Pine Island and fish bait

Monday the weather was a little cool so we decided to take a tour of Pine Island, this island is just north of Sanabel Island. The island is about 20 miles long. Unlike Sanabel which has beautiful beaches, shell collecting and is a favorite tourist destination, Pine Island is mostly palm tree nurseries, fishing, modest housing, no beaches, and a few restaurants. Enjoyed the visit there, had lunch at a seafood restaurant and traveled the full 20 miles of main road.


This is a sea food wholesaler at the south end of the island, the land seen on the far side of the water, where a man is standing, is Sanabel Island. We bought some smoked mullet here, it is really good.


This is an Osprey keeping watch over the fish shack. See how his claws have hollowed out the perch he is sitting on.


Now here's a secret to catching Talapia, which is a vegetarian. Slice a white plastic worm into thin cross sections, spray it with WD 40, dust it with garlic powder, put it on the hook and cast into the water. Then you have a bucket of old fashioned oatmeal soaked in water, squeeze a ball of oatmeal and throw it over the hooked bait. This acts as chum and I guess the Talapia mistake the plastic piece for oatmeal. The Talapia he is holding weight about 2 pounds, says he gets them up to 4 pounds.



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