{"id":280,"date":"2011-04-19T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?p=280"},"modified":"2018-06-28T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T23:18:09","slug":"tuesday-41911-captiva-kids-flounder-trout-fishing-more-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, 4\/19\/11 &#8230; Kids + flounder + trout + tarpon = more fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-280 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=284'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Small-flounder-4-19-11-e1303247400523-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Small-flounder-4-19-11-e1303247400523-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Small-flounder-4-19-11-e1303247400523-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-284'>\n\t\t\t\tMonster flounder!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=285'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-1-e1303247493360-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-1-e1303247493360-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-1-e1303247493360-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-285'>\n\t\t\t\tTrout #1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=286'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-2-e1303247590919-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-2-e1303247590919-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Trout-2-e1303247590919-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286'>\n\t\t\t\tTrout # 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=287'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Flounder-2-e1303247672208-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Flounder-2-e1303247672208-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Flounder-2-e1303247672208-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-287'>\n\t\t\t\tMonster flounder #2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=301'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-11-e1303295562425-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-11-e1303295562425-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-11-e1303295562425-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-301'>\n\t\t\t\tTarpon off North Captiva.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?attachment_id=302'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-21-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-21-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-19-11-Tarpon-21-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302'>\n\t\t\t\tTarpon under the water.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Easter is really late this year (someone told me it won&#8217;t be this late again for another eighty years), but being two to four weeks later in the spring means the water is warmer and \u00a0the fishing just a little better than the typical Easter week.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we have a lot of vacationers for Easter week and that means lots of kids on the boat, which is always fun! \u00a0 Children seem to really flourish and take a lot of joy and accomplishment out of fishing and Captiva is a great, safe place to get them out on a fishing charter.<\/p>\n<p>We had another great charter this morning with fun kids who were quite the anglers!<\/p>\n<p>For most of the morning, we caught mostly flounder and trout off Captiva and North Captiva and everyone had success.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the trip, right before we had to head in to pickup the afternoon charter, we hooked a nice tarpon and brought him to the boat for photos.<\/p>\n<p>We caught the tarpon off North Captiva, just north of Redfish Pass, on the bay side, using cut bait.<\/p>\n<p>The kids were very excited.<\/p>\n<p>We even managed to avoid the sharks today!<\/p>\n<p>Captain Joey Burnsed ~ call 239-472-8658 or email captjoefred@gmail to book a charter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter is really late this year (someone told me it won&#8217;t be this late again for another eighty years), but being two to four weeks later in the spring means the water is warmer and \u00a0the fishing just a little better than the typical Easter week. 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