Made our annual migration to Shell Island June 11-17.
Donated our first day to the wind gods, set up camp early evening. No wind issues after first day.
Temperature low 70's nights, mid 90's days. Water temperature around 80.
The fishing was spectacular. Lost most of my kastmasters and krocodiles but caught our share of corvina and sierra. There were hundreds of bait balls
cruising by our our campsite. Casting on the trailing edge yielded hookup's on Sierra and corvina. Bait fishing was also good corbina, trigger fish,
cat fish, and bay bass. Great times as usual, can't wait for the next years trip.
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Enrique2012 - 7-17-2016 at 02:59 PM
I would think with the warm water temps that stingrays along the shoreline would be a problem.
No issues?Udo - 7-17-2016 at 03:08 PM
Completely different perspective from DK's shell island.
BTW congratulations on your shell collection!David K - 7-17-2016 at 03:23 PM
A wonderful Shell Island trip report. Good that the fishing is great. Nice Corvina followed by a corbina photo! The V and B make a totally different
fish, but in Spanish, they sound nearly identical!
It is a perfect place for kids, too! Udo, it is the same island... maybe a mile or two between his and my camp spots. As perspective goes, yes it can
be many things to many people. We don't fish, we just relax there... take a walk at low tide and see what kind of shells are laying about and observe
the birds and jumping fish action.hayb - 7-17-2016 at 09:42 PM
I would think with the warm water temps that stingrays along the shoreline would be a problem.
No issues?
This year no, however last year we had on incident. Oddly enough it was one of our adults. One of items we always pack is 12 pack cooler, works very
well for holding hot water. Stingrays are part of the game. 20 plus years we been doing this, last year was the first. Yes the rays are there every
year.
David K - 7-17-2016 at 10:25 PM
I have been lucky as I have never seen a stingray let alone been hit by one in all the years I have been going to Shell Island. Maybe it is just a
good spot where we swim or do so at high tide so the feet are not on the flat bottom but just on the slope part? I don't see the typical circles at
low tide there, however.
Now, at L.A. Bay during Spring Break, the sting rays are thick!
