We had a good trip down and pulled in around noon. Our site had not been vacated and cleaned yet, so we drove down to the picnic area and had lunch. We've got a good site that has plenty of room.
Friday - We took Skip & Shirley and met Joan's cousins, David and his wife Marty, and Pam at Stir Crazy Restaurant. You pick out what you want stir-fried. We had a great time getting caught up with them.
Saturday - Skip, Shirley and we launched the kayaks on the river here and fished for a few hours. Skip trolls with his Hobie, and we stop to fish, so we didn't do well staying together. Skip caught a Jack Crevalle and a small snook, while John caught two small talapia. It looked like rain all morning and radar showed a line coming in, but it never materialized. It was windy on the water, but manageable.
Sunday - It was a very nice service this morning at the Estero United Methodist Church. We went to the contemporary service and instead of a band, we sang carols. It was nice, since usually they stop right after Christmas.
Monday - Today we launched again on the Estero with new friends, Dave and Mary, from near Toronto. They have an inflatable Hobie, which they peddle, and also has a sail. John caught several talapia and a small snook. He also had a nice snook come out of the water twice before breaking off. He also lost a couple others. Fishing under shaded docks proved the most productive. Joan had a fish take a good swipe at her fly, but couldn't hook up.
New Years Day - We met a friend Charlotte, with whom we kayak in Georgia, at the boat ramp, and went nearly three miles out the river. We wanted to find out if it is doable to get out to the flats to fish. It is over four miles so something we would probably not do. On the way back, John stopped to fish some likely spots, and caught two and missed two snook. They were not huge, but fun anyway. When we got back we decided to go out to lunch. The only places in the shopping center near the park were Burger King and Jeff's Chinese. We chose the latter, which was actually quite good, in spite of the strange name. In the evening we went over to Dave and Mary's for wine and nachos. We had a nice time with our new friends.
Wednesday - We went to the airport and picked up Jean-Paul, Joan's son, who will be staying with us for a week.
Thursday - The three of us went to Lovers Key to kayak. Jean-Paul rented a sit-on-top for himself and we headed over to the park. John fished while the others paddled and he managed to catch three jack crevalle and one Ladyfish. One of the Jacks was good sized and gave John a real good fight. It took several minutes to land. There was a lot of boat traffic here.
Friday - We took JP to Barnes&Noble so he could do some work and use their wi-fi. A very intermittent problem we have had with the Envoy has been acting up, so we stopped at a GMC dealer to have it checked out. They said it is a defective instrument panel and the could replace it on Monday. They will need to keep it over night, but would give us a loaner. On the way back, we stopped at Delnore-Wiggens SP to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. John fished, but caught nothing. Some guys were catching Pompano very deep. Not possible with a fly rod loaded with floating line.
Saturday - We have wanted to go over to Sanabel Island for a long time and finally did today. We went to Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge and after going to the Visitor's Center, we took a four mile hike on the Indigo Trail. It was pretty, but the views were limited. Next we drove the Nature Loop and made several stops. John fished a few likely looking spots, but produced nothing. This is a really beautiful area, and would be a great place to come to and launch the kayaks. JP took some really nice pictures with his Nikon. Click here to view: Click
Sunday - Another nice service and an awesome band at the Contemporary Service. We had a down day today and stayed in camp and made bread and chicken with rice in the Dutch oven. Awesome!
Tuesday - Envoy appears to be fixed. Only $680.
Wednesday - We got JP back to the airport this morning. It was fun having him here for the week. He seemed to have a good time. In the afternoon, we put the kayaks in on the river and headed upstream. We had a beautiful paddle, but not even a hit.
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Dear John and Joan I hope you do not mind me writing to you on your blog like this but I could not find you e-mail address...I am Murray the scotiish guy you met at simmons park late november just past ...if you recall I spoke to you for about 5 minutes after i had been stung by a stingray on the foot and asked you about the fly fishing and showed you my fly box and you directed me to what flies I should be trying it was just to let you know that next day I managed to catch a red fish on the fly along the flats (about 20 inches) the day after that i had a cracking couple of hours catching 5 trout on the fly with 2 being about 22 inches and the others from 16 to 19 inches I just wanted to say thank you for the advice on the flies and it was great to see another couple of fly fishers out there it really gave me confidence to persist with the fly rod out there. murgord@blueyonder.co.uk
Hey Murray! Great to hear from you and hear about your success on the fly. Nothing like it, is there. Hope your injury healed quickly. We have no problem with friends commenting on our blog. Please feel free to do so. Take care and happy fishing.
Saw your post on my blog. Thanks for stopping by and saying hi on it. I enjoyed reading through your blog as well. If you are ever up in the Virginia area just let me know and I can at least point you to where the fishing is good.
Jacob
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