Today my fishing camp and I took a charter trip with Cruise Naples out of Tin City to try our luck fishing from a boat. We fished a little at the Santa Lucia Reef out of Gordan Pass for awhile, but it became a little too choppy, and we headed inshore. We fished the rest of the morning around Naples Bay. Granted most of the the kids caught fish, but I don't think any records were broken. I am happy to say that after this trip all of the students have caught at least one fish now, which is always a big relief when doing these camps. Our catch included pinfish, scaled sardine, pigfish, sheepshead, mangrove snapper, and jack crevalle. One student hooked up with a goliath grouper and he did such an awesome job fighting it for a good fifteen minutes, but ultimately the grouper won the battle and escaped. Another student did go home with a legal mangrove snapper, so its good to know at least one student will be having fresh fish for dinner. Enjoy the pictures.
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| checking out a bald eagle on the way out of Gordan Pass |
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| First catch of the camp (and dinner for this young angler) |
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| fighting a goliath grouper (originally he had a pinfish on, but as he was reeling it up, we saw the goliath go after it.) |
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| Fishing inside of Gordan Pass |
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| We were pursued by dolphins most of the time while inside the Pass |
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| The first Jack caught at camp |
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| A nice little sheepshead |
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| One of several mangrove snappers caught today |
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| Just under the size limit, but still a good catch |
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| This mangrove snapper like many of the others were caught in the last 45 minutes of fishing |
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| Finally! |
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| The first "oyster" fish of the day! |
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