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That is so very cool! I know it's over-much-used, but you did get the best of that fish. Great jumps far enough away and to get it on film like that?

The quality of the Go-pro is amazing. Is that the latest generation camera?

Great photos! Great catch and release!

A stinkpot DOES NOT HELP!!! We drove the little stinkpot, well John drove the stinkpot, 57 miles round trip yesterday; Matlacha-across the harbor-out Gasparilla Pass-up the beach to Stump Pass-back down to Gasparilla Island. All for one pod of fish two miles north of BGP. We set up a drift with the ...

That's too bad about Tarpon Tom's and that launch by the bridge. Wonder what happened to Capt. Lenny Crispino who owned the tackle shop? If memory serves there was some kind of a park further up river?

Lake Tarpon is your freshwater destination in Tarpon Springs. The park launch is Anderson Park. http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/01_anderson.htm Good bass and bluegill fishing in the morning and late afternoon. When you launch at the park, turn right and fish the cattails and docks (I used to live...

Matlacha Park? Take over Berts or Micellis after?

Parking at Matlacha Park for individual vehicles, no trailer, is free. FYI, new Matlacha Bridge construction is underway. Also, a neat tarpon-fishing-in-Matlacha video shot by Apollobeach Sam aka Sam Root. The guide, Joe Harley is my neighbor. http://www.flyfishinsalt.com/video.jsp?bclid=17709853001...

Skeeter!!!, It's great to hear from you!!! :cheers: Since the freeze last year snook fishing around Matlacha has been challenging, but there are fish around. If ever you are heading this way, please send me an e-mail. It would be fun to get together and fish. That might even convince John to get bac...

Dear Joe,

I sent you an e-mail through P-F.com. Hope this helps. And thank you so very much for your service.

Sincerely,


Chrystal

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs453.ash1/24955_1205342385606_1590049961_30435169_3289796_n.jpg Sargassum Shrimp, Latreutes parvulus We caught him in a wad of sargassum blown into the sound after a hurricane passed. He lived about a year in our shrimp tank- we called him "Bevel-he...

Chris, John and I agree. Your eel is most likely a member of the snake eel family, Ophichthidae. Given the pointed snout, I would ID this in the field as a Speckled worm eel, Myrophis punctatus . We do not catch many in our gear as they burrow quite deep in sandy areas during the day. FYI, they are ...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs758.snc4/65829_1373557590881_1590049961_30781717_8218098_n.jpg Mrs. Hermit- when we collected her she lived in a moon snail shell. We put her in the tank and right away she tried on new shells- we know she is a she, as she carried an egg mass. After day...

Porcelain crab- they sweep particles from the water with the feathery appendages on their mouth. We have a tank load of them. We brought a few home. They made babies and the babies have made babies. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs098.ash2/38240_1301596391896_1590049961_30630594_120400...

Cutest mud crab ever- We catch a few of these a year, again in our trawls. It's common name is, no kidding, Hairy crab. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs326.snc3/28898_1255666803685_1590049961_30531120_790344_n.jpg I love the invert's- collect and photograph them alive whenever the oppo...

Test post to see if I can post photos I've shot hosted on my facebook page-



Calinectes sapidus Juvenile blue crab- immature female.

Sorry about the size of the photo- but hey, it works!

We catch many different mud crab species in our trawls at work. Stone crab or menippe species are but one. Juvenile menippe spp. are identified by their dark purple color with distinct white bands on their walking legs. Really little juvi's, 3-5mm carapace width look like ticks. Some small mud crabs...