Captain Zgrabik w/ Bob & Eric Nordstrom; Lemon Bay Gators

O'dark-thirty came and went as Captain Mike Zgrabik and his clients, Bob Nordstrom of The Englewood Fishing Club, Englewood, Florida and his son, Eric from NJ slipped the Wilderness kayaks onto the waters off Indian Mound Park in Englewood. It was an easy paddle north into Lemon Bay on a sight angling trip for fins. Hopping to hook it up with a visual Red was the objective but “Gator” trout was the final result. Just the day before, Bob & Eric had been angling just off the inshore of the offshore in a trip out for AJ's to Grouper in Bob's boat the BAYRONTO, so today was a new experience as each had never yakked before. Down to the basics, at eye level with nature.

Light spinning gear armed with Cajan corks and 18 to 20 inch fluorocarbon leader, live medium shrimps were presented along drop-offs next to the oyster and rising sandbars of the bay. Watching the sky's for diving birds on baits or the tell tail signs of rooting reds in shallow water regions of the skinnies, Captain mike keyed in on the swirls to slick line, that too, show of fish such as Spotted Sea Trout or Specks in their movement or schooling there of. Finding many a sign along a couple of half submerged bars on the incoming tide, shrimps were fed out like chum on a shark line. “We went through 17 dozen shrimp in just four hours'” exclaimed Captain Mike, “With a fish on just about every cast. We played all morning on those schooling specks and Bob , along with his son took home a couple of real gator hogs for the grill.” It was a great day out on the water and to these guys, CPR is a great way to have fun, in that they only needed a couple for dinner that night and the rest will be there for another day.

Hook'em Up to Tight Lines with Reel Addition and Captain Mike. Where you, too will get a real addiction in fishing for your trophy in our South Western Florida Skinnies to offshore. 

If your interested in hooking it up with a Reel Addiction Charter on kayak to the inshore or offshore, Captain Mike is a real mentor in angling knowledge. If on the other-hand, your down Englewood way or wish to join up with a Top notch Club, I recommend the Englewood Fishing Club to you too. Families are welcome and are included in their $35.00 a year dues; a bargain in any language! Captain Mike was a guest speaker at the Englewood Fishing Club back in December of 2010 where the club meets at Bay Harbor Ford, Englewood on the 2nd Thursday of every month. At Captain Mikes seminar, he had around 100 members attend, which was excellent, as it was almost all with in the club. Total membership is around 150 anglers along with their families. Here is an idea of some of their upcoming events:

General Membership MeetingMarch 10, 2011
Location: Bay Harbor Ford Dealership
Englewood, FL., 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Speakers: Gary Ingman & Ernie Fred
Boat & Engine Maintenance
Don Pedro PicnicSat. March 26, 2011-10:00am to 2:00pm
Reservations Required
Spring Fishing TournamentSat. April 2, 2011
Sign-up required.
General Membership MeetingApril 14, 2011
Location: Bay Harbor Ford Dealership
Englewood, Fl. 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Speaker:Capt Jay Withers
Tarpon Tactics
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Fishing DaySat. April 9, 2011
Sign-up required
Spring Tournament Awards Bar-B-QSat. April 16, 2011
Sign-up required

Holding monthly General Membership meetings year round that feature a variety of fishing related topics: fishing clinics, seminars by local guides, boat and engine care, and government agency presentations. They also have numerous other activities throughout the year - beach and boat fishing trips, tournaments, picnics and Bar-B-Ques, a Christmas Party and volunteer events.

"taking kids fishing is our business!"