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Panama City Beach, Florida is our home base and a great location for fishing and many other water
related activities. There is nothing like a successful day on the ocean and then enjoying just caught fish with
family and friends when we come in that evening, of course, after a dip in the pool! We also enjoy our morning
trips to St. Andrews State Park, which is abundant with wildlife .
We are fortunate to have Blue Atlantic Crabs at our back door, scallops just a few miles away, flounder
in the Lagoon on which we live, as well as trout, redfish, bay and gulf shrimp, and many other varieties of seafood.
But each year it is hard to wait until the oyster season begins in late Fall. We have some of the best in the world
from our local bays.. And then, on top of all of that, we also look forward to the crawfish season which begins in January
and runs through April-June....
And I think I just now heard a knock on the door by a friend with a basket full of freshly netted mullet.
Time for a hot grill!
| Protecting our Freedom |
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| F-18s Stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base |
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We are fishing nuts, whether it be at Charleston Lake, Panama City, Lake Ontario or anywhere else that we
think that we might latch onto a nice one. As a result there are a lot of fishing pictures on this site. If you
get bored looking at them, just click away to something else. It is ok with us!!! On our site, fishing photos
are divided into three categories, "Recent Excitement", which will always feature our most recent fishing trip, "Spring
fishing", which represents some great fishing during the opening of the Red Snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico, during the
3rd week of April each year, and finally, "& More Fishing", made up of pictures from several trips, other than
the opening Spring trips.
| Sunset at Bay Point Marina |
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| How graceful can one be? |
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| Early morning at St. Andrews Marina |
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| Escape |
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| A Spring blossom |
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| Startled Moment! |
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| Enjoying the Wind |
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We are foodies and are blessed with an abundance of fresh seafood, most of which we catch in our lagoon,
the bay or miles offshore. We enjoy returning from a catch and immediately preparing the freshly caught seafood. Click
on the food button below for some examples. More pictures will be added when I have a little more time.
| Egret looking for food |
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| A back yard hibiscus |
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| Fresh crabs from our Lagoon about to be boiled |
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| Mr. Offshoreman on collision course? |
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| Dove on the lookout! |
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| Returning from a great fishing trip! |
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| "Miss Laurie" heading out on fishing trip |
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We are very lucky to have one of the most beautiful state parks in Florida located just a couple of miles
from our home. We go early many morning to see what is going on. Early morning light makes for good photography.
The week of Hurricane Katrina Laurie and I ventured out and made several photographs showing some of the
scenes caused by the hurricane. Click on the button St. Andrews State Park and you can view those pictures as well as others
we have made there.
| Our neighbor's dock |
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| Ready to be eaten |
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| Coming in for a landing on St. Andrews Bay |
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| Sunrise from our dock |
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| An ice chest full of fresh boiled crawfish |
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| A visitor to our bird feeder. |
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We welcome any comments, reactions or suggestions.
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