Family Outing - St Petersburg is the best!

St. Petersburg, what a great place be.  Family members come into town for a visit.  No worries.  Let's go for a bike ride and hey, go fishing!  Everybody learned to cast the net.  We caught some bait, fished for a while in the marina then went out to the pier.  The weather was fine.  Everybody got some sun.  We even caught a few fish.  No keepers though.

Didn't Catch a Thing Today

Today was one of those B O R I N G fishing days.  Could hardly give my bait to the fish.  Where do they go.  Must have been in a meeting.  But I still worked up an appetite and stopped by one of my Vendor buddies.  This is Eric.  He's opening a speciality Tea Shop & Cafe in the Museum of History located a the base of the Pier.  He's set up a little hot dog stand to feel out the traffic and start to get to know the area. He's hoping to open his shop sometime in September.  Very nice guy, pretty good hot dogs too.

St Petersburg July 23, 2013

The roll call of my fishing buddies continues.  Today we met Kong and a new character, Angelino.

Kong.  Very nice man. An honest man, fun to be around. He works in the local area and carries his fishing gear in his car.  There have been several times when I was fishing in this spot and all of a sudden I would hear Kong yelling from his car window as he drove by......How's the fishing.  He's a good fisherman too.  

Angelino.  Well we just met Angelino.  He drove by on his tricked out, American flag bicycle.  He's a disabled Vet, a little rough around the edges but so far, seems to be a pretty straight shooting guy.  Kong and I caught 3 catfish that Angelino was happy to carry home for dinner. 

It was another good day for fishing and hanging out with my fishing buddies.  I only caught one keeper today.  I gave it to Kong.  He went home with 6 or 7 fish.  Fish dinner tonight.  Kong wants to take me to a local Taiwanese restaurant where he knows the owner and the chef.  Can't wait.

St. Petersburg - JULY 23

Here are a few of my fishing buddies.  Steve the Birdman.  He's been fishing this same spot for several years.  He gives all of his catch to the old pelicans that have adopted him as their benefactor.  They are very old and some of them are going blind.  He's a very caring fellow and has many great stories to tell.

This is Calvin.  He's on the pier at St Pete almost every morning.  He's a great fisherman and almost always has a catch but even better, he's a great guy.  A kind and generous man.  He often gives his fish away to his friends and neighbors and when you talk to him for a while you can tell the goodness in his soul runs deep.

Cal had 6 fish in his bucket when I met his this morning.  Mangrove snapper mostly.  Yumm.