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Published: February 26th 2015
Joanne Sheepshead
Features of the fishing shirt - UV protection, etc. weren't really necessary in the thick fog.We met Captain Terry - Fish Face Charters - at a Pine Island community event last year. We nabbed our fishing friends Bonnie and Jack, booked a charter and had a great day!
We did an encore this year for even more fun and more fish albeit in sea fog "thick as a haddock."
The fee, $400 for a half day (1pm - 5), was worth it to the four of us. Captain Terry proved once again to be amusing and to know where the fish hide. We met him at Pine Land Marina and headed west; first to Cayo Costa - where we had spent a recent beach day. That was a quick stop as the tide wasn’t to Captain Terry’s liking. He fished around and finally found us a great spot off North Captiva. The Captain swears like a sailor. The delivery of his steady stream of non-sectarian curses had us rolling our eyes and eventually joining in on the hilarity.
We were after “#%$$#%&!” sheepshead, a tasty swimmer with broad zebra stripes - like a pudgy UPC code. Sheepshead are strong and wily fighters. Our take was limited to 15 each which we would have
Captain Terry Fisher
"These @#$&%^^* sheepshead are a b---- to clean!" said the Captain. scored on if the catch measured up to 12 inches. As it was there were 5 fish in the live well when we pulled back to the marina. Captain Terry cleaned and filleted the catch with lots of “#%$$#%&!” mutterings.
The day started out with the sort of weather that reminded us to bring sunscreen, hats, and to wear shirts with UV UPF sun protection but by the time we headed back to Pine Island the “#%$$#%&” fog had rolled in. With very limited visibility, Captain Terry got us through the channels safely. These waters are fraught with “#%$$#%&” sandbars. It was a “#%$$#%&” FAB day!
Post Script to the fishing trip! We've often spotted dolphin gliding gracefully along. On this trip we were treated to a dolphin feeding frenzy. The dolphin was close to shore and suddenly the water virtually boiled as the aggressive beast took after his lunch. It happened twice. Couldn’t get a good shot; but it lives in memory.
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Fishing the seas
Glad to see you having great fun.