Celebrating 40 Years of “Serving the Serious Fisherman”
Photos – Florida
Along the Gulf Coast of Southwest Florida the wilderness is on the water. Nearly two hundred miles of coast from Marco Island to Key Largo are protected for our and
future generations to explore and enjoy. Rookery Bay Reserve, the Ten Thousand Islands and Everglades National Park make up over two million acres of protected coastline, backcountry bays and tidal rivers. During our many outings into these wilderness waterways our cameras are clicking away. Here you’ll find nice photos of its stunning scenery, exotic wildlife, fish we’ve managed to fool and all those happy faces enjoying this one of a kind wilderness region.
You never know what you might find in the backcountry
Dick Shafner with nice redfish
Manatee cow and calf
Ken Smith with one of many snook
You never know who’s watching
Marshall with a 5 lb spotted sea trout
Air plane in bloom
Over the holidays Carmen Bombeke and her son Zephyr from Camden, Maine spent a few days with me chichee hopping in the Everglades. As you can see they had a great time and fooled a bunch of fish.
Like no other place
Carmen & Zephyr at Everglades chickee
Dan at dawn
Carmen working the mangroves
Zephyr spotted snook around the chickee
Way in the backcountry
Carmen with a jack
Zephyr playing another snook
One of many
Nice one on the fly
Carmen with a big ladyfish
Last fish on the last cast of the trip
Everglades National Park – Post Irma
Mid-December 2017
Welcome
Long row of tree debris
Dried mud from storm surge at Flamigo campground
Dried mud by the boat ramp
Backcountry of Hell’s Bay
Not many mangrove leaves remain
Oyster Bay Chickee
All set-up
Pretty cozy living
Sunset in the backcountry
Sunrise on Whitewater Bay
Pelican return to roust for the night
What a beauty
Frigate birds return to roust
Sunrise on Oyster Bay
Pelicans at the mouth of the Shark River
A zillion glass minnows
One of an acre of bait
Royal terns digesting their morning meal
Nurse shark in the shallows
Sunrise on Whitewater Bay
Way in the backcountry
Dolphin playing with boat
500 lbs of curiosity
They love to play with our boats
What an afternoon
We don’t just eat sandwiches
Chickee at Watson’s River
What could be nicer
After the first December cold front
Dick Shafer with 1st big snook
Dick with 2nd snook
Dick with another nice snook
You never know what’s around the next bend when you’re in the Everglades