Shellandria from Marlon's Camera

Same trip, but from Marlon's camera

Skunked Again!!!

Short hike and fishing trip. Big waves, dropping tide - no bites. Still had a great time!

Moving On and Getting Productive

We left the wind swept beach and spent a few minutes at a more protected beach. Real treasure is spending time with the ones you love! Oh - and some shells ;) - real treasure is shells

Fun at Shelltopia

We took an early morning ride out to one of our shelling spots. Unfortunately the wind and swell overpowered the low tide. We did manage to have fun, just minus the normal shelling jackpots and plethora of fishing hits. We were able to catch our first Hawaiian Mole (or Sand) Crab!!! When I caught it, I thought it was one of these Ghost Crabs that we see all over the place. La finally got to use her "new" tool (which we got a while back) - a stainless steel hand rake! It proved very useful and would have harvested tons of cowrie shells (if there were cowrie shells on the beach). Noe and I tried to catch a baby fish trapped in a small tidepool (but my skunk transferred to catching fish by hand - arggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!) What was present in copious amounts were Man 'O War jellies. Here are some pictures La took (she likes the purple ;)

The View from La's Camera

Same Englewood (Blind Pass) trip, but from La's phone.

Beach Combing at Englewood

We are visiting family down in Port Charlotte. We decided to check out another Gulf Coast beach at Englewood. It was super windy and that limited the shelling and fishing. Fun day nonetheless!