Just Ducky

Tour the waters near Venice-Nokomis with Just Ducky aboard the "J.D.Dolphin" (of course).
Can you see the wheels on this "all-terrain" vehicle?

Photos by Craig Tucker from his kayak

Mullet Fishermen at Venice

 

These fishermen are using "cast nets".

Sometime, the water is "chummed" with bait to draw the schools of mullet.

Another method is seine fishing  which employs a large net  that hangs in the water like a fence with  weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top.  
 Seine nets  are used to encircle a school of fish, with the boat driving around the fish in a circle,  .The two main types of seine net: are purse seines and Danish seines..

 

Casperson Beach: New Buildings still in progress

 Gulfside Pavillion

 Bayside Pavillion  (Restrooms?)

 

Beachside Pavillon

Robinson Preserve

Welcome Center - Refurbished Robinson house 

Kayaks are available to rent.

 

Crotalaria , aka showy rattlebox ,

takes on the appearance of an inflated cylindrical pod.  

The fruit turn brown to black when mature and the seed within the fruit 

often become unattached resulting in a ‘rattlebox’ sound when shaken.

 

A surprising variety of plant and animal life survives on these Salt Flats.

Glasswort

View north with Tampa Bay in background

more Crotolaria

South Creek at Oscar Sherer State Park

 Oscar Sherer State Park is south of Sarasota near Osprey, FL

South Creek runs from the Intercoastal Waterway through the park.

 

Photos by John Sarkozy

 A new footbridge is being built over South Creek to a camping area.

Stone crab boats head out

 These boats travel south down the Inland Waterway 

and then out through the Venice Jetties to the Gulf.
They do not start baiting until Oct 15,  when season starts.

Photos by John Sarkozy

Hunting for sharks' teeth at Caspersen Beach

Heavy dune system at Nokomis Middle Beach

 

Photo by John Sarkozy

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Sarasota Bridge Park, Fishing Pier and John Ringling Bridge

Photo: Hart's Landing & Capt. Terry Reelin and Chillin Charters

Gobs of Goo at Turtle Beach Boat Launch

 The shore at the launch site was covered with gelatinous globs a week ago. They were palm size down to quarter size and may be some creatures'  egg masses. 

Native Planting at North Lido SBEP Restoration Site

Sarasota Bay Guardians Host Volunteer Event

Local contractors working with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program have completed the development of a new tidal tributary at North Lido Park adjacent to the beach access.

The tidal wetland was created to provide essential habitat for estuarine dependent fish species, according to Jay Leverone, PhD, SBEP's staff scientist. "The restoration also provides improved habitat for birds, reptiles and other wildlife," he added. "Local citizens have already reported seeing eagles, ospreys, a gopher tortoise, and numerous schools of small fish in the park."

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program is partnering with the City of Sarasota and Around the Bend Nature Tours to bring you this native planting event.

 A crowd of volunteers showed up to help.

 

 

John Sarkozy from SE American Littoral Society donated many of the plants
and Mary Jelks lent a hand.

Families working together to restore our back dune areas

Barbie is not a good beach bag guard

Soap Suds at South Lido

It looked like mounds of soap subs were being washed up at South Lido Beach this morning. High winds and rain earlier may have produced the masses of foam.