Captiva Island 11/27-11/30

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Captiva Island 11/27-11/30

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Karen and I spent our Thanksgiving week and weekend at Captiva Island. We stayed at the South Sea Island Resort. Such a beautiful and friendly place. Arrived on Thrusday late afternoon. After checking in we scouted around and decide to fish the seawall.

Gag grouper on a Goofy jig. Caught a few Jacks after that.
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After dinner decide to check the local tee dock. The snook were feeding like crazy. The sound of pops one after another. There must have been twenty people on this dock and it didnt effect them at all. I ran back to my room and grab my ultralite and a few Yo-Zuri and DOA Terror Eyes. Started a conversation with a regular there he must have landed about fifteen snook when I was there. Show me a few pointers and off I go. This picture does not show all the snook on both side and around the dock. The pigs were all at the bottom just waiting to kill something. Must have been over a 100 snook.
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Karen's first Snook.
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Friday, we caught a few dozen of grovers, dozen or so gags, a few red grouper, and sheephead. Later that night decide to hit the dock again. No such luck this time. Tide was dead slack. Would not hit anything even a large live shrimp. After two hours of this crap we left and fish a small inlet connected to the marina. Seatrout and ladyfish glore.
Karen's first Ladyfish and Seatrout.
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For the few members who are wondering? She said "YES." Thank god for that, she would have had a long walk back to Miami. :D
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Saturday, Karen's starting to get the hang off this troll rite style of fishing. She lands two Black Drums. First one was 21" and later that day 15". Caught a crap load again of grovers and grouper.
Karen's first and second Black Drum.
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Saw a school of sheephead by the jetty and another school of snook that must had 50 or more sitting at this amush point.
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End result we had a great time. Tons of fish caught and spend a romantic week together. I couldnt get Karen to stop fishing. Yes, she caught 80% off the fish. Wondering what I was doing? Going mad trying to make mister Snook eat and in search of a Redfish. :cry: I want to stop and do other stuff at the resort but she said noooooo. I made a monster out of her. :D We be back next year again.

Thank you Snook Mook for recommending this resort to us. Also, thank you for the pointers too. Next time you are in town I owe you a few rounds of beers. :toast:
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Great report , congradulations.
Dreaming the dream that one day I can be as good as some of the boatless pros and catch some 12 inch mangrove snapper.

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Congrats Bolo! wish you much luck with the marriage :toast: and nice fishing report as well. looks like Karen tore them up!
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Looks like you had a successful weekend on all fronts. Congrats to you both!
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Congrats bro! I heard ladyfish make awesome monster snook bait
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Frogfish101 wrote:Congrats bro! I heard ladyfish make awesome monster snook bait
I had a ladyfish freelined for about an hour and nothing to show for. :cry:

Thank you everyone. :D It took five years to finally ask, it will probably take another five years to tie the knot. I wonder if she wants to get marry on the Red Rooster 3? :D
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Great report bolo. :cheers: Sounds like you guys had fun. Next time try a bit of night time shark fishing on the beach. Those beaches are great for sharks.

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TheFishRCallin wrote::cry:

that was beautiful

Karen, congrats on the fish AND the ring! very happy for you both

and very nice drum--still haven't caught one myself--nice snookies!


and BOLO, im dying to catch my first redfish :D
My largest Redfish caught was at Flamingo on a flats boat. The bad boy ate my jerk bait. He weighed about 10 pounds. I used to catch them all the time out on the flats of Flamingo. But that was 10 years ago. I want to take Karen up to Sebatian Inlet to fight a Bull Red. :D
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FriskyMullet wrote:Great report bolo. :cheers: Sounds like you guys had fun. Next time try a bit of night time shark fishing on the beach. Those beaches are great for sharks.
Man, after fishing for 10 hours the last thing I want to do is shark fish. Second, Karen cant swim so who's going to swim the bait out? 8)
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bolo wrote:
FriskyMullet wrote:Great report bolo. :cheers: Sounds like you guys had fun. Next time try a bit of night time shark fishing on the beach. Those beaches are great for sharks.
Man, after fishing for 10 hours the last thing I want to do is shark fish. Second, Karen cant swim so who's going to swim the bait out? 8)
I have had alot of success just heaving the baits out like 60 to 80 yards out on a 4/0. Mind you the sharks that I was catching were between 4-7 feet, but what they lack in size they make up for in number. I caught close to 20 sharks in like 3 hours.

I understand that after all that time fishing you might want to do other things. lol. :toast:

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I don't know how she was catching any fish with that big ol' CZ on her finger. :biglaugh:

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CONGRATS Bolo and Karen!!! Karen, great job on all your fish keep it up!

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Since when did Accurate start making engagement rings ?
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fishnfool73 wrote:Since when did Accurate start making engagement rings ?
he melted one of his accurates down and got the ring custom made!
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fishnfool73 wrote:Since when did Accurate start making engagement rings ?
Special Order. :thumright:
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Thank you everyone. I had a great time fishing at Captiva. This was a memorable Thanksgiving.

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Congrats Bolo and Karen!
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great pics . nice place to stay

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Congrats man, :thumleft: very nice place to stay. I checked it online and it's a pretty penny. Now I wanted to ask you where did you get that book next to the drum with all the explanations of the fish. :study:
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cybereagle wrote:Congrats man, :thumleft: very nice place to stay. I checked it online and it's a pretty penny. Now I wanted to ask you where did you get that book next to the drum with all the explanations of the fish. :study:

The place is not too expensive if you book it with discount. The web price threw me off. Remember, it is a resort so they can charge more I guess. Sanibel is also nice too and don't cost as much.

The booklet was purchase at Bass Pro Shop around their reel display case. $15.00 is what I pay for. Full color pictures, list season closures, size and bag limit per day. I have been carrying this booklet for a year and still go back to it. Keep in mind that rules can change without notice so always print a copy of the FWC fish regulations. I have it book marked on my IPhone.
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