• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

Anna Maria Island

Kap142

Kap142

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Just a week away from a weeks excursion to Anna Maria Island. My wife, our little tuff tuff Bull Terrier Molly a few fishing poles. Not going to take "Peek" down. White dog hair in a black interior is not a pretty thing. Will be there from 9/28 till 10/5.

Think I'll try to find Captain Jack Sparrow's lost rum.:D:icon_cheers:
 
man I am jealous. I am only about an hour and a half from there and always wanted to go but my work schedule will not allow right now. Scope out some good establishments and let us know some recommendations.
 
Hey Ken, give me a shout when you are in the neighborhood. Perhaps we can do dinner together. If you need my cell, send me a pm and i will respond. Mark
 
Where are you staying, Ken? Connie and I would like to find a nice beach house in that area to give it a try. We just got back from a week on Manasota Key.
 
Mark, I'll shoot you a PM and Rich we choose to stay at a mom n pop place that's been there since the 60's (or 70's or so) called The Anna Maria Motel. Truly a little ole place but very close to the water and comfy.:wavey:
 
mickeystoysz16 said:
man I am jealous. I am only about an hour and a half from there and always wanted to go but my work schedule will not allow right now. Scope out some good establishments and let us know some recommendations.
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I will Mickey and I'll let you know if we "wet a line" and the results too.
 
Kap142 said:
I will Mickey and I'll let you know if we "wet a line" and the results too.
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Ken, I am going to leave the "wet the line" comment alone. Way too easy!!!

I have some friends from my old Corvette club in Maryland that live on Anna Maria Island. So, Joyce and I go up a couple times a year to visit. There is a restaurant called the Sandbar that we have been to a number of times. My recollection is that the food has always been very good, not great, not bad, but very good. But what I like about the Sandbar is that their outdoor dining are tables right on the beach. You can actually have your feet in the sand while sitting eating dinner. It is a favorite of people there because you can sit and have drinks or eat dinner while watching the sunset. In season, you can have a wait to get a table. Here is a link to their website.

http://sandbar.groupersandwich.com/

I hope this helps!

Rich
 
:thumbsup:The Sandbar is OK. Food is fair. Ambience is great. We can go here if you want or if you want great food, we can check out Sign of the Mermaid.
 
Been a long time since I've done any surf fishing down there. Can anyone offer what's being caught and early or late in the day and on what?

No worries I will have found Capt. Jacks rum by then but fishing is fun and good fish for dinner is even better.

You coastal boys should be able to help with this. All suggestions greatly appreciated.:thumbsup:
 
I fish off docks and boats. I don't see very many guys having luck in the surf.
When the tide is low in the intercoastal between the mainland and the island, there is good fishing in the grass flats for trout, flounder and redfish.
 
Kap142 said:
Been a long time since I've done any surf fishing down there. Can anyone offer what's being caught and early or late in the day and on what?

No worries I will have found Capt. Jacks rum by then but fishing is fun and good fish for dinner is even better.

You coastal boys should be able to help with this. All suggestions greatly appreciated.:thumbsup:
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Heck, Ken, just take a net and a bucket and catch all the bait fish you want. While Connie and I were down on Manasota Key, we saw schools of little fish being chased up onto the beach by larger fish. And probably they were being chased by even larger fish.

We saw some of the smaller ones flopping on the beach and felt sorry for them, so we would throw them back into the water. We stopped doing that when we noticed that as soon as those fish hit the water, the larger fish snapped them right up. So we figured we weren't doing them any real favors.

 
Looks like white bait or threadfin herring being chased by mackerel or ladyfish. Mackerel ok to eat if eaten that day. Ladyfish we throw back. Now a Kingfish- now we're talking! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
From what people tell me in that area, there area lot of snook in those waters. Last year around this time, I saw quite a few of them while snorkeling. Some of them quite large. There were too many sting rays apparent this time for me to spend much time in the water.
 
Snook can definitely be off the beaches too. They like passes and potholes with current moving. Got to be careful with the sting rays too for obvious reasons but also what most people forget is that the sharks (especially hammer heads) like to feed on sting rays as they roost in the shallow water at dusk and night time.
 
Here's a short video of the small fish that were beaching themselves to escape the predators.....

 
THOR said:
Snook can definitely be off the beaches too. They like passes and potholes with current moving. Got to be careful with the sting rays too for obvious reasons but also what most people forget is that the sharks (especially hammer heads) like to feed on sting rays as they roost in the shallow water at dusk and night time.
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I can't really say that I would be any more fond of sharks than I am of stingrays while snorkeling......... :hehehe:
 
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