Look what Andrew Scowcroft caught!

She's a keeper, his beautiful bride Zoe!

The scene, Captiva Island beach.

Who: Zoe Scowcroft


Where from: England

The Catch: Ladyfish

Location: Surf in front of Jensen's on the Gulf,
Captiva, Florida

Note: Caught on light tackle with expert
fishing skill.

Jim and Debbie Vance of Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Catch-Gag Grouper, Spanish Mackeral, and Triggerfish

The Captain-Jeff Zasadny

The Marina-Jensen's Twin Palm, Captiva, Florida
www.gocaptiva.com

Who: Jeff Angello

Where From: New Jersey

The Catch: Very large sheepshead

The Captain: Jeff caught it all on his own(really!)

The Marina: From the beach in front of Jensen's on the Gulf

Captiva, Florida

Who: The Bowes Family, Caroline and Scott

Where From: Pennsylvania

The Catch: Shark and Grouper

The Captain: Jeff Zasadny

Marina: Jensen's Twin Palm, Captiva

Island, Florida

Who: Jenny Vance and J.R. Vance

Where from: Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Captain: Jeff Zasadny

The Catch: mangrove snapper, flounder, spanish mackerel, and

shark

Marina : Jensen's Twin Palm , Captiva Island, Florida

Maggie Teachout of Eustis, Florida caught this beautiful seatrout while fishing in Pine Island Sound directly in front of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina. Maggie's Captain(and husband) know his stuff and he knew right where to go and catch fish.

Captain Shawn Kelly of the "Summerwind" out Jensen's Marina
turned his party onto several big trout. Todd Keefer and Kim
DeVoogel of Clearwater, Florida were the lucky fisherman.

Fishing near Redfish Pass at the end of Captiva Island, Captain Shawn first used his cast net to catch some fresh bait. The gator size trout went crazy for the small bait fish.

Dinner that night was special for the guys from Clearwater. Nothing like fresh fish, fresh fish caught that day!

Legendary Captain Jim"Sandbar" Thompson and his charter Crystal Bender out of Orlando landed nothing but big seatrout. Captain Sandbar has been plying the local waters surrounding Captiva Island for many years and he knows most of the tricks to catching all kinds of fish. On this day trout touts worked the best.

Big trout, close by was the call of the morning for this great crew. Aaron Sutton along with his son Kris and friend Brian Faryna did the deed on trout while fishing the nearby flats of Pine Island Sound.

Aaron and Kris call Apoka, Florida their home port and Brian lives in Umatilla, Florida. Aaron trailered his boat to Captiva and is staying at Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina.

The morning brought good luck for Larry and Claudia as they fished Pine Island Sound with Captain Doug Rigsby. Lots of mangrove snapper and trout by these expert anglers while using live shrimp and plastic tail jigs.

Captain Doug can be reached by calling Jensen's Marina at 239-472-5800 or visit their website at www.gocaptiva.com

Boy, what smiles! Boy, what fish! Two very big catch and release redfish landed by Ebin, Jim and Jesus. The guys had some help in the form of Captain Nelson Diaz who works out of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina on Captiva Island.

Pine Island Sound was the area the redfish were caught and the bait used was live blue crabs.

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Visiting from Taylorville, Illinios the Penrod family enjoyed a day of fishing out of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina. Jamie, Bob, Zoey, and Bailey all caught fish which included gray snapper and sheepshead. Live shrimp was the bait of choice.

Ryan Gerber and Shawn Kelly work together at Jensen's Marina on Captiva Island. They are around fishing and fishing folks all day. So what do they do after work one day. They go fishing of course.

Ryan moved here from Ohio recently and wanted to catch a shark. It didn't take Captain Shawn long to show Ryan how it's done. The guy's were back at the dock in an hour after catching several black tip sharks.

Shane Stephenson of Tuscaloosa, Alabama had him a fight with a blacktip shark while fishing near Captiva Island in Pine Island Sound.
Shane's captain was Doug"Tex" Rigsby who works out of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina on Captiva Island.

Captain Doug used cut Spanish Mackerel for bait and fished the area known as Foster's Point.

Captain Doug Rigsby working out of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina put his charter on redfish and seatrout. Scooter and his buddy, both from Virginia, enjoyed their day on the water with Captain Doug.



The guys used shrimp and fished the Foster's Point area of Pine Island Sound which is just east of North Captiva. Captain Doug also owns a houseboat that he rents out which makes for a great time. Call Jensen's Marina at 239-472-5800 and they will connect you with Captain Doug for more details.

Schools out and fishing is on the schedule. Kaitlin Gohr and Zack Arnett along with David Gohr enjoyed a successful day on the water with Captain Nelson Riaz aboard the Summerwind.

Black Drum, Sheepshead, and Mangrove Snapper are just some of the fish caught by the lucky fisherman from Germantown, Wisconsin. If you are visiting the Sanibel and Captiva area of Florida give Jensen's Marina a call and schedule your very own special day on the water. (239)-472-5800 or visit www.gocaptiva.com

Brothers Hiram and Mark Locklear of Wildwood, Florida have been visiting Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina on Captiva for many years. The great fishing in our area is why they come here and they sure know how to catch fish. This particular day they got their limit of big trout. They also did well with the redfish and tarpon.

