Good Time Charters

We have just had an amazing summer so far with abundant wildlife in Estero Bay. We have two mother manatees that we have been spotting during some of our tours; One has twins, the other with a single calf. The roseate spoonbills are just beautiful and here for the summer. These pictures were provided by Bonnie Buyea who recently brought her family of 12 out with us on our Coastal Sealife, Dolphin, and shelling cruise. They were a real pleasure to have out on the water with us. The sea star was alive and released and it was great for the kids to learn about live shells and why they are important. Mrs. Buyea also got a great photo of one of the roseate spoonbills we saw that morning.

Captain Mike Denegre of Good Time Charters spent better part of the week fishing Estero Bay.  Live shrimp was the bait of choice while targeting sea trout on the open grass flats.  drifting these flats in about 2 to 4 feet of water with popping corks produced some great action.  Lots of slot trout mixed in with ladyfish and jacks.  Along the mangrove islands redfish and mangrove snapper were inhaling the live shrimp.   The snapper have posted up below just about every submerged branch in the bay literally fighting over the bait.  The redfish have been found in similar location and deep under the overhanging mangroves.   snook were especially active this past week,  particularly in the morning with good tidal movement.  Juvenile snook were in abundance, sucking up the bait almost as soon as it hit the water.  Live shrimp free lined under the mangroves proved irresistible to them.