Great Fishing Day in Pine Island Sound

We enjoyed a beautiful morning out on the water today, traveling from St. James City, up Pine Island Sound, past Chino Island, past South Seas Resort, out into the open Gulf of Mexico.  In Captiva Pass (between Cayo Costa and Upper Captiva Island) we enjoyed bright blue skies and some good fishing.  Our friends Karen and Keith from Ohio (and also St. James City) came along and Karen caught her first fish ever, in fact caught half a dozen grouper, a lane snapper and a grey snapper.  Here's a picture of Karen with her first fish ever!

We also saw lots of dolphins and a huge loggerhead turtle, right next to the boat, eating jelly fish.  Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera out in time to take a picture of the beautiful turtle, who was yellowish with a mossy green back, about 30+ inches in oval diameter.  Hope to take some more time of soon and go fishing again.