Thursday, November 4, 2021

2021 Nov 4 Surf Casting on Manasota Key

After seeing the Snook yesterday, Frank couldn’t wait to start fishing. So much so, he ran out with his fresh water tackle and starting fishing before setting up his salt water rod. Didn’t take him long and something hit his jig! His rod bent sharply and Frank had his work cut out for him with this light rod and 8 lb test line!

Frank watched as his line peeled off the reel almost to the end!
50 mins later Frank is still battling his fish.
Frank gets a glimpse- but what is it?
Success! A stingray!
A crowd had gathered as Frank fought this battle and some even took pictures. Seeing what Frank caught was all I needed. I grabbed my saltwater rod and ran into the surf.
Esther hooks into something too!

Esther’s stingray
It was a lot of fun and I managed to catch 2!

2021 Nov - 3 - Manasota Key Florida

 We are spending a week on Manasota Key Florida and hope to get in some good fishing since we are right on the beach!

Beautiful sunset view from our unit
We did see some really nice Snook when we went to a bait store to inquire about fishing.
Really nice Snook close to shore

We also saw a variety of interesting birds.

Blue Heron
Pelican
Hawk eating his catch!