Good Time Charters

Had a wonderful Marine Life Explorer’s charter with Monika Wilson and her family! What a delight they were to have out with us. We saw manatees and dolphins and the day was just gorgeous. We stopped at a grass flat along the way, I was hoping to catch them a seahorse but I couldn’t find any! I usually have a great success rate, however we did find lots of other marine life like flatfish, pipefish, spider crab, and sea hares. The water clarity was great at the beach we went to so they used the masks and snorkels to find lots of beautiful seashells. The current was a bit strong and made swimming a bit challenging. Mr Wilson and one of his daughters took off on the kayak to explore the nearby mangrove trails. The morning went by so quickly. What a great way to start the day! Mrs. Wilson provided some pictures of the charter with the crew.

On a recent Marine Life Explorers Charter, I stumbled upon my first Junonia shell. I wasn’t even looking for shells! There were so many beautiful shells that day that my charter did not need my help in finding them. Instead, I was wading near shore looking for some interesting marine life for my charter to view and there it was. It is about 3 1/2 inches long. I am not a sheller on my own time and felt a little guilty about it since some avid shellers spend a lot of time-years even looking for these rare jewels of the sea.

What a fabulous time we had while out on a Marine Life Explorer’s Charter with the Welch family. We really enjoyed being out on the water with this family of three generations. The girls excitement and energy was very contagious for all of us. The charter went by really fast, we were all having such a good time that I have a feeling we all could have stayed out all day. Attached are a couple pics of us using different methods to catch some interesting sea-life.

We had a great time while out with the Stadtmueller family on our Marine Life Explorer’s Charter. Check out this seahorse that we found swimming around during the charter. It was a gorgous day out that day.

Wow! What a great Marine Life Explorers Charter we had recently. Great family from Toronto and we all had a good time. The day was a bit overcast but that didn’t get us down. We started out the charter with dolphin watching and had a very frisky dolphin playing in the wake of our boat for a while. Then we stopped for some shelling where we found lots of live shells and some empty ones. Little Max and his family enjoyed learning about sea stars and hermit crabs that we found along the way. Back on the boat from there and ran into a large pod of dolphins that were schooling up a bunch of fish. What a show. The dolphins were jumping clear out of the water along with the fish that were trying to evade them! We continued on an had Capt Mike drop me off with Max and his Grandmother for a little kayaking and exploring on our own. Meanwhile the rest of the family went off with Capt. Mike for more shelling. Then we reunited and made one last stop at a shallow grass bed for some netting where we found a small seahorse, spider crab, and a huge lightning whelk along with a variety of other sea life. What a wonderful Marine Life Explorers Adventure we had!