kayaking. It is supposed to warm up tomorrow.
Tuesday - We put in at the campground and fished in previously productive spots, but three hours netted us nothing.
Wednesday - Six of us (Skip, Shirley, Tom, Jane, and the two of us) put kayaks in at Blackburn Point to fish. Skip caught a flounder and trout, Tom caught a trout and John caught a flounder. It began to thunder, so we cut the outing short.
Thursday - The six of us went to Robinson Preserve in Bradenton to kayak and fish. This is near the area we will be next month when we are at Lake Manatee SP. The kayaking was great, but Skip caught the only fish, nabbing a flounder and a snook. Afterwards we stopped at Cracker Barrel and had the fish we didn't catch.
Friday - Today was a Walmart and other chore day, so other than this and our two walks, we Stayed close. It was good to have some down time.
Saturday - We drove to the Venice boat launch on the Inter-coastal waterway to watch people launch their boats and enjoy being by the water. John was going to tie some flies, but it was too windy. He attracted some attention from folks who were interested it fly fishing, by casting from the dock. A highlight was a couple who brought an antique steam-powered boat to launch. It took them several minutes to get steam pressure. Afterwards we went to Fratelli's for pizza.
Monday - We drove about ten miles north to Turtle Beach and launched the kayaks. The area is built up near the launch, but as we kayaked back south, we discovered that it enters into a wildlife area. While we we're out, we saw at tri-colored heron, white heron, a bald eagle stealing a fish from an osprey, and a dolphin. We fished hard, but did not catch anything. Reports from other fishermen were negative as well. We were joined by our friends Tom and Jane, who came later.

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