Today was ladies day aboard the Summerwind out of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina on Captiva Island. Captain Nelson Diaz along with his party from Burnveld, New York had a fine day catching seatrout and mangrove snapper.

I was late getting to the scene with my camera for a photo of Margaret Murdock, Heidi Jones and Nancy Lennon with their catch so we had to settle for a shot of the filets in a bag.

Tarpon season is starting to hit full swing. Captain Nelson Diaz, working out of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina put his client Ross of Cape Coral on to a beauty of a fish weighing in at approximately 145lbs..

Captain Nelson used live threadfins and fished the Caloosahatchee River to make the silver king catch. For other fishing information, please visit www.gocaptiva.com

Bill Coats of Captiva and crew enjoyed a morning of fishing with Captain Nelson Diaz. The guys wanted to catch snook and redfish and that's what they caught.

The snook, redfish and tarpon are starting their spring feeding triggered by steady warmer water temperatures. Action is almost a guarantee on into May as long as the tides are moving good.

If you would like to rent a boat and be your own captain or have Captain Nelson take you right to the hotspots call Jensen's Twin Palm Cottages and Marina at 239-472-5800 or go to www. gocaptiva .com

Lots of happy fisherman as this crew just returned from fishing aboard the Summerwind out of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina on Captiva Island. Captain Shawn Kelly took this crew to some of his hotspots and found plenty of mangrove snapper.

To plan your fishing trip, visit www.gocaptiva.com or call 239-472-5800 for additional information.

Seatrout and Mangrove Snapper made catch of the day this sunny day in March near Captiva Island, Florida. The Okray's and the Lawlis families from Stevens Point, Wisconsin were all smiles as Captain Nelson Riaz out Jensen's Marina put them all on fish.

If you like fishing and you are visiting Southwest, Florida call 239-472-5800 or visit Jensen's website at www.gocaptiva.com to set up your own catching trip.

Jensen's Twin Palm Cottages and Marina guests John and Judy of Long Island, New York and Bob Haege from Syracuse, New York show off their catch of redfish. They wouldn't say exactly where they caught dinner but I suspect it was not far from the marina located on Captiva Island.

The fishing trio will clean their fish and take it up to the Lazy Flamingo Restaurant on Sanibel Island for a fine preparation of their catch.

Paul and Jane Foster of Toronto, Canada recently escaped the cold winter of the north and visited Captiva Island just off the coast of Ft. Myers, Florida. The Foster's enjoyed some of the area's great fishing during their vacation while hiring Captain Sean Kelly of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina.

Three beautiful keeper size trout were caught by the Fosters. To plan your own fishing trip call 239-472-5800 or go to www.gocaptiva.com

It never fails. February is the month to catch big trout when fishing near Captiva Island in Pine Island Sound. Jud Hayes of Gainesville, Florida proved it for us as he brought in several big sea trout while fishing from a rental skiff out of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina.

Jud used several methods to catch fish which included live shrimp and small pinfish rigged with a popping cork and also artificial baits. If you would like to plan your own fishing trip while visiting southwest Florida you may contact Jensen's Marina at 239-472-5800.

Wow! can't believe it February! Sunshine and warm. Well, its beautiful Southwest Florida so this is not so unusual and along with the good weather is great fishing.

Captain Neslon Riaz, working out of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina on Captiva Island, hooked his party up with redfish and trout. Nelson's charter, David Stanziak of Holland Township, NJ and Jim Gunning of East Holden, ME each caught keeper redfish and big trout.

The fish were caught in Pine Island Sound using artificial baits. You can reach Captain Nelson at 239-472-5800.

Jeff Dixson of Dallas, PA made the fantasy fishing trip recently with Captain Nelson Diaz. Fishing the south end of Pine Island Sound, Jeff landed several redfish and snook.

Captain Nelson took time out before fishing to catch fresh bait. Fish were caught in and around mangrove shorelines and near oyster bars. Jeff had a great time and hopes to be back soon to Captiva Island and escape the harsh north winter.

Into the office of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina walked a smiling couple. Unfortunately, I misplaced their name but I remember they were from Minnesota and later on this day they were to catch a plane home. All they wanted to do was to go fishing one more time before their vacation ended.

Since Jensen's offers fishing trips by the hour, they were in luck and on duty this day was Captain Nelson Diaz. Just a short ride from the marina aboard the "Summerwind" Captain Nelson got into the sheepshead for these folks.

If you are visiting Sanibel or Captiva Islands and want to make your vacation even more special call Jensen's Marina and set up your fishing trip by the hour. (239)-472-5800

Ken Vanderlaan and some of his fishing buddies hired Captain Jeff Zasadny out Jensen's Twin Resort and Marina recently. What a day it was as the guys caught lots of fish including mangrove snapper, redfish and grouper.

Ken and his friends are visiting the Captiva Island area from Ontario, Canada.

Working out of Jensen's Twin Palm Marina on Captiva Island, Captain Nelson Diaz showed three generations of the Marsh Family a good fishing time. Large amberjack and grouper were the catch of the day.

Captain Nelson has been featured on several TV shows with his monster catches. Call Jensen's Twin Palm Marina at 239-472-5800 to arrange your big day on the water